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LS: Singh bats for 5 hours, yet Congress stages walk out

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh participated in a five-hour Lok Sabha debate on farmers’ plight in the country and called it a legacy of the UPA rule. No govt did as much for the rural sector as the NDA with PM himself monitoring the issues, he said. The debate ended in a walk out […]

Punjab Co-op Act tweaked; Kurki clause deleted

Punjab state Assembly recently passed the Punjab Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2017, and deleted Clause 67-A, providing for ‘kurki’ of farmers’ land pledged to raise loans, reports Indian Express. As per the amended Act, cooperative societies and banks would not be able to auction land of farmers defaulting on loans. Farm loan waiver and deletion […]

Punjab: Lenient govt; bleeding Co-op Bank

With the Punjab government being lenient with farmers in repaying their crop loans, the Punjab State Cooperative Bank has witnessed a huge pile up of over Rs 5,300 crore in recoveries of loans, reports Hindustan Times. As promised by the Congress during the recent assembly polls, the farmers are waiting for a loan waiver. Immediately […]

Punjab Markfed: Samra makes it third time

Former state Cabinet Minister Amarjit Singh Samra took over as the new chairman of Markfed, Punjab. It is Samra’s third stint as the chairman of the Punjab’s apex cooperative body, reports Times of India. The senior Congress leader from Doaba was an MLA from Nakodar constituency of Jalandhar for four consecutive terms. He became a […]

Farmer’s complaint leads to arrest of PACS official

In a daring act a farmer of Patiala complained to vigilance about the bribe being demanded by the branch manager of Patran Primary Cooperative Agriculture Development Bank in Patiala in Punjab, reports Times of India. The bank manager Satwinder Singh has been arrested for demanding Rs 10000 to release a subsidy amounting to Rs 32000. […]

No ‘kurki’ of farmer’s land in Punjab

The newly formed Congress government in Punjab looks set to implement the party’s poll promise to waive off all farm loans. The govt has taken a decision to form a cabinet sub -committee to work out details in the matter, reports Financial Express. The state ministers for finance, agriculture, irrigation and power will be members […]

Chasing Amul: Cooperative of beekeepers on anvil

Kanupriya Saigal- not only looks smart but is also determined to accomplish her aims. She has vowed to change the lives of beekeepers in parts of Punjab and Haryana by organizing them in a cooperative and training them in modern techniques of bee-keeping. Her plans are simple yet revolutionary. With a modest initial capital of […]

Rs 14 lac fraud in Bibiwala co-op society

Bibiwala Cooperative Society in Bhatinda in Punjab is rocked by a fraud of Rs. 14 lakh, reports Tribune News Service. There were spate of frauds reported earlier from Gobindpura, Poohli and Dhipali cooperative society cranches and in three cooperative banks at grain market, Bathinda, Mehma Sirja and Sangat. A case under Section 406 of the […]

Protest against Bhatinda Co-op Bank

Members of hundreds of cooperative societies in Bhatinda district of Punjab are on the war path because Cooperative Bank Bhatinda has slashed the amount of loans to be disbursed to them by 20 crore rupees, reports Tribune. Members demanded the transfer of the managing director of Cooperative Bank, Bathinda. Earlier the district manager of Cooperative […]

Tackling whitefly in Punjab

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has constituted a five member team under the chairmanship of S N Sushil, Plant Protection Advisor to visit whitefly affected cotton crops in Fazilka, Mansa & Bhatinda districts of Punjab. The central team will visit the affected areas within two days and prepare a report which will be submitted […]

Punjab: Co-op employees lathicharged

Punjab police lathicharged employees of cooperative societies when they were protesting to get 37 of their colleagues released. The 37 employees had been arrested during the Sangat Darshan programme of Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal at Jangi Rana village after they had tried to disrupt the function to raise their demands. Nearly 500 employees of […]

Boosting agriculture: Singh meets Israeli counterpart

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh met his Israeli counterpart Agriculture and Rural Development Minister of Israel, Mr. M.K. Yuri Ariel to further strengthen ties between the two countries. In the ongoing projects where Israel is actively assisting India the third phase of action plan for the year 2015-18 has been […]

Markfed ties up with Amazon

Punjab’s leading farmers’ cooperative Markfed, has gone partners with virtual retailer Amazon in marketing its delicacies including the most talked about dish sarson da saag and dal makhni, reports Hindustan Times. Orders for the Punjabi dishes are pouring in from even from Mumbai, Patna and Gurgaon. The products on offer include rajmah, matar-paneer, chana and […]

Co-op dept bid to empower women in Punjab

Punjab govt will spend a huge amount of money on the Mai Bhago Women Empowerment Scheme launched by the cooperative department to make women financially independent. Already a couple of thousands of women have benefitted from the scheme, reports Daily Tribune. Official sources say the scheme covers dairy, embroidery, beauty parlour, computer, chutney, achaar and […]

Govt committed to promote bio-pesticides: Balyan

Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan reiterated government’s commitment for promotion of bio-pesticide in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. He added that the practice of judicious use of chemical pesticides would not be jettisoned. Balyan said”the Government of India is promoting use of bio-pesticides under the Integrated Pest Management […]