Punjab contributes maximum production of Wheat and Paddy across India despite acute power and labour shortage across state and adverse climatic conditions. Despite being the highest producer of Wheat and Paddy per hectare, the profits of the hard working Punjab farmer are getting diminutive. Reason, increased input costs, farmer today is bearing an additional daily brunt of Diesel to pump water from its  Tubewells which is equivalent to Monthly Power subsidy given by the Punjab Government.