As paddy transplantation started in Punjab on Thursday, heavy pre-monsoon rains and ample labor within the fields got here as a significant impetus for the farmers sowing the crop.
In the final 10 days, Punjab has obtained 172 per cent extra rainfall than regular throughout this era. Labor fee can also be cheap in comparison with final 12 months.
The labor costs for paddy transplantation vary between Rs 2,700 to Rs 4,000 per acre this 12 months, in comparison with Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000 per acre final 12 months, when migrant laborers returned to their native locations in Bihar and UP in massive numbers. There was a scarcity.
Balwant Singh Boprai, a farmer from Ludhiana’s Ghudani Kalan village, who can also be a BKU (Ugrahan) chief, stated no laborers had been accessible for weeks final 12 months. “I was afraid that at that time my fields would be left empty, but this time there is a labor surplus,” he stated.
“Last year we did not get a single laborer for about 10 days even after the paddy transplantation started and then arranged Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 per acre. Local laborers also took advantage of the situation and charged 40 to 50 per cent more than the existing rates,” stated Nakodar farmer Paramjit Singh, including that this time he has obtained surplus labour, as a result of which the laborers themselves are charging between Rs 3,000. 4,000
Prakash Sahu of Bihar, who was transplanting paddy in a subject in Nurpur village on Thursday, stated that this time in the course of the wheat procurement season the employees had returned to their respective states, however most of them had began transplanting paddy. Returned after a month or so. “Last year I faced a tough time at my place in Bihar as I could not come to Punjab due to the lockdown,” he stated.
Another laborer Jiten Prasad stated, “Working during the paddy season and procurement season in Punjab makes our lives easier.”
Farmer Manjit Singh of Uddat Bhagat Ram village in Mansa, who owns 14 acres of land, informed The Indian Express that he pays Rs 3,000 per acre as labor price this 12 months.
BKU’s Boprai stated that farmers shouldn’t hesitate to pay a bit further to the laborers.
“The government should control the private players who loot the farmers. The laborers are not looting them, but the farmers and laborers are indispensable to each other,” Boparai stated.
Farmer Devinder Singh of Majha space of Tarn Taran district and Gurpreet Singh, a farmer chief from Chhina village of Gurdaspur additionally stated that this time there isn’t any scarcity of laborers of their space.
Bathinda farmer leaders, Jhanda Singh Jethuke and Jagseer Singh, each BKU (Ugrahan) leaders, stated this time the charges are between Rs 3,800 and Rs 4,000 per acre.
Labor contractor Santosh Kumar stated, “Last year both farmers and laborers who had returned in Punjab had to face tough times and this time the laborers returned to Punjab before the start of the paddy season.”
The sowing of rice in Punjab lasts for 40 to 50 days just like the sowing of paddy in June and early July adopted by the planting of Basmati which lasts until the tip of July.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed a number of districts of the state on Thursday, which can ease the stress on groundwater for a couple of days throughout paddy sowing as even a day’s heavy rain saves heavy water because it generates over 14 lakh electrical energy. Prevents tube wells from working. Which extracts hundreds of thousands of liters of water in a day.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
