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Agriculture
Punjab Food Minister Visits Taran Taran Market, Promises Govt to Purchase Every Grain
✍️ Amar Ujala · Punjab
🗓 03 Oct 2026, 02:16 PM
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During a visit to the Taran Taran market, Punjab’s Food Minister met farmers, traders and laborers, assuring that the state will buy each grain of the harvest.
Punjab’s Food Minister made a field visit to the Taran Taran agricultural market, where he interacted not only with market officials but also with the farmers, middlemen and daily‑wage workers present. The minister gathered details on the existing procurement mechanisms and used the opportunity to convey the government’s commitment to purchase every grain produced by the local growers.
In conversations with the farmers, the minister emphasized that the state will ensure a guaranteed market for their produce, aiming to eliminate any uncertainty about sales. He also addressed the traders, assuring them of transparent procedures and timely payments under the government’s procurement scheme.
The visit underscores the administration’s focus on strengthening agricultural procurement in Punjab, a key step toward stabilising farm incomes and supporting the state’s food‑security objectives.
In conversations with the farmers, the minister emphasized that the state will ensure a guaranteed market for their produce, aiming to eliminate any uncertainty about sales. He also addressed the traders, assuring them of transparent procedures and timely payments under the government’s procurement scheme.
The visit underscores the administration’s focus on strengthening agricultural procurement in Punjab, a key step toward stabilising farm incomes and supporting the state’s food‑security objectives.