Bhima Singh of Bathinda's Jethuka village kept his field (right) ready for transplanting paddy saplings (left) days before June 15, the legal date for beginning transplantation, Punjab
Jaswinder Singh of Longowal village in Punjab’s Sangrur district says the law has been forced upon farmers. In 2009 when it was enacted, 17 farmer organisations in the region gave several representations against the law to Sangrur’s deputy commissioner.
Bhima Singh of Bathinda's Jethuka village kept his field (right) ready for transplanting paddy saplings (left) days before June 15, the legal date for beginning transplantation , punjab