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How Russia-Ukraine War Is Impacting Punjab's Wheat Sales
Private players in the farm sector have bought one of the biggest amounts of wheat from Punjab this year, breaking a record, in what could be seen as an effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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New System For Punjab Farmers To Sell Wheat, Avoid Crowding Amid Lockdown
Ten days ago, as the process of wheat procurement began in Punjab on April 15, the state government decided to introduce a token system to stagger the process amid a nationwide lockdown to check the spread of highly infectious coronavirus or COVID-19.
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Unseasonal Rains, Storm Damage Wheat Crop In Punjab, Haryana
Standing wheat crop was damaged after rain, dust-storm and strong winds lashed Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wheat crop is being harvested in most part of the two states for the past 10 days.
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Wheat Procurement Crisis In Punjab, Chief Minister Meets PM Modi
80-year-old farmer Amarjit Singh from Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district went to a wholesale grain market with 52 quintals of wheat to sell, but instead, his commission agent handed him a bill worth Rs 82,000.
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Why farmers in Punjab are upset despite bumper crop
A bumper wheat crop should have brought smiles on the faces of Punjab's hard-working farmers but a variety of adverse circumstances, including the weather, has left them dispirited. They have been forced to deal with the recent unseasonal rainfall and...
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Punjab: Wheat grain rotting
Two months back NDTV exposed how wheat grains worth hundreds of crores were rotting in the open. But even after the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh intervened, little has changed in Punjab.What's worse, now, even fresh harvest is being stored in the open at some places, like Sirhind, where there are no covers to protect the wheat from rain.The sto...
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Punjab: Foodgrain rots, farmers helpless
According to estimates, wheat grains worth up to Rs. 800 crore are rotting.
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How Russia-Ukraine War Is Impacting Punjab's Wheat Sales
Private players in the farm sector have bought one of the biggest amounts of wheat from Punjab this year, breaking a record, in what could be seen as an effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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New System For Punjab Farmers To Sell Wheat, Avoid Crowding Amid Lockdown
Ten days ago, as the process of wheat procurement began in Punjab on April 15, the state government decided to introduce a token system to stagger the process amid a nationwide lockdown to check the spread of highly infectious coronavirus or COVID-19.
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Unseasonal Rains, Storm Damage Wheat Crop In Punjab, Haryana
Standing wheat crop was damaged after rain, dust-storm and strong winds lashed Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wheat crop is being harvested in most part of the two states for the past 10 days.
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Wheat Procurement Crisis In Punjab, Chief Minister Meets PM Modi
80-year-old farmer Amarjit Singh from Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district went to a wholesale grain market with 52 quintals of wheat to sell, but instead, his commission agent handed him a bill worth Rs 82,000.
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Why farmers in Punjab are upset despite bumper crop
A bumper wheat crop should have brought smiles on the faces of Punjab's hard-working farmers but a variety of adverse circumstances, including the weather, has left them dispirited. They have been forced to deal with the recent unseasonal rainfall and...
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Punjab: Wheat grain rotting
Two months back NDTV exposed how wheat grains worth hundreds of crores were rotting in the open. But even after the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh intervened, little has changed in Punjab.What's worse, now, even fresh harvest is being stored in the open at some places, like Sirhind, where there are no covers to protect the wheat from rain.The sto...
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Punjab: Foodgrain rots, farmers helpless
According to estimates, wheat grains worth up to Rs. 800 crore are rotting.
