The procurement of Kharif crops on support price is being done by the Food Corporation of India and State procurement agencies. In Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, cotton procurement campaigns are going on under the support price. According to the news, till October 27, a total of 4,42,266 cotton bales worth about Rs 1300 crore have been purchased and 84138 farmers have benefited from this.

Talk about paddy, so far more than 26 percent of paddy has been purchased. So far, 170.53 lakh tonnes of paddy worth Rs 32196 crore have been purchased at the support price. Paddy procurement continues rapidly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Jammu Kashmir, Kerala, and Gujarat where 170.53 lakh tonnes of paddy has been purchased so far.

Source: Navbharat Times

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