Anju Agnihotri Chaba

There are 48,000 registered arhtiyas in Punjab, out of which only around 28,000 are active across 22 districts of the state in selling the crops of nearly 18.50 lakh farmers including 14. 28 lakh of paddy growers.

While launching the new system, UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel said they want to attract the “brightest and the best” from the world, including from India, and to reduce the number of cheap and low-skilled workers coming to the country.

There are around 50-55 lakh NRIs settled abroad mainly in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Middle East countries, but only members of the NRI Sabha can vote in the election.

The project was launched by Punjab State Food Commission, which has roped in industrial houses to arrange hand washing units in government schools.

The data sourced from the PRSC, Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, revealed that this year Happy Seeder sown wheat area was 5.30 lakh hectares (13.09 lakh acres) out of the total wheat area of 35.05 lakh hectares (86.82 lakh acres) in Punjab.

The kinnow is a year-long crop, often attacked by pests including mites at various stages, requiring several sprays of insecticide. So how can such a fruit be declared “pesticide-free”?

Selects and trains 42 women to earn a livelihood; Hoshiarpur is the first district to launch the scheme.

Data also revealed that out of total 28 states and eight Union Territories (UTs), there are only a dozen states and UTs that have less than 10 per cent vacancies. 

The then Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal had announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs. 25,000 to the injured.

"It is a racket in which unscrupulous agents are earning big bucks from Saudi people by selling these women,” said a senior officer in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), requesting anonymity.

In aggregate marks, the marks of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) will also be added to score 33 per cent marks. This move is also a step close to the CBSE passing marks criteria.

Why they may not be able to avail budgetary allocation for debt waiver, and why the Punjab government has no idea how many of them exist.

The pests have been appearing periodically after a gap of 2-3 or 5-7 years. Around 26 locust attacks have taken place in India in two major cycles. After independence (1947), 25 attacks were observed.

State biggest consumer, it will burn another hole in our pockets, say farmers

The scheme, it said, will benefit the farm labourers and landless farmers of Primary Cooperative Agriculture Service Societies (PACS) to the tune of Rs 520.55 crore.

The letter was sent to the university on January 31. With it is attached a copy of the complaint against the controller, jointly written by all teachers of the university to the secretary, higher education, in December last year.

In Punjab, rural inflation was indeed higher than urban inflation in April-December 2019.

Bhartiya Kisan Union, Ekta (Dakaunda) general secretary Jagmohan Singh said, “If the government was sensitive enough towards farmers and the rural economy it should have brought the C2 formula in practice to ensure public and private purchasing agencies so farmers get a guaranteed MSP of C2 + 50 per cent.”

Punjabis settled abroad say the Chinese are facing a tough time because people often assume they have just returned from their home country and hence interactions with them could be a risk.