Tag: Punjab farmers
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Stubble Burning: AAP blames it on State and Centre govts
Blaming the State and Centre governments for burning of paddy stubble by farmers, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said unnecessary burden is being put on already indebted farmers with the attempt to make them manage crop residue scientifically. In a Press statement, AAP Punjab leader Bhagwant Mann said both the State and Centre governments are running …
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October 10, 2017 -
Punjab seeks compensation for farmers on paddy straw management
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday met Union minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to pursue the state’s request for compensation to farmers for paddy straw management. The CM reiterated his demand for payment of compensation at the rate of Rs 100 per quintal for paddy straw management to curb burning of the paddy residue by …
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October 4, 2017 -
Punjab farmers to approach NGT
After finding no solution by the state government to resolve the issue on stubble burning, the aggrieved farmers of Punjab have decided to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking revival of its decision restricting them from stubble burning. The farmer leaders have said that they will move to Delhi to appeal against NGT order …
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October 3, 2017 -
Stubble burning: Government authorities helpless yet again
With Punjab farmers resorting to stubble burning in a clear violation of state government orders, state government authorities appear helpless in stopping this practice to check pollution. Till date, 788 cases of stubble burning have been detected across the state. Mass stubble burning has also been reported from various districts including Mansa, Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala, …
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May 5, 2017 -
UP farm-loan waiver: Punjab farmer leaders unimpressed
A day after Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's decided to waive off farm loans worth Rs.36,359-crore, farmer leaders in Punjab are unimpressed with the decision as they say it will hardly be any use if the Captain Amarinder Singh government would go for similar loan waiver in the state. As the UP government …
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April 5, 2017 -
CM Parkash Badal comes to the rescue of potato growers in Punjab
In view of the prevailing low prices of potato in the state, the Punjab government has directed the Punjab Agro and Markfed to effectively intervene in the market on 'no profit, no loss' basis to bail out the potato growers from the current crisis besides realising better prices for them. Chairing an emergent meeting to take …
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February 25, 2017 -
CM Parkash Badal comes to the rescue of potato growers in Punjab
In view of the prevailing low prices of potato in the state, the Punjab government has directed the Punjab Agro and Markfed to effectively intervene in the market on 'no profit, no loss' basis to bail out the potato growers from the current crisis besides realising better prices for them. Chairing an emergent meeting to take …
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February 25, 2017 -
‘Old currency restrictions to break rural community’
Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has castigated the Union government’s decision to limit the powers of cooperative banks with respect to the old currency notes as “yet another assault on India’s poor and farmers, who are finding it difficult to survive in the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s irrational and unplanned demonetisation move.” …
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November 17, 2016