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Wheat, rice procurement enough to 'comfortably meet food grains requirements'
About 21.27 lakh farmers have already benefitted from the ongoing wheat procurement operations with the MSP outflow of about Rs 47,000 crore. Major contribution in the procurement has come from three procuring states of Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana with procurement of 121.27 LMT, 70.98 LMT and 63.17 LMT respectively.
India at G20 showcases its strength in research, innovation
The event brought together delegates from the G20 Education Working Group to discuss the future of work and innovation, with a focus on building bridges across nations for equitable development. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar, welcomed the participants and highlighted India's opportunity to establish itself as a leader in research and innovation globally.
Under NMP, 25 AAI airports earmarked for leasing till 2025
The leasing of the airports began in 2022. These airports include Trichy, Coimbatore, Madurai & Chennai in Tamil Nadu; Bhubaneswar in Odisha; Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh; Amritsar in Punjab; Indore & Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh; Raipur in Chhattisgarh; Calicut in Kerala; Nagpur in Maharashtra; Patna in Bihar; Surat & Vadodara in Gujarat; Ranchi in Jharkhand; Jodhpur & Udaipur in Rajasthan; Vijayawada, Tirupati & Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh; Hubli in Karnataka; Imphal in Manipur; Agartala in Tripura and Dehradun in Uttarakhand.
Several pumps in major Pakistan cities close down due to fuel shortage
The situation has reached a boiling point with people left high and dry as they scramble to find ways to keep their vehicles running, Samaa TV reported. Several pumps in major cities, including Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala, have closed down, the report said. The fuel stations have limited filling to bikers to only Rs 200 and only Rs 5,000 to those having four-wheelers, Samaa TV reported.
Tata Technologies offers to set up EV production unit in Punjab
A delegation of the Tata technologies called on Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann here at his official residence. During the deliberations, the delegation comprising Global CEO of Tata Technologies Warren Harris, President Global HR and IT Pawan Bhageria and others evinced keen interest to set up this unit in the state with a current investment of Rs 250 crore and future investment of Rs 1,600 crore.
High excise duties in Punjab hit fuel pump dealers
"Successive governments in Punjab -- the Akalis and the Congress had been regularly increasing VAT on petrol and diesel, resulting in vast difference in petroleum prices in Punjab as compared to neighboring states," Monty Sehgal, spokesman for the Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab, told IANS.
In record, Punjab makes payments of Rs 13K cr for wheat procurement
Lal Chand Kataruchak said this was the highest payment in the past decade. The minister said the total minimum support price (MSP) payments released this year were three times of what was paid last year (Rs 4,754.42 crore) by this date.
PNB declares Rs 2,060 cr fraud at IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power
The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported a borrowal fraud of Rs 2060.14 crore in the NPA account of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power at the Extra Large Corporate Branch in Delhi zonal office. "A fraud of Rs 2060.14 crore is being reported by the bank to the RBI in the accounts of the company. The bank has already made provisions amounting to Rs 824.06 crore, as per prescribed prudential norms," PNB said in a disclosure.
Discuss pharma industry profits in parliamentary committee: Manish Tewari
Tewari quoted reports that the growth in the pharma exports in FY 2021 was $ 24 billion which increased to 18.4 percent and is the highest in nine years in the country.
Paddy procurement from Oct 11 in interest of farmers, consumers: Govt
"Because of the untimely rains, maturity of paddy grains is delayed. As per Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data, rainfall during September 2021 is 77 per cent and 139 per cent above normal in Punjab and Haryana respectively," a release from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said.
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