Paddy procurement for Kharif season 2020-21 continuing smoothly with purchase of over 690.51 LMT of paddy till now

Paddy procurement for Kharif season 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring states and UTs with purchase of over 690.51 Lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy till now. This is an increase of 14.89 percent against the last year corresponding purchase of 600.99 LMT. Out of the total purchase, Punjab alone has contributed 202.82 LMT which is 29.37 percent of total procurement.   More than one crore farmers have already benefited from the ongoing procurement operations with MSP value of over one lakh ...