‘4,000 5,000 litres of water for 1kg of rice’: Punjab is farming itself into a grave, warns Acharya Prashant
The state produces nearly 12 million metric tons of rice annually, using 97% of its extracted groundwater solely for paddy cultivation. This has made Punjab the largest extractor of groundwater in India. Business Today Desk Punjab is staring down a looming ecological disaster, as relentless paddy cultivation pushes the state closer to desertification, warns Acharya […]




