<span style="color: #222222;">The government today said that the paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22 at Minimum Support Price MSP from farmers, as was done in previous years.<br />''<br />''Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry said, over 290 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Paddy has been procured in Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22 up to 30th November in the procuring States and UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.<br />''<br />''It said, over 18 Lakh farmers have been benefited with MSP value of over 57 thousand 32 crore rupees till now.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, the maximum procurement in the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season is done from Punjab followed by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The procurement in other states is also gaining momentum.<br />''<br />''It said, in Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21, at least one crore 31 lakh 13 thousand 417 farmers were benefitted with MSP value of over one lakh 68 thousand 823 crore rupees and procurement of over 8 crore 94 lakh 19 thousand Metric Tonnes was done.</span><br />