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Arrival of freshly-harvested wheat in Punjab on Wednesday saw a sudden rise with 1.67 lakh tonne of wheat arrived in the state mandis..
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced that the state government would own the value cut imposed on wheat crop damaged due to rain, winds and hailstorm...
As per a communication received from the Centre by the states food and civil supplies department on Tuesday, there will be no value cut on grain with lustre loss up to 10%, however, above 10 to 80%, flat value cut of 5.31 per quintal will be imposed..
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to get the value cuts imposed on wheat crop reviewed, besides paying a bonus of 100 per quintal to farmers to compensate them for low yield due to inclement weather...
Addressing a press conference here, SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said the CM failed to present the states case for exemption from value cuts on wheat properly, due to which the cuts had been imposed...
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