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Punjab farmers advised cultivating PR 128, PR 129 varieties of non-Basmati
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab's Agriculture Department, on the recommendations of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has advised farmers to go for cultivation of PR-128 and PR-129 varieties of non-Basmati, which are less water-intensive, for better paddy straw manageme
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With migrant labourers heading home and mandis closed in Ludhiana, vegetab
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): The farmers of Punjab are facing problems as the migrant labourers have headed home and vegetable markets remain closed amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Wheat harvesting 'badly affected' in Gurdaspur, Ludhiana due to unseasonal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana/Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): Unseasonal rains and heavy storm have badly affected the wheat harvesting in Ludhiana and Gurdaspur areas of Punjab, farmers said.
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With no labourers due to lockdown, farmers in Ludhiana call for govt's hel
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 11 (ANI): Farmers in Ladian Kalan village of Ludhiana have urged the government for help as labourers are not coming to work due to COVID-19 lockdown.
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Free power to farmers won't be withdrawn at any cost: Punjab CM
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that free power to farmers would not be withdrawn at any cost till his government is in power.
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Capt. Amarinder Singh promises compensation to farmers for land used by PS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured the State Assembly that his government would soon come out with a policy to consider compensation to farmers for agriculture land being used for installation of towers by the Punjab S
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No incidence of locust attack in Punjab, says Agriculture Secretary
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The state's Agriculture Department on Thursday said that no case of locust entering Punjab has been reported so far.
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Punjab: Farmers block railway tracks, demand clearance of sugarcane dues
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Demanding the clearance of sugarcane dues from Rana Sugar Mill, farmers on Tuesday blocked the Amritsar-Delhi railway tracks.
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Punjab: Farmers continue to burn stubble in Ludhiana
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Farmers continued to burn stubble near the Ludhiana highway in Punjab on Saturday.
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Punjab: Farmers continue to burn stubble in Jalandhar district
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble on Nakodar Phillaur Highway at Barwalla village in the district as on Sunday.
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Amarinder Singh orders govt deptts to incentivise farmers who refrained fr
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the Agriculture Department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who have
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Punjab: Farmers continue to burn crop residue in Ludhiana despite pollutio
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Farmers continued to burn crop residue in the Talwara area of Punjab on Thursday despite District Administration taking strict measures against the rising cases of stubble burning in Punjab.
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