Patiala, July 3 – The Punjab government has extended the deadline for registration of farmers on the Agrimachinerypb.com portal for direct sowing of paddy from June 30 to July 15. In this regard, the Chief Agriculture Officer, Patiala Dr. Jaswinder Singh appealed to the farmers to contact the officials of the Agriculture Department to register their area on the Kisan Portal to get the financial amount of Rs 1500 per acre provided by the government for direct sowing. .
 Chief Agriculture Officer Patiala said that 15-20 percent water is saved during direct sowing of paddy and the yield of paddy also remains the same and the expenses incurred by the farmers on paddy planting, fertilizers and pesticides are less. He told the farmers that the machine used for its sowing, Lucky Seed Drill, is also given a subsidy by the Punjab government. Chief Agriculture Officer Patiala said that the farmers of block Patiala
Dr Jaspinder Kaur (95017-39428),
Farmer Dr. Rashpinder Singh (98789-86603) of Block Nabha,
Farmer Dr. Vimalpreet Singh (98159-82309) of Block Bhunarheri,
Farmer Dr. Satish Kumar (97589-00047) of Block Samana.
Block Rajpura farmer Dr. Neetu Rani (62833-74098) and
Farmer Dr. Jupinder Singh Pannu (73070-59201) of Block Ghanour,
 Can get their registration done by contacting Dr. Anurag Attri (97819-93090).
Dr. Jaswinder Singh said that the officials and employees of district level and block level office of district Patiala will be available to do this work in the interest of farmers. In this regard, farmers are being informed through village level camps, WhatsApp groups, newspapers and electronic media.