How advancing paddy sowing by a week helps Punjab farmers, and Congress | Explained News, The Indian Express

How advancing paddy sowing by a week helps Punjab farmers, and Congress | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba |Jalandhar |Published: May 13, 2019 2:26:29 pm

How advancing paddy sowing by a week helps Punjab farmers, and Congress

In the backdrop of the General Election, when the parties are sparing no effort to woo each section of the society, how does Punjab CM’s announcement help the lot of the state’s farmers and affects the ever-depleting water table in the state. The Indian Express attempts to explain.

To check the fall in the water table, Punjab, in 2009, had become the first state to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act stipulates that ‘no farmer shall sow nursery of paddy before 10th day of May of the agricultural year or such other date as may be notified by the state government’. (PTI Photo)

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced to advance the sowing of paddy by a week – to June 13 instead of the earlier announced June 20 for the coming season. Farmers in Punjab have been demanding to be allowed to go for early sowing. Last season, after the government postponed the paddy sowing date from June 15 to June 20, farmers claimed that the five day delay led to a decrease in yield. In the backdrop of the General Election, when the parties are sparing no effort to woo each section of the society, how does Punjab CM’s announcement help the lot of the state’s farmers and affects the ever-depleting water table in the state. The Indian Express attempts to explain.