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Govt lets 30 lakh tonnes of paddy rot- Hindustan Times Even as the Centre is redrafting the Food Security Bill to ensure availability of food for all, nearly 30 lakh tonnes of paddy — the rice from which could feed around 4 lakh people for a month — have been left to rot in Punjab, with the...

Punjab farmers demand special trains from Bihar and UP to bring labourers for Paddy plantation @ www.punjabnewsline.com RAJPURA(Patiala): Facing an acute shortage of migrant labourers for paddy plantation, the peasants of Punjab Thursday demanded to run special rains from Bihar to enable...

Chandigarh, Nov 16: Paddy purchase in Punjab has hit a high this year, beating last year's figure well before the end of the procurement season and leaving farmers happier with record payments made within 72 hours of purchase. More...

Paddy purchase in Punjab has hit a high this year, beating last year's figure well before the end of the procurement season and leaving farmers happier with record payments made within 72 hours of purchase. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) Paddy purchase in Punjab has hit a high this year, beating last year's figure well before the end of the procurement season and leaving farmers happier with record payments made within 72 hours of purchase. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 16 - Paddy purchase in Punjab has hit a high this year, beating last year's figure well before the end of the procurement season and leaving farmers happier with record payments made within 72 hours of purchase. More...

Chandigarh, Nov 8 (UNI) Paddy procurement by government agencies in Punjab exceeded 101 lakh tonnes mark as total procurement by them and private millers exceeded 123 lakh tonnes mark. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 26: Government agencies and private millers procured more than 98 lakh tonnes of paddy in Punjab till yesterday. More...

The programme that stemmed from the mutually beneficial needs of the Punjab government and PepsiCo India, if everything goes well, is set to bring "orange revolution in the state by bringing more than 35,000 acres under citrus cultivation by 2008". More...

Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured over 4.87 million tonnes of paddy by Saturday, a government spokesman said here. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 13 (IANS) Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured over 4.87 million tonnes of paddy by Saturday, a government spokesman said here. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 13 - Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured over 4.87 million tonnes of paddy by Saturday, a government spokesman said here. More...

Chandigarh, Oct 11 : In Punjab, government agencies and private millers made a record procurement of 3.72 lakh tonnes of Paddy in a single day yesterday as total procurement during last 15 days touched 40.52 lakh tonnes. More...

The farmers in Punjab seem to be reaping the benefits of growing Sharbati variety of paddy as it is setting their cash registers ringing. With the private buyers purchasing Sharbati at higher prices than the MSP(minimum support price) of Rs 650 per quintal, the farmers overwhelmed. Notably, some...

Chandigarh, Oct 1 : The paddy procurement in Punjab picked up with Government agencies and millers procuring 9,27,217 Tonnes of paddy within first five days of starting procurement in the State. More...

Moga, Sep 30 : Private traders have made bulk of the paddy purchases in Punjab, having procured 14.67 lakh tonnes of the 19.58 lakh tonnes of the food grain that has arrived in the 'mandis' (grain markets) so far. More...

Ludhiana, Sept. 27 : Punjab, which is known as the granary of the country, is heading towards a bumper paddy crop this year. More...

Ludhiana, Sept. 27 (ANI): Punjab, which is known as the granary of the country, is heading towards a bumper paddy crop this year. The 25.75 hectares of land available for paddy production has registered a rise in its per-hectare production, and the production figures stand at around 15.2 million...

Punjab government has sought a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 836 per quintal for paddy. More...

Ludhiana, Aug 10 : Experts here are concerned over the pesticide resistant Leaf Blight attack in paddy in Punjab, as well as early infestation of rice leaf folder due to dry weather in the state. More...