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Vedanta says biomass facility of Talwandi Sabo Power helps in reducing stubble burning in PunjabVedanta's Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd biomass facility has dramatically cut farm fire incidents in Mansa, Punjab. Stubble burning cases dropped...- Punjab, Haryana, UP asked to set up 'Parali Protection Force' to end stubble burningThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to establish a 'parali protection force' t...
- MP govt cracks down on stubble burning: No benefits for violatorsMadhya Pradesh is cracking down on stubble burning. Farmers risk losing MSP benefits and state Kisan Kalyan Yojana payouts from May 1 if ca...
- Amid worsening air pollution in North India, Punjab hits record number of farm fires this seasonPunjab witnessed its highest single-day tally of farm fires this season on Monday, with 1,251 new incidents reported. The surge brings the ...
- Punjab: Farmers continue their protest for second day, demand paddy procurement among othersFarmers in Punjab continue their protest for the second day, demanding paddy procurement and sufficient supplies of DAP fertilizer. The pro...
- 'Tardy' paddy procurement: Farmers to block roads at few places in Punjab on SaturdayFarmers in Punjab, led by Kisan Mazdoor Morcha's Sarwan Singh Pandher, plan to initiate an indefinite road blockade from October 26 to prot...
- Disincentivise crop burning effectivelyGoI directs states to withhold MSP benefits from stubble-burning farmers, following Supreme Court's disincentive recommendation. Strategies...
- Panel on farm fires for 'red entry' in recordsIt is also readying to ask central ministries to consolidate and converge various schemes to ensure a more robust stubble supply chain mana...
- Significant drop in number of farm fires in Punjab, Haryana this year: CAQMSince September 15, there have been about 56 per cent fewer stubble-burning events in Punjab and 40 per cent fewer instances in Haryana tha...
- MSP & pollution: Two sides of same coinThere is a direct correlation between why north India becomes a gas chamber every winter and the scheme of paddy and wheat procurement unde...
- Govt planning to use stubble for biofuels, manure: Union minister Bhupender YadavUnion Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav made these remarks in his intervention during a discussion on the iss...
- NTPC's green drive can cut air pollutionBurning plant waste puts CO2 captured by plants back in the air, but does not add to CO2 burden, unlike burning coal.
- People sitting in 5-star hotels in Delhi accusing farmers for air pollution: Supreme CourtThe apex court said this fact cannot be ignored that how many firecrackers have been burnt despite ban being in place. "Every year when Del...
- Air quality management commission should consider use of bio-decomposer for stubble: Gopal RaiDuring a press conference here, Rai said that a 15-member impact assessment committee has ascertained the effectiveness of the Pusa bio-dec...
- Odd-even scheme may be extended if required: Arvind Kejriwal"If need arises, we will extend it (odd-even scheme)," Kejriwal said in response to media queries on whether the scheme, aimed at curbing v...
- CII adopts 100 villages in Punjab, Haryana to mitigate pollution caused by stubble burningOver 3,000 school students in Punjab, and youth and corporate volunteers are joining CII in this movement to enable zero stubble burning.
- Bid to fight air pollution: NTPC to use crop stubble in fuel mixA large number of farmers particularly in Punjab and Haryana are burning the farm stubble/straw, which causes air pollution, in the absence...
- Delhi's air quality may improve as UP, Haryana, Punjab take steps to discourage stubble burningThe situation was so bad late last year that the Capital was referred to as a gas chamber by health experts, forcing authorities to declare...
- Congress hits out at AAP over absence of stubble burning issue in manifestoAAP has chosen to maintain a studious silence over the critical issue of stubble burning in the state, said PPCC leaders Rana Gurjit Singh,...
- Punjab bans harvesting of Rabi crop at nightAn official spokesperson of the agriculture department said that the harvesting of crop has been banned during night so that the produce co...
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