Punjab starts procurement of moong on MSP for first time
As the summer crop is being procured on an MSP of Rs 7,275 per quintal, the farmers will get Rs 36,000 as an additional income for five quintals, the expected yield per acre in between wheat harvest and paddy cultivation. For the first time in the history of Punjab, the government has started the procurement […]Read More
Farmers’ agitation unwarranted: CM Mann
Mann said that staggered programme for sowing of paddy would not harm the interests of the farmers but it can act as a catalyst to save the water table in state Chandigarh : Asserting that farmers agitation was “unwarranted and undesirable”, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday asked the farm unions to stop sloganeering and […]Read More
MSP on moong welcome, but it’s too late to sow crop now: Punjab farmers
The government’s decision to give the minimum support price on moong has been welcomed by farmers, but they say it is too late to sow the crop now. Farmers said the right time to sow moong was from the last week of March to April. Tarsem Singh, a resident of Uccha village in Jalandhar, said: […]Read More