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Despite producing of 22 per cent wheat , 12 per cent rice and 13 per cent cotton of the country’s total , the Punjab agriculture is in serious crisis that have pushed 90 per cent farm households under debt, mounting to whooping Rs 26,000 crore said Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Vice Chancellor MS Kang. [...]

The Congress party today challenged the Akali government and the father-son duo of Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir for criticizing the Rs. 80 per quintal increase of wheat MSP for the current year by the UPA govt. The criticism of Mr. Badal is totally uncalled for, unjustified and politically motivated, claimed Sukhpal Singh [...]

Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira has sought a probe into the printing o photographs of the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon on bonus cheques issued to farmers. In a letter to the Union minister Sharad Pawar, Khaira said an inquiry should be ordered into [...]

Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Food & Supplies, Minister was today successful in securing major relief for the 3600 Sheller industries of the State as Union Govt. today acceded to the request of Punjab Govt. to relax refraction of damaged/slightly damaged grains including pin-point damaged grains from existing 3% to 3.5%.
Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food [...]

The government has decided to pay paddy bonus @ Rs. 50 per quintal to the farmers on paddy purchased by the government agencies as well as private traders through payees’ account by 31-12-08.This was stated here today by Mr. R.I.Singh, Chief Secretary Punjab while addressing a meeting of the Deputy Commissioners of the state. He [...]

The Punjab Government has chalked out a comprehensive programme to credit over Rs. 650 crores paddy bonus to more than 10 million beneficiaries’ farmers directly in their accounts by online banking system.
Disclosing this here today Food & Civil Supplies Minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon said that he had observed that previously there was an inordinate [...]

An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 35,62,595 tonnes of paddy (29.9%) whereas MARKFED procured 27,40,059 tonnes of paddy (23.0%). PUNSUP procured 26,82,091 tonnes of paddy (22.5%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 14,84,393 tonnes of paddy (12.4%) besides 12,52,773 tonnes of paddy (10.5%) procured by Punjab Agro. The Central Government Agency FCI procured [...]

89498 tonnes of paddy was  procured in a single day  on Monday as total paddy procurement by six government agencies  and traders touched 128,27,753 tonnes.
An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 35,31,500 (29.8%) tonnes of paddy whereas MARKFED procured 27,21,881 (23.0%) tonnes of paddy. PUNSUP procured 26,62,774 (22.5%) tonnes of paddy whereas Punjab State [...]

Farmers should stop practice of burning paddy stubble to avoid air and land pollution. Educating the farming community regarding the losses to the fertility of the soil and environmental degradation caused due to the burning of Paddy stubble, Mr. Sucha Singh Langah, Agriculture Minister Punjab said that the need of the hour was to check [...]

Paddy procurement in Punjab today recorded 127.03 lac tonnes of procurement in till Saturday exceeding the total procurement of 126.72 lac tonnes recorded last year and was fast leaping towards highest procurement recorded 142 lac tonnes recorded in the year 2004-05.
According to an official spokesman though paddy procurement has slowed down but Punjab was hopeful [...]

Six government agencies and millers procured over 122,71,399 tonnes of paddy on Tuesday .
An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 33,80,459 tonnes of paddy (29.8%) whereas MARKFED procured 26,12,780 tonnes of paddy (23.0%). PUNSUP procured 25,51,212 tonnes of paddy (22.5%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 14,15,967 tonnes of paddy (12.5%) besides 11,88,002 tonnes [...]

The Punjab government today asked Banks to open zero balance account of farmers to facilitate payment of paddy bonus to them.
According to an official spokesman It has been decided to pay bonus to the farmers directly into their bank accounts instead of making payments through  Shellers. The spokesman said that it has come to the [...]

Six government agencies and millers procured over 117,79,484 tonnes of paddy on Sunday .
An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 32,28,891 tonnes of paddy (29.6%) whereas MARKFED procured 25,24,133 tonnes of paddy (23.1%). PUNSUP procured 24,44,551 tonnes of paddy (22.4%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 13,68,320 tonnes of paddy (12.5%) besides 11,56,980  tonnes [...]

