Punjab to fall short of meeting demand of baler machines
Balers are in high demand this season in view of its profitability and over 6,800 farmers, custom hiring centres (CHCs) and village panchayats applying for the machines on subsidy.
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Balers are in high demand this season in view of its profitability and over 6,800 farmers, custom hiring centres (CHCs) and village panchayats applying for the machines on subsidy.
Around 157,000 Punjab farmers have applied for 24,569 subsidized machines for better crop residue management that will be distributed this week | Latest News India
The restrictions have resulted in a fall in wholesale prices of aromatic basmati paddy varieties by up to ₹800 per quintal, while the exporters in the country have not received the orders from the importers in Middle Eastern countries for the upcoming season
Punjab needs 5.25 lakh tonnes of DAP during the rabi season and so far the state cooperative has bought only 20,000 tonnes.
The leaders of farm bodies have rejected the amount as “inappropriate”. However, the state’s revenue department said the amount can’t be increased