The 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 farm leaders have asserted that industries, vehicles, and construction contribute more than stubble burning are responsible for Delh...

Stubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has beco...

Haryana has developed a comprehensive plan to tackle the issue of stubble burning during the upcoming paddy harvest season. The state has i...

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...

Stubble burning is a major cause of air pollution in the northwest, especially Delhi-NCR during winters. The CII runs a crop residue manage...

With pollution level in Delhi shooting up during the winter months, the issue of stubble burning often led to a blame game between the Delh...

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

Open-field burning of agricultural remains is a major source of air pollution in northern India.

Some of these dots may be forest fires but Hiren Jethva, research scientist at Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, says fires in central Indi...

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

Officials estimate that crop stubble burning and the consequent air pollution would be 10-15% lower this year because of the government’s d...

Delhi last year suffered a massive spike in air pollution levels, including a severe smog episode on November 6, following the stubble burn...

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

Had the Delhi’s neighbouring states adhered to the guidelines of the two-year-old national policy for management of crop residue (NPMCR), t...

The centre asked the states to use machines such as 'Happy seeder', 'Rotavator', 'zero till seed drill', 'Baler', 'Paddy straw chopper' and...