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8-hour cuts, erratic tubewell supply as Punjab power crisis hits industry, farmers
June 30, 2026 6:56 pm
Record electricity demand during the paddy season has sparked farmer protests, eight-hour industrial power cuts and unscheduled outages in Punjab.
In paddy season, industry to pay extra Rs 2 per kVAh for running units from 6 pm to 10 pm
June 19, 2025 11:03 am
Though the notification was issued on March 29, industrialists claimed that it was circulated a day before it was to be implemented.
Express View: Delay in paddy procurement speaks of a larger policy failure
November 01, 2024 10:46 pm
It isn't just poor short-term planning that is to blame
Paying farmers to harvest paddy manually could reduce NCR’s pollution
October 26, 2024 1:06 pm
Penalising farmers and subsidising costly fossil fuel-guzzling machines shouldn't be the solution to NCR’s pollution crisis. In the past, governments nudged farmers towards cultivating wheat and paddy to ensure the food security of the country
Paddy yield/ha dips 6kg in Punjab, show crop cutting experiments
January 02, 2023 3:50 am
Despite heavy rain and virus attack, 10 districts in the state saw increase in yield this year
Punjab halfway through in harvesting paddy, 81 lakh tonne procured so far
October 28, 2022 4:00 am
In October 2021, state had harvested only 39% paddy
Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann assures uninterrupted power for paddy season
June 14, 2022 8:41 am
Bhagwant Mann has already given detailed instructions to PSPCL to make sure that the power supply to other categories of consumers especially the households should not be hampered and get regular power supply during the peak summer season.
Mann urges Centre for 24X7 power during paddy season
April 26, 2022 5:47 am
Mann, who called on the minister in Delhi at his office, also apprised him about the power requirements of the state in the wake of the paddy season.
Punjab: Migrant workers ‘missing’, local farm workers demand 50% raise
June 04, 2020 11:14 am
Paddy sowing begins June 10; Punjab panchayats pass resolution capping the rates for transplantation.
Punjab: Hoshiarpur resident files complaint against govt with NGT over decision to advance paddy sowing date
June 13, 2019 12:58 am
The complainant, Jai Gopal Dhiman, in his petition said that the notification was issued “without any basis and without application of mind, completely ignoring the alarming condition of depleting groundwater level in Punjab”.
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