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Govt Exports 70.30 lakh tonnes of Wheat till Mar 21 This Fiscaledit
Krishi Jagran – Online
The total wheat export for the fiscal year ended March 21 stood at 70.30 lakh tonnes, with the majority of shipments going to Bangladesh, followed by Sri Lanka and the UAE, Parliament was informed on Friday. As both Ukraine and Russia are major wheat exporters, accounting for more than a quarter of the global wheat trade, there is room for India to increase wheat exports, according to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. “The total wheat export in terms of quantity during 2021-22 (till March 21st, 2022) was 70.30 LMT,” she said. Wheat exports to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the UAE totaled 39,37,438 tonnes, ...
Procurement begins in Haryana mandis amid poor arrival of wheatedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Procurement of wheat began in Haryana mandis on Friday but the arrival of wheat remained poor. And most wheat that arrived in the mandis could not be procured on the first day due to higher moisture content. Procurement could not be started in the mandis of Rohtak, Hisar, Fatehabad, Bhiwani and some other districts. According to arhtiyas, farmers said harvesting is delayed by a week and the arrival will pick pace by next week. “There was no arrival of wheat in our mandi today. Harvesting has not started in our area yet,” said Mahinder Singh, a commission agent at Nilokheri grain market. Another commission agent from Kurukshetra’s Ladwa grain market, Gurdev Singh said there was ...
CLAAS Mentions
Ludhiana | PAU’s 9 agricultural engineers get placed in Escorts and Amul Indiaedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Nine graduates of agricultural engineering of College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (COAE&T), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), got placed in Escorts and Amul India through on- campus recruitment conducted by Training and Placement Committee of the College. Six students, namely Pratibha Tewari, Gaganpreet Singh, Nidhi Malhotra, Kavin Puri, Rohit Singh and Stuti Gandhi have been selected as graduate engineer trainees (GETs) in Escorts Limited, Faridabad; while three students, Vikas Kumar, Lakshay Kumar and Shubham Bagga have been selected in Amul India. Every year, organisations, namely Mahindra and Mahindra, Escorts, New Holland, John Deere, CLAAS, International Tractors, Jain Irrigation, Cremica and others visit the campus to recruit the agricultural engineering graduates of PAU.