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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Saturday (January 17, 2026), voicing concerns implicit the projected Seeds Bill 2025, which is expected to beryllium introduced successful Parliament during the upcoming Budget Session.
Mr. Mann, who met the Home Minister successful New Delhi, said helium raised a bid of agelong pending issues of the State, including Punjab’s objections to the projected Seeds Bill 2025, the unresolved Sutlej Yamuna Link quality (SYL), dilatory question of foodgrains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), non outgo of Rural Development Fund (RDF), and the dilution of Punjab’s relation successful Union Territory - Chandigarh’s administration, seeking time-bound solution of these matters.
Raising superior objections to the projected Seeds Bill 2025, Mr. Mann said, “Punjab is an agrarian State and 1 of the largest atom producing States of the country, yet the draught Seed Bill does not guarantee practice of the State arsenic per Schedule nether the applicable Section. The portion based strategy introduced successful the Bill does not warrant Punjab’s practice successful the Central Seed Committee, dissimilar the existing system, thereby limiting the State’s dependable successful decisions that straight impact the effect sector.”
“The projected Bill besides curtails the existing powers of the State Seed Committee, arsenic determination is nary relation envisaged for the State level committee successful effect registration, and the draught is soundless connected a robust compensation model for farmers who endure losses erstwhile registered effect fails to execute arsenic claimed,” helium added.
No surplus water
Raising Punjab’s agelong lasting presumption connected stream waters, the Chief Minister said, “Punjab has nary surplus h2o to stock with immoderate different State. There has been a important simplification successful the availability of Sutlej, Ravi and Beas waters and therefore, construction of the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal is not viable.”
Flagging the non-payment of statutory dues, Mr. Mann said that contempt wide statutory provisions nether the applicable Punjab Acts, Rural Development Fund has not been reimbursed to the State government.
On the contented of borderline areas, Mr. Mann said, “Along the 532 km India Pakistan border, fencing is located heavy wrong Punjab’s territory. As per planetary norms, operation should beryllium beyond 150 meters of the Zero Line, but successful respective areas of Punjab, the Border Security Fence is located 2 to 3 kilometres inside.”
