Tag: Punjab farmers

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.

July 16, 2022

Sowing for moong crop sets a new record in Punjab

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.

May 21, 2022

Punjab farmers call off protest after CM accepts key demands

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.

May 18, 2022

Punjab farmers to get compensation prior to completion of crop damage assessment : Mann

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.

March 26, 2022

SAD demands 100% hike in land compensation for Bharat Mala project

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”.

September 24, 2021

Centre encroaching upon states’ rights to dominate them: Pb CM

Capt Amarinder castigates the Centre over its 'one-sided decision' to impose the controversial farm laws and the direct bank transfer (DBT) scheme on Punjab’s farming community

April 6, 2021

Capt goes after Centre over ‘bonded labourers’ row

Denying bonded labour in Punjab, CM says Centre 'spreading misinformation' about state's farmers

April 5, 2021

Three Punjab farmers detained in Shimla

The Punjab farmers had come to Shimla from Singhu border near Delhi to spread awareness and garner support for their protests against the Centre’s three controversial farm laws; they were detained by police from the Ridge ground

January 20, 2021

Centre acting like Punjab not part of India: Sukhbir

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.

November 27, 2020

Pb farmers fighting for their lives, not anti-nationals: CM

Capt along with his Cong MLAs hold a sit-in at Jantar Mantar to highlight the state’s power crisis amid shortage of coal & other essential supplies due to continued suspension of goods trains by railways

November 5, 2020

Agri laws: SAD guns for Rahul over his bid to join farmers’ stir

Shiromani Akali Dal dismisses as cheap publicity stunt' Rahul Gandhi's move to join Punjab farmers protest against Centre's controversial farm laws on 2 Oct, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary

October 1, 2020

Punjab to put limit on loans given by money lenders

With Punjab farmers getting in debt trap by over-borrowing from private money lenders, the state government has decided to streamline the system of money lending to farmers by fixing a limit on the advance on per acre of land, with the rate of interest also to be duly determined by the government. The state cabinet,...

August 24, 2018

MSP hike a cruel joke: Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

The Punjab Congress president said farmers were aware now and they would root out the Modi government from power in the next general elections.

July 5, 2018

MoU to benefit 10 Lakh Punjab farmers

More than 10 Lakh farmers associated with around 3,500 cooperative societies will be benefited as the Punjab government on Thursday decided to provide various types of oil, grease and other lubricants. An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Hindustan Petroleum and Markfed in this regard on Thursday in the presence of the Punjab...

June 22, 2018

Four farmers commits suicide in Bathinda district

Despite the state government’s repeated claims on farm debt waiver, the debt-ridden farmers have continued to commit suicides in Punjab. Recent is the case of deaths of four farmers in Bathinda district allegedly committing suicide due to farm debts within a duration of 24 hours. Police sources in Bathinda said that three out of four...

May 16, 2018

SAD slams Punjab govt for fraud with farmers

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday lambasted at the Congress government for allegedly playing fraud with Punjab farmers while pushing them towards further ruin and suicide by denying loan waiver to them. In a statement issued on Friday, former state revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia said, the Rs 90,000 loan waiver promise made by...

December 22, 2017

Marginal hike upsets sugarcane farmers

Punjab farmers have criticised the state government’s decision on Monday to hike sugarcane prices by just Rs 10, from Rs 300 to Rs 310 per quintal. They said the government’s move was only an eyewash as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were already giving much higher prices on sugarcane purchase. The Punjab government has fixed maximum...

November 27, 2017