In Punjab, Summer Moong cultivation has set a new record this year with sowing of 1 lakh 25 thousand acres an increase of around 70,000 acres from the previous season.<br />''<br />''Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had recently appealed to the farmers to save water by adopting alternative crops.<br />''         <br />''The State government has already issued a notification to procure the entire crop on Minimum Support Price of 7 thousand 275 rupees per quintal.<br />''<br />''As per the notification, the harvesting period of Summer Moong is in the month of June, and procurement period from June 1, to July 31, 2022.         <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">As per data compiled by State Agriculture Department on the basis of final field reports received from all the districts, it was cultivated over an area of nearly 1.25 lakh acres as compared to 55,000 acres during 2020-21.</span><br />