<span style="color: #222222;">The Government today said  six hundred 13 lakh 95 thousand metric tonne paddy has been procured upto 24th of last month during ongoing Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the paddy have procured from around 79 lakh farmers at the Minimum Support price value of over one lakh 20 thousand crore rupees.</span><br />