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Humans drew so much groundwater since 1993 that Earth's spin axis tilted 31.5 inches, a Seoul team published the math in Geophysical Research Letters three decades later in 2023Groundwater depletion, particularly in regions like India's Punjab, has significantly impacted Earth's spin. A recent study reveals that pu...- India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok GulatiIndia’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...
- Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
- Dry Days Ahead: Monsoon likely to be below normalIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...
- Spicier than jhalmuri: The Rs 1.7 lakh crore fiscal bite hidden in state election resultsWhat looked like a light-hearted campaign moment during PM Narendra Modi’s West Bengal trail has now turned into a major fiscal concern aft...
- Decoding govt’s wheat strategy: Can higher procurement push and export quota hike lift the sector?Experts say wheat procurement may be constrained by limited storage, while exports remain largely uncompetitive globally.
- Crop burning: Inside Punjab’s broken paddy supply chain fuelled by politics and mismanagementGovernment purchase of paddy is going slow in Punjab due to shortage of warehouse space. Farmers, on their part, are delaying harvesting, l...
- Repurpose subsidies and offer MSP for other crops to wean Punjab & Haryana from paddyThe article discusses the challenges posed by paddy monocropping in Punjab and Haryana, highlighting the significant groundwater depletion ...
- Punjab expecting bumper paddy yield despite kharif season marred by floodsPunjab is expecting a bumper output of paddy crop this year, despite floods during the kharif season 2023-24. The state, known as the food ...
- Floods damage 2.40 lakh hectares of paddy crop in PunjabThe paddy crop was damaged mainly in farms in Patiala, Sangrur, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, and Fatehgarh Sahib districts. The official sa...
- Heavy rains hit paddy, cotton crops hardIn Punjab, paddy growing is preferred in low-lying areas to ensure additional availability of water but it has caused water logging in such...
- Punjab promotes PAU rice variety to cut water usage and stubble burningThe state agriculture department is promoting PR 126, a short-duration variety developed by Punjab Agriculture Department.
- Millers double non basmati purchase in PunjabThis year millers have already bought around 2 lakh tonnes of paddy compared to 1.5 lakh tonnes in the entire procurement season in the las...
- Rice stubble based Rs 2500 crore projects to yield cleaner fuel, check pollution in North IndiaWhile domestic oil marketing companies, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited, are setting up bio-etha...
- Paddy procurement in full swing in Punjab, HaryanaThe procurement in the current marketing season is expected to increase 20% compared to last year's in the two states that provide 65-70% o...
- Lesser paddy purchase in Punjab, Haryana as basmati acreage rises"Paddy procurement in Punjab is likely to remain more or less what has been purchased so far as crop arrivals have now been negligible in g...
- Punjab unlikely to achieve paddy purchase targetPunjab is unlikely to achieve paddy procurement target of 130 lakh tonnes for central pool during current kharif marketing season.
- Punjab, Haryana eyeing 166 LT paddy purchase this seasonAs paddy procurement starts tomorrow, Punjab and Haryana are eyeing to purchase 166 lakh tonnes of the crop for central pool for kharif mar...
- Agencies gear up for paddy procurement in Punjab, HaryanaA fortnight to go for the paddy procurement to begin in Punjab and Haryana the FCI and other state agencies are gearing up to purchase padd...
- Continuous rains to affect paddy cropIncessant rains that lashed the northern region during past 48 hours can pose serious threat to paddy crop in Punjab and Haryana.
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