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Giving a good boon to agricultural sector, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved ‘Wheat Seed Subsidy Policy-2020-21’ of the Agriculture Department to provide certified wheat seeds at 50 percent subsidy to farmers in the Rabi season.

A total of 1.85 lakh quintals of certified seeds, with Rs 18.50 crore worth of subsidy, will directly benefit about 2.5 lakh farmers under the policy, an official release said here. Subsidy equivalent to 50 percent of the total cost of seeds, or to a maximum of Rs 1,000 per quintal, will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of applicant farmers. Further, the subsidy for wheat seeds will be provided for a maximum of 5-acre area.

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While stubble burning continues to be a major issue, nearly 2,000 hectares in Ambala will be covered under wheat crop without removing and burning the paddy residue this year.

Scientists at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tepla, have managed to persuade farmers to sow wheat in nearly 10 villages, including Kardhan, Ghelri, Samlehri, Rampur, Tepla, Rancheri, Rattanehri, Sapeda, and Khuda Kalan, without removing and burning the paddy residue. Farmers prefer to burn the residue as it interferes with tillage and seeding operations for the next crop.

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved the Agriculture Department’s ‘Wheat Seed Subsidy Policy-2020-21’ to provide certified wheat seeds at 50 per cent subsidy to farmers in the rabi season. A total of 1.85 lakh quintals of certified seeds, with Rs 18.50 crore worth of subsidy, will directly benefit approximately 2.5 lakh farmers under the policy,an official release said here.

Subsidy equalling 50 per cent of total cost of seeds, or to a maximum of Rs 1,000 per quintal, will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of applicant farmers. The subsidy for wheat seeds will be provided for a maximum of 5 acre area.

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The Centre has set a target to purchase 74.2 million tonnes (MT) of paddy (nearly 50 MT in terms of rice) in the current kharif marketing season (October-March). This is  18 per cent higher target than last season’s 62.7 million tonnes, minister for food and public distribution Piyush Goyal said to the media.

The Food Corporation of India has so far purchased 19 million tonnes of paddy across the country, which is 24% higher than in the corresponding period last year. Given farmers’ agitation in Punjab and Haryana, the procurement season was advanced by a few days and started from September 26, instead of normal schedule of October 1

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved the Agriculture Department’s “Wheat Seed Subsidy Policy-2020-21” to provide certified wheat seeds at 50 per cent subsidy to farmers in the rabi season.

A total of 1.85 lakh quintals of certified seeds, with ₹ 18.50 crore worth of subsidy, will directly benefit approximately 2.5 lakh farmers under the policy, an official release said here.

Subsidy equalling 50 per cent of total cost of seeds, or to a maximum of ₹ 1,000 per quintal, will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of applicant farmers.

The subsidy for wheat seeds will be provided for a maximum of 5 acre area.

The chief minister directed the Department to give priority to small and marginal farmers for ...

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The suspension of freight trains in Punjab has caused acute shortage of urea for wheat and vegetable crops in Punjab, with the state authorities saying rabi crop sowing is likely to be hit because of it.

Farmers require urea, a key fertiliser for rabi crops, and DAP (diammonium phosphate) for sowing wheat and other vegetable crops like potato, an official of the state agriculture department said.

“There is a shortage of urea in the state,” another senior official of the department said on Sunday.