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Agriculture Industry
Punjab readies for glut of wheat crop after slow start to procurementedit
Fifteen days after the start of wheat procurement in the current rabi season, crop arrivals are still negligible. Monday’s 57,000 tonne produce took the total arrivals in the current season to 1.41 lakh tonne.
Paddy in India
Will stop paddy sales if cases not lifted: Traders of Jangaon warn govtedit
Traders and merchants union demanded that the government withdraw the cases booked against them for purchasing food grains at lower prices, and warned that they would stop procurement in Jangaon district.
Every grain of paddy in state will be procured at MSP, says Uttamedit
Civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday exuded confidence that the INDIA bloc will win over 272 Lok Sabha seats with Rahul Gandhi becoming prime minister. While accusing both the previous BRS govt and Modi-led BJP govt at Centre of not implementing numerous promises, though people gave them two terms, Reddy said the new Congress govt in the state has started implementing five major guarantees within 100 days of coming to power.