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Wheat sowing in full swing in Punjab : Pannu

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (UNI) With wheat already sown in 33 lakh acres till Saturday, Punjab is all set to meet its target of completing the sowing of Rabi crop in all the 87 lakh acres out of total 104 lac acres cultivated land across the state.
Stating this here today, Secretary Agriculture K S Pannu said that the state government had ensured all the arrangements for sowing of wheat including assured supply of power for irrigation, regular canal water supply and making 4.50 lakh tonnes of DAP fertilizer available to farmers. As many as 2.84 lakh quinntals of certified wheat seed was also being given to small and marginal farmers at a subsidy of Rs 1000 per quintal.
The sowing of wheat started from the last week of October and continues till end of November, he said, adding that 33 lakh acres which has been already sown is equal to the area sown last year under wheat crop till this day.
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