Friday, November 16, 2012

Punkab farmers to get subsidised wheat seeds

by Panjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, NOV 16
The Punjab Government has been providing a subsidy of Rs. 500 per quintal on certified wheat seeds to the farmers of the state.
          Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that subsidized seeds were available at the Sale Centers of Agriculture Department including Punjab Agro, Cooperative Societies, IFFCO, KARIBCO and N.S.C. He said that the variety of seeds, which would be purchased from private seed producers, including P.B.W-550, P.B.W-502, and D.B.W-17 would be provided to the farmers with a subsidized price of Rs. 1500 per quintal and Rs. 600 of per bag containing 40kg, while the other varieties including P.B.W-621, P.B.W-509 would be provided at the cost of Rs. 1550 per quintal and Rs. 620 per bag of 40 kg.
          The spokesman said that for further queries farmers can contact at phone numbers in districts Amritsar-2502527, Barnala-243709, Fridkot-250058, Fathegarh Sahib-232277, Ferozepur-241458, Gurdaspur-221261, Hoshiarpur-222102, Jalandhar-2225005., Kapurthala-225782, Ludhiana-2252757, Mansa-2214774, Ropar-222370, Sangrur-234220, Ajitgarh-2217523 and Tarntarn-222458.

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