BIG WIN for farmers! RECORD! Yogi Adityanath-led UP government creates history with highest-ever procurement of wheat - Rs 11,141.28 crore paid as MSP

There is good news for Uttar Pradesh farmers! The state has created history with the highest-ever procurement of wheat this Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2021-22.   

A record quantity of 56.41 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured from 12.98 lakh farmers at MSP in Uttar Pradesh in the current RMS 2021-22. A total of Rs 11,141.28 crore has been paid to the farmers as Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Uttar Pradesh because of this.

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There is an increase of 58 per cent from RMS 2020-21 during which 35.77 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured from 6.64 lakh farmers.  

Procurement in Uttar Pradesh had shown a record Paddy also during the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21. A record procurement of 66.84 lakh metric tonnes paddy was done from 10.22 lakh farmers of Uttar Pradesh during KMS 2020-21. This is the highest-ever procurement of Paddy in the history of the State. A total of Rs 12491.88 crore has been paid to the farmers of Uttar Pradesh as MSP.  

It may be noted that the current Marketing Season RMS 2021-22 has concluded in most of the wheat procuring States. Till 8 July 2021, a quantity of 433.32 LMT of wheat has been procured, which is an all-time high, as it has exceeded the previous high 389.92 LMT of RMS 2020-21. This is against last year's corresponding purchase of 387.50 LMT.   

About 49.16 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs 85,581.02 crore.  

The Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21 is also continuing smoothly in the procuring States with the purchase of 866.05 LMTs of paddy, includes Kharif Crop 707.59 LMT and Rabi Crop 158.46 LMT as of 8 July 2021. This is against last year's corresponding purchase of 756.80 LMT.   

About 127.72 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with an MSP value of Rs 1,63,510.77 crore. Paddy procurement has also reached all time high level, surpassing the previous high of 773.45 LMT in KMS 2019-20.