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Ludhiana: Flying squads of the agriculture and farmers' welfare department inspected godowns of various companies and their dealers on the directions of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann . “This initiative aims at preventing illegal hoarding, black marketing of fertilisers and tagging of unnecessary chemicals with DAP and other fertilisers,” said an official statement. Joint director of agriculture (Inputs) Gurjit Singh Brar said that agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian had issued strict instructions to the department to monitor fertiliser hoarding .
We also published the following articles recently Flying squad teams of agriculture department check godowns and dealers in Ludhiana Punjab's agriculture department, directed by chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, inspected various company godowns to prevent fertilizer hoarding and black marketing. Led by Joint Director Gurjit Singh Brar, they collected samples of fertilizers and pesticides. Agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian emphasized strict monitoring to ensure the availability of high-quality products.
Several officials were present during the inspections. Massive shortage of fertiliser, farmers in deep crisis: Patwari State Congress president Jitu Patwari alleges that the state and Union governments are neglecting farmers by not providing adequate support prices and timely fertilisers. Farmers are enduring increased costs and police action while struggling to obtain fertilisers.
Patwari announces further protests at agricultural mandis and the constituency of Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Plea to change agricultural practices The two-day national conference on 'Gender inclusion and employment for sustainable development' at Magadh Mahila College concluded with experts emphasizing sustainable agricultural growth and proper policy implementation. Social scientist D M Diwakar and IIT-Patna's Nalin Bharti highlighted the importance of changing cropping patterns and investments in health care and education.
Gender inclusion's significance was also stressed during the event..
