<span style="color: #222222;">Government has said that the procurement of Wheat in Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22 is going on smoothly in States and Union Territories. The Consumer Affairs Ministry has said, over 258 lakh tonnes of Wheat has been procured in the ongoing Rabi Marketing Season, benefitting over 25 lakh farmers. The procurement of Wheat has recently commenced in Rabi Marketing Season in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir at Minimum Support Price.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said that Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States with purchase of over 715 lakh tonnes of paddy against the last year corresponding purchase of 651 lakh tonnes. The Ministry said, more than one crore seven lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season procurement Operations with MSP value of more than Rs 1,35,000 crore.</span><br />''  <br />