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Even as air quality dips in national capital, Punjab farmers continue to b
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab continued to burn stubble even as the air quality in the national capital and its adjoining areas dipped to 'Hazardous' category on Sunday.
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Punjab farmers deny getting help from govt, continue to burn stubble
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 20 (ANI): Despite efforts by Amarinder Singh led Punjab government, farmers in the state continue to defy the ban on residue crop burning by setting ablaze their agricultural land.
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Do not blame us for air pollution: Punjab Farmers
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Punjab government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in the nearby areas of Amritsar. Scores of farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing air pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack a
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Disqualify farmers burning stubble on panchayat land: Punjab Agri Dept
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to reduce pollution, Punjab Agriculture Department has urged Rural Development and Panchayats Department to bar farmers who are cultivating panchayat land and indulging in stubble from taking the land on lease in the future.
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Government of Punjab announces Seed Potato Traceability and Certification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] August 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): To protect the interest of the Punjab farmers and uphold the state's leadership position/image as the largest potato seed producing state, the Department of Agriculture and Welfare, Government of Punjab will soon undertake certification a
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Captain Amarinder promises 8-hour power supply to Punjab farmers
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday assured farmers of eight hours of power supply every day for the ensuing paddy season, beginning June 13, while promising 24-hour supply of power to all other categories of consumers.
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Congress MPs sell potatoes outside Parliament to raise farmers' plight
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Several Congress MPs on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament premises on Friday, selling potatoes to raise issues concerning Punjab farmers.
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SAD slams Rahul Gandhi, Amarinder for betraying farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana), [India], December 28 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to explain why they had duped the poster boy of its promised loan waiver scheme - Budh Singh and lakhs of Punjab farmers b
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Punjab farmers complete 77 pc of wheat sowing in record time
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The sowing of wheat in Punjab has been completed in an area of 26.20 lakh hectares, which is 77 per cent of the total area to be sown under wheat, said Jasbir Singh Bains, Director, Agriculture, in a statement.
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Punjab: With no alternative in hand, farmers forced to burn stubble
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Farmers from Punjab's Patiala on Thursday claimed that with no alternatives left, they are forced to burn stubble.
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Fumed over fuel price, Punjab farmers hold tractor rally
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Sarmala/Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 29 (ANI): The farmers of the Bharatiya Kisan Union held a tractor rally on Tuesday against the fuel price hike in Samrala, Punjab.
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Punjab farmers burn stubble to protest prohibition orders
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Sheikhupura (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Following the lead of farmers in Sangrur, farmers in Sheikhupura village of Gurdaspur district also burnt crop residue on Thursday to protest government's prohibitory orders on stubble burning.
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