Millers strike chokes mandis with paddy : The Tribune India tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Arhtiyas say they’re entitled to 2.5% commission on paddy bought by govt agencies. In accordance with revised MSP of ₹2,203 a quintal for kharif procurement, the commission should have been ₹55.08 a quintal, but the Centre has frozen the commission at ₹45.86, which is unacceptable to them.
Punjab Rice millers meet Chief Minister, raise issues faced by industry tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Close to half the paddy cultivation area in Punjab has been sown with a faster-maturing variety that leaves behind less stubble, potentially reducing pollution caused by farm fires in November. Typically, farmers use a variety that takes longer to mature and produces more stubble. Due to floods in July, farmers were forced to re-sow the shorter duration variety. This year, nearly 50% of the paddy area is under the faster-maturing variety. However, rice millers fear less rice yield from the new variety. Farmer unions have called for compensation for the extra effort taken to prevent stubble burning. | Latest News India
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