The Centre aims to work towards achieving zero paddy stubble burning incidents in the current season, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh T...

"The usage is very low. Just about 30-35% machines were used till the last harvest season in March-April," said a pollution board member, a...

The setting up of these plants will help resolve the problem of stubble burning and generate income for farmers, Union Environment Minister...

From September 15 till October 10, a total of 718 farm fire incidents have been recorded, as per the data. On the same day in 2020 and 2021...

Paddy straw burning is a matter of grave concern in NCR and adjoining areas. Ex-situ utilisation of paddy straw is an important strategy am...

Let’s start with the contribution of stubble burning to air pollution in Delhi-NCR. While we can bicker over the numbers, stubble burning i...

Paddy straw is commonly known as ‘stubble’ and is thought to be responsible for spikes in pollution across many Northern cities including D...

Chhattisgarh government has offered the Centre a solution to the problem of stubble burning in fields—set up ethanol or biofuel units using...

Lakhs of children studying in schools situated in rural areas participated in the anti-stubble burning rallies organized in the respective ...

The Chief Minister pointed out that harvesting of paddy crop had already started in the state.

Some farmers burn crop residues and destroy them, causing environmental pollution.

Government employees in Punjab have also have been told to create awareness among farmers about the damage it causes.

The state governments will help cooperatives of unemployed youth set up custom hiring centres that will loan out the Happy Seeder machines ...

Dhankar in pursuance to an order of the NGT, the government had issued a notification dated September 16, 2003 prohibiting burning of left-...

Paddy has been sown in over 29.5 lakh hectares in Punjab, including 4.5 lakh hectares under the aromatic basmati crop.

While meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...

Swaminathan said paddy straw can be used for making animal feed, cardboard, paper and other products. He will soon send a detailed note to ...