According to an official release here, the plan for paddy crop residue management was discussed at a high-level meeting in view of the comi...

The data in the report reveals new insights into recent trends in biomass fires, including emissions from forest and crop residue fires in ...

Crop residue burning is one part of the problem. A seasonal source of particulate matter pollution, crop residue burning is a demonstration...

The task force met on Friday to review action taken by various agencies and to firm up plans for the season ahead. Chief secretaries of Del...

The overall air quality index in Delhi stood at 360 at 2 pm. Rohini was the most-polluted area with an AQI of 416, followed by Bawana (411)...

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta took serious note of crop burning in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh and said it...

The NGT has asked the states ways to tackle crop burning as it is a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi.

While burning of paddy in kharif poses graver concern in winters due to concentration of toxic residue, the pollution is well distributed i...

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

The country generates 540 million tonnes crop residue annually. About 35 million tonnes of paddy straw is burned in Punjab and Haryana alon...

In a hearing on an ongoing case in the National Green Tribunal based on prevention and abolition of crop burning, a principal bench of the ...

Earlier, when harvesting was manual, the crop waste was sold by farmers to paper mills for use as raw material. However, with most harvesti...

A survey by ToI reporters across Punjab and Haryana finds that despite concerns raised by the Punjab and Haryana HC and the NGT, farmers ha...

Jha said crop burning has been controlled in almost all states except Punjab where large scale burning has been reported.

He said this is the transition time of weather from monsoon to winter season and during this period, there is some problem every year.

National Green Tribunal, which has fixed fines on farmers for burning crop stubble to prevent smog over Delhi and its neighbourhood, has di...

The IIT, which has submitted its report to the Kejriwal government, has suggested that the capital switch increasingly to electric and hybr...