All posts tagged "Punjab"
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116Sugar News in EnglishPunjab : Union threatens to intensify stir if cane growers’ arrears not paid
Farmers, led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba), have threatened to intensify their protests if the arrears owed to sugarcane growers by...
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99Rice News in EnglishStir by farmers, arhtiyas, millers brings Punjab to grinding halt
Farmers, commission agents, and millers blocked roads and railways across Punjab, protesting delayed paddy procurement and other demands. Traffic on highways, including...
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119Rice News in EnglishOnly 4.3% of procured paddy lifted, Punjab mandis packed
Mandis in Punjab are overflowing with paddy as only 4.3% of the procured rice has been sent to millers, primarily due to...
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124Maize News in EnglishSpring maize crop aggravating Punjab’s groundwater crisis
In Punjab, the introduction of short- and medium-duration paddy varieties aimed at reducing stubble burning has inadvertently exacerbated groundwater depletion. Farmers are...
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148Rice News in EnglishFCI to move out 15 lakh tonnes of rice from Punjab by October-end
Punjab food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak announced that 40 lakh tonnes of rice will be moved out of the...
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89Rice News in EnglishRice mess in Punjab: How Food Corporation of India is to blame
Punjab's rice millers are refusing to accept new paddy for milling due to the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) failure to move...
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153Rice News in EnglishA rice variety that can address farm fires in Punjab and Haryana: here’s how
Harpreet Singh has cultivated Pusa-44 paddy since 2000, praising its high yield of 35-40 quintals per acre. Developed by IARI and introduced...
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111Sugar News in English
Day after farmers lock gate, Phagwara mill lodges plaint
Farmers under the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Doaba) locked Phagwara sugar mill gates over pending dues of ₹27 crore. The new mill management...
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127Sugar News in EnglishDemand for increase in sugarcane price: Punjab schedules meeting of State Sugarcane Control Board on September 27
Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian announced that the State Sugarcane Control Board will meet on September 27 to discuss sugarcane price...
