PUNJAB WITNESSES 16% SURGE IN AREA UNDER BASMATI CULTIVATION
Amritsar is leading district with 1.35 Lac hectares area under Basmati
PUNJAB WITNESSES 16% SURGE IN AREA UNDER BASMATI CULTIVATION
Chandigarh: The campaign to promote crop diversification in the state launched by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government got a major push after the state has witnessed at least 16 per cent increase in the area under the Basmati cultivation this Kharif season, said Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian here on Friday. while adding that district Amritsar tops the chart with 1.35 lac hectares area sown under this long-grain rice.
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