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Punjab’s early paddy sowing decision a step towards ecological disaster: Experts

According to former PAU vice-chancellor BS Dhillon, the government decision will push Punjab back into the path of ecological disaster which the state has been trying to avert for the past many years.
Published on Apr 11, 2025 07:36 AM IST

85% dip in paddy arrivals compared to last season

A labourer uses a shovel to separate rice grains from husk at a wholesale grain market in Amritsar on October 7, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Oct 07, 2024 10:47 PM IST

Learning to live with shifts in monsoon

FILE - A farmer carries a sack of paddy on his bicycle during monsoon rains as clouds hover over the sky on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File) (AP)
Published on Jun 25, 2024 09:27 PM IST

Centre clears new minimum support price for 14 Kharif crops

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved the minimum support price (MSP) on 14 Kharif crops
Updated on Jun 19, 2024 08:14 PM IST

Punjab sees 57% jump in farm fires in a day

The last five days have seen an upward trend in the incidents of farm fires across Punjab as harvesting of paddy, a major kharif crop, is picking up pace.
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 05:56 AM IST