Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Saturday termed the subsidised urea fertiliser supplied by the Central government for farmers in Punjab as not merely an administrative failure of the state AAP government, but a major corruption racket operating under official patronage. He said thousands of bags of subsidised urea reaching government plants such as Markfed and Milkfed could not have happened without government collusion and protection at higher levels. Dhil…
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Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday urged the Congress government to wake up from its “deep slumber” and take immediate steps to ensure the procurement of farmers’ produce across Telangana. He criticised the state government for its complete inaction despite large quantities of paddy, maize, groundnut, and other crops already arriving at market yards.KTR visited multiple procurement centres in the undivided Warangal district on Tuesday …
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Ahead of the assembly elections slated for early 2027, the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Monday announced the “Meri Rasoi” scheme to provide nutritious food to 40 lakh blue card holders in the state from April. This was announced by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after a meeting of the Council of Ministers here. “Meri Rasoi” will ensure that all blue card holders will get 2 kg dal, 2 kg sugar, 1 kg iodised salt, 200 grams haldi, and 1 litre of mustard oil, along…
Bhopal, Dec 24 (IANS) In a major push to strengthen the cooperative movement and make agriculture a profitable venture, the Madhya Pradesh government is implementing sweeping reforms in Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) and related institutions.Every panchayat in the state is already linked to a bank, with efforts underway to educate farmers on diversification, said state Cooperative Minister Vishwas Sarang.To shield farmers from irregularities in societies often caused by employ…