During the ongoing Rabi season, the state-owned procurement agency Markfed has been leading Ludhiana in terms of clearing 95 % payments to the farmers who sold their golden grains to it
With the completion of the procurement of around 88% of the expected wheat in the grain markets/purchase centers, the current Rabi procurement season is now heading towards a smooth end in Ludhiana
Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that in the current season, 9 lakh MT of wheat was expected to arrive in the grain markets in the district
This IT professional from Punjab’s Ludhiana based in Australia’s Sydney has been running a Twitter campaign to take on those spreading “fake news and running vilification campaigns” against the ongoing farmers’ protest