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Manjinder Singh Sirsa calls Kejriwal 'Anpadh,' slams Saurabh Bharadwaj over Punjab's stubble burning postDelhi's air quality remains poor. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa labelled Arvind Kejriwal illiterate. This follows a political ...
Stubble burning in Punjab? Not this year, govt unveils aggressive new strategy to stop it coldPunjab is implementing a tech-driven strategy to combat stubble burning, utilizing satellite surveillance and real-time alerts. The initiat...
Centre rejects Punjab govt's stubble funding demandThe BJP-led central government and the AAP-led Punjab government are at odds over funding incentives to prevent stubble burning, with the i...
Stubble burning cases have reduced from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023: Haryana State Pollution Control Board Secretary Pradeep KumarThe Haryana State Pollution Control Board reports a significant drop in stubble burning cases, from 7,000 in 2021 to 2,300 in 2023. Farmers...
Punjab govt prepares Rs 500-crore action plan to check stubble burningAn action plan with Rs 500 crore is in place to combat stubble burning. 21,511 applications for subsidies on crop residue management machin...
Cases of stubble burning coming down, says Delhi Minister Gopal RaiSupreme Court on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the hazardous air quality in the national capital, while directing that farmers shoul...
India Inc playing firefighter as stubble burning turns air toxicStubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has beco...
Punjab aims to reduce stubble-burning incidents by 50 per centAccording to an official release here, the plan for paddy crop residue management was discussed at a high-level meeting in view of the comi...
Air pollution: Punjab sees 12.59 pc rise in stubble burning events in last 50 days, says ICAR dataOn Friday alone, a total of 2,945 stubble-burning events were detected in six states, out of which a maximum of 2,437 incidents were in Pun...
Stubble burning: Bhagwant Mann instigating farmers, levelling false allegations against Centre, claims Haryana CM KhattarMann on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre for "targeting" Punjab farmers for farm fires, alleging that the saffron party wanted to aveng...
Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Gurdaspur account for 60 per cent of stubble burning cases in PunjabPaddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital r...
Awareness, machines, engaging students, religious places: Punjab plans its stubble-burning fightWith pollution level in Delhi shooting up during the winter months, the issue of stubble burning often led to a blame game between the Delh...
Centre rejects Punjab's Rs 2,500/acre cash sops to stop stubble burningThe 'incentive' in the Punjab government's proposal was to cost '1,875 crore, of which the central share would be '1,125 crore and Punjab a...
Significant decrease in no. of stubble-burning events in Punjab, Haryana and 8 NCR districts of UPThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas said according to a report based on the protocol framed by the ...
Hectic meet between Ministry and Air Quality commission to reduce burning of farm stubbleThe Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) has also expressed concern that incidents of stubble burning in Terai may hit the air quali...
Nearly 40,000 stubble burning incidents reported in Punjab so far this yearAccording to GS Gill, Nodal Officer, Punjab Pollution Control Board, the incidents of stubble burning were reported mainly in Sangrur, Bath...
Stubble burning can exacerbate COVID situation in north: ExpertLast year's stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana had contributed to 44 percent of the pollution in NCR Delhi, according to System of Air Q...
Stubble burning relies on farmers’ awareness, vigil as mechanisation inadequate this seasonThis year, the challenge is stiffer for other reasons too: paddy was sown in a wider area and late in the kharif season, which means farmer...
Pollution alert in Delhi after Haryana, Punjab crop burningWhile burning of paddy in kharif poses graver concern in winters due to concentration of toxic residue, the pollution is well distributed i...
Ban on stubble burning not fully implemented: GovernmentWhile meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...