In response to the worsening groundwater crisis, the Punjab government has aggressively promoted direct-seeded rice (DSR) for ...

Last year's 90% drop in paddy stubble burning in Punjab makes the latest figures especially significant; they also pose a ...

Punjab paddy season begins from June 1 and paddy cultivation covers over 30 lakh hectares and as per weather predictions this ...

Procurement of 124.14 lakh tonnes of rice was estimated from Punjab last year, in KMS 2023-24, which was 100 per cent achieved. The Centre on Monday said it will procure 185 lakh tonnes of paddy from ...

Around 30 participants, including agricultural officers, assistant agricultural engineers, agricultural development officers ...

Punjab recorded over 9,000 farm fire incidents this rabi season, marking a 24% rise compared to last year, with Ferozepur ...

Bathinda: Crop residue burning has seen a sharp spike in Punjab and Haryana as farmers race to clear fields ahead of the paddy season, with a majority of this season's cases reported in just the last ...

Punjab Police in Gurdaspur have intensified efforts to curb stubble burning via inspections and awareness campaigns. Farmers are being educated on health hazards, with police deployed in each village ...

Sangrur: As Punjab gears up for the paddy season, water resources minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Monday said canal irrigation coverage would touch 86%, even as he renewed the state's demand for Rs 1 ...

In a major push towards crop diversification and groundwater conservation, the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government has announced the expansion of its Kharif maize diversification project. The scheme, ...