In the first month of paddy procurement six government agencies have procured 92.7% of Paddy this year against 82.1% procured last year showing an increase of over 11% whereas similar decline was witnessed in the purchase of millers this year from 17.9% to 7.3%.
An official spokesman today said that market share of official agencies in [...]

Six government agencies and millers procured over 109,47,643 tonnes of paddy on Thursday .
An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 29,85,574 tonnes of paddy (29.4%) whereas MARKFED procured 23,35,152 tonnes of paddy (23.0%). PUNSUP procured 22,81,292 tonnes of paddy (22.5%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 12,81,530 tonnes of paddy (12.6%) besides 10,88,864 tonnes [...]

An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 18,88,350 tonnes of paddy (27.9%) whereas MARKFED procured 15,68,969 tonnes of paddy (23.2%). PUNSUP procured 15,35,711 tonnes of paddy (22.7%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 8,83,077 tonnes of paddy (13.1%) besides 7,87,425 tonnes of paddy (11.6%) procured by Punjab Agro. The Central Government Agency FCI procured [...]

Paddy procurement by six government agencies and traders crossed 40 lac tonnes in Punjab.
An official spokesman today said that PUNGRAIN procured 9, 41,185 tonnes of paddy (26.3%) whereas MARKFED procured 8, 52,883 tonnes of paddy (23.1%). PUNSUP procured 8, 25,057 tonnes of paddy (23.1%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 4, 82,068 tonnes of paddy [...]

To ensure procurement of paddy on a war footing Punjab has been divided into different zones under the direct supervision of top ranking bureaucrats till the entire process of procurement is complete.
The Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed the arrangements of paddy procurement throughout the state at a high level meeting held here [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today called upon the Central Government to immediately announce a Bonus of Rs. 300 per quintal to mitigate the sufferings of paddy farmers in the State.
In a letter to Union Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar, who himself hails from a farming background, the SAD President stated [...]

The Punjab Government today urged the Union Government to immediately lift the ban imposed on the export of all non Basmati variety of rice and to reconsider the categorization of PUSA 1121 as Basmati variety. This request has been made in a communication sent by the Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Sh. [...]

According to an official spokesman by Sunday, Paddy procurement by six government agencies and traders reached 36,35,551 tonnes in Punjab. He said that PUNGRAIN procured 8,52,296 tonnes of paddy (26.4%) whereas MARKFED procured          7, 45,772 tonnes of paddy (23.1%). PUNSUP procured 7, 43,224 tonnes of paddy (23.0%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured   4, 34,709 [...]

Six government agencies have paid over Rs. 1606.80 crores for paddy procured by agencies during first 12 days of current Kharif Marketing Season.An official   spokesman said that farmers of the State are being made payment of paddy procured by the government agencies within 48 hours of lifting of paddy from the procurement centres.He said that [...]

Paddy procurement by six government agencies and traders crossed 24 lac tonnes in Punjab on Wednesday.
According to an official spokesman by Wednesday PUNGRAIN procured 5, 49,096 tonnes of paddy (26%) whereas MARKFED procured 4, 91,046 tonnes of paddy (23.3%). PUNSUP procured 4, 83,088 tonnes of paddy (22.9%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 2, 92,477 [...]

Expecting an early announcement of bonus on paddy the Punjab Food Supply department has issued detailed instructions to the field staff to keep complete computerized record regarding the sale of paddy by the farmers in order to ensure that the rightful benefit reaches farmers on announcement of Bonus.
According to an official spokesman Food & Supplies [...]

Paddy procurement picked up momentum in Punjab as 21.39 lac tones of paddy was procured in the State by Tuesday.
According to an official spokesman by Tuesday PUNGRAIN procured 4,84,359 tonnes of paddy (25.9%) whereas MARKFED procured 4,43,069 tonnes of paddy (23.7%). PUNSUP procured 4,27,970 tonnes of paddy (22.9%) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 2,59,071 [...]