Punjab demands special package for farmers
The AAP government has urged the Union government to allocate a special package to the state to compensate it for the industrial packages given to hill states by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The AAP government has urged the Union government to allocate a special package to the state to compensate it for the industrial packages given to hill states by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
This year the sowing was done over 1.25 lakh acres (50,000 hectares), an increase of around 70,000 acres from the previous season.
After a meeting with farmer union leaders, the CM announced a fresh schedule for staggered sowing of paddy to 14 June and 17 June thus restricting the number of total zones as decided earlier from four to just two.
Addressing a gathering during a function organised to distribute compensation to farmers who have lost their crop due to Pink worm attack, the CM said it is unfortunate that food growers get the compensation after a long and troublesome process of assessment of crop loss.
Addressing reporters after leading an Akali delegation to submit a memorandum to the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Badal said Punjab farmers had been robbed of over Rs 25000 Crore by the state government’s “devious and surreptitious decision” to substantially lower the collector rates for the farmers’ lands affected by the acquisition”.
Capt Amarinder castigates the Centre over its 'one-sided decision' to impose the controversial farm laws and the direct bank transfer (DBT) scheme on Punjabs farming community
Denying bonded labour in Punjab, CM says Centre 'spreading misinformation' about state's farmers
The Punjab farmers had come to Shimla from Singhu border near Delhi to spread awareness and garner support for their protests against the Centres three controversial farm laws; they were detained by police from the Ridge ground
Condemning the use of water cannons and tear gas shells by the Haryana police to disperse protesting Punjab farmers headed to Delhi as they tried to break through barricades in Ambala, Badal said the Bharatiya Janata Party governments at the Centre and Haryana were treating farmers as one treats enemies.
Capt along with his Cong MLAs hold a sit-in at Jantar Mantar to highlight the states power crisis amid shortage of coal & other essential supplies due to continued suspension of goods trains by railways
