Government has said that more than one crore one lakh paddy farmers have been benefited from current Kharif Marketing Season Procurement Operations with Minimum Support Price value of around one lakh 30 thousand crore rupees. The Agriculture Ministry said the government continues to procure Kharif crops at its Minimum Support Price from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes. The Ministry said, more than 688 lakh tonnes of paddy have been procured from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tripura. This is an increase of 13.54 per cent against the last year corresponding purchase of over 605 lakh tonnes.<br />'' <br />'' Government through its Nodal Agencies has also procured over three lakh 85 thousand tonnes of Moong, Urad, Tur,Gram, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean benefitting more than two lakh 27 thousand farmers.<br />''  <br />