Punjab: 5-day drive to restore flood-hit mandis ahead of paddy procurement
The Punjab government has initiated a special five-day campaign, set to begin on Sunday, to restore all grain markets (mandis)
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Punjab Mandi Board all set to procure every grain of paddy: Barsat
The Punjab govt is all prepared to procure every single grain of paddy during the upcoming Kharif season beginning Sept
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Floods hit Punjab’s early paddy procurement plan
By Gurpreet Singh Nibber The Punjab government’s decision to advance the paddy procurement season by two weeks — from the
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Punjab: 3.47L acres of paddy submerged in 5 dists, 3.6L livestock perish
By Ruchika Khanna As Punjab begins to pick up the pieces and start rehabilitation work, the authorities have started assessing
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Punjab: Floods submerge Amritsar fields, threaten basmati and paddy crops
The paddy and basmati rice, particularly from the Ajnala, Ramdas, and Chogawan blocks, renowned as ‘fragrant pearls’, are expected to
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Govt sets 46.35 MT rice procurement target for 2025-26
By Sandip Das The government on Monday fixed a rice procurement target of 46.35 million tonnes (MT) for the kharif
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Punjab to install PAU-calibrated meters for paddy moisture measurement
In preparation for the upcoming kharif paddy procurement season, the Punjab govt has decided to install moisture meters calibrated by
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Haryana govt taking steps to deal with virus outbreak in paddy: Agri minister
Haryana agriculture minister Shyam Singh Rana on Tuesday informed the assembly that out of the total 40 lakh acre area
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Germany launches US$2.9M initiative to boost climate-smart rice production in Nigeria
The German government has launched the Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) Project, a €2.5 million (US$2.9M) initiative aimed at supporting 12,000 smallholder
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Paddy procurement for central pool on decline in Punjab since 2022-23, LS told
By Vinod Kumar The Union govt has denied delays in wheat and paddy procurement from Punjab, but data tabled in
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