Chandigarh:, Sept. 26 -- Uttar Pradesh agriculture minister SP Shahi offered to send 1,000 quintals of wheat seeds for flood-hit farmers in Punjab, state agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Thursday. He said the UP agriculture minister offered to send 327 varieties of wheat seeds. Khudian also said the Punjab government will distribute two lakh quintals of high-quality wheat seeds free of cost to affected farmers for the upcoming Rabi season.

He said this aid, valued at approximately Rs.74 crore, is aimed at covering the sowing needs for nearly 5 lakh acres of agricultural land that suffered extensive damage due to the recent floods.

Khudian further informed that PUNSEED will be the nodal agency responsible for distributi...