<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Government has issued a notification allowing the farmers from across the state to transplant paddy from June 13. The government has preponed the date from June 20 fixed for paddy sowing last year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Disclosing this at Chandigarh today, a spokesman of the State Agriculture Department said, the decision has been taken acceding to the demand of various farmers' organizations. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that this initiative would certainly obviate the farmers from various hardships being faced by them on account of late transplantation of paddy, which often led to higher moisture content at the time of harvesting. </span><br />''