According to data released by the Food Corporation of India, 43 lakh 35 thousand 477 farmers have availed the minimum support price for the purchase of rabi crops in the year 2020-21. 389.77 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been procured including all farmers. Maximum 15 lakh 93 thousand 793 farmers of Madhya Pradesh have availed the minimum support price.

Punjab fell behind Madhya Pradesh this time in the production of wheat, the most prominent of the rabi crops. This is the reason why Punjab’s farmers have reached the second position this year in taking advantage of the minimum support price. According to FCI data, 10 lakh 49 thousand 982 farmers of Punjab have availed MSP for Rabi crop. Apart from this, 7 lakh 82 thousand 240 farmers of Haryana, 6 lakh 63 thousand 810 of Uttar Pradesh and 2 lakh 18 thousand 638 farmers of Rajasthan have availed minimum support price by selling their crops through फसी.

Source: Amar Ujala

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