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Pakistan: KP urges Punjab to lift wheat and flour ban amid food security c
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
KP urges Punjab to lift wheat and flour restrictions, citing supply chain disruptions, rising prices, and food security risks. The province relies on Punjab for most of its wheat, while Sindh also faces halted seed supplies, sparking political tensions between PPP and PML-N over farmers' rig
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Pakistan: Punjab's wheat movement ban sparks flour crisis, provinces prote
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Punjab's curbs on wheat movement have caused flour shortages and soaring prices in other provinces. Critics call the move unconstitutional and against deregulation, while Punjab defends it as essential for food security. KP and Sindh have condemned the restrictions, urging federal interventi
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Farmers in Pakistan's Punjab intensify protest over wheat support price, o
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 21 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan's Punjab province have intensified their protest against the provincial government on the issue of wheat support price and overbilling in electricity bills.
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Wheat procurement in its last stages in Punjab: Food and Supply Minister
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): Punjab Food and Supply Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Saturday said in the operation of wheat procurement, the state government has purchased 112-113 lakh metric tonne against the target of 130 lakh metric tonnes and is in its last stages.
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Centre's nod to Punjab to re-schedule wheat procurement period
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Saturday informed that the Central Government has given a nod to Punjab to reschedule the wheat procurement period.
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Punjab procures over 90 lakh MT of wheat in 19 days
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 6 (ANI): Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu has said the state has successfully procured more than 90 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat in 19 days, out of a total expected 135 LMT.
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Punjab procures 6,67,871 MT of wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 29 (ANI): The Punjab Government on Wednesday said its agencies and private traders have procured 6,67,871 metric tonnes of wheat in the state on the 15th day of procurement.
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Government agencies procure 3,119 MT of wheat in Punjab
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 15 (ANI): The government agencies have procured a total of 3,119 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat in Punjab during the first day of procurement.
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Punjab govt increases purchase centres to streamline procurement of wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 6 (ANI): Punjab government has increased the number of purchase centers to about 4000 to streamline the procurement of wheat in a staggered manner in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
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Punjab extends crop procurement date upto June 15
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Punjab government has extended the crop procurement date from April 15 to June 15 in order to assist the farmers in selling their farm produce. This comes in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
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