With a weak rupee, exporters are confident of demand for Indian agri products in global mkt

The United Nation Economic and Social Survey of Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) has projected the economy of Pakistan to grow by 4 per cent during the year 2012.

It is a good news that Punjab no longer cheers for. The state is headed for a record wheat harvest of over 120 lakh tonnes this Rabi season surpassing all previous milestones.

New Delhi With the grain stocks held with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other state government owned agencies crossing a record level, the food ministry has proposed additional allocation of grain to BPL and APL families for dealing with storage crunch.

Under the proposal sent to finance ministry, the food ministry has proposed to hike grain allocation for the estimated 18 crore APL families to 15 kg per month from prevailing 10 kg per month. This will result in excess grains allocation of 6.5 million tonne.

Urgent action is called for, to run down the 75-million-tonne grain heap that has been built by the government
ASHOK GULATI

Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed that every single grain of wheat should be purchased from farmers and do not let their wheat to rot.

The growing cultivation of Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) cotton, especially in Punjab, has decreased the area under wheat and sugarcane cultivation due to relatively longer germination period of BT c

Meant to be a showpiece of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government’s pro-kisan image, wheat procurement has crumbled under the weight of its popularity.