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Punjab records 3,284 stubble burning from Sept 15 to Nov 6, Haryana witnesses 206The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) noted a marginal decrease in Punjab's stubble burning incidents between September 15 and N...- 70% decrease in Punjab's stubble burning incidents: Report in NGTPunjab significantly reduced stubble burning incidents in 2024. The state managed almost 20 million tonnes of paddy straw using various met...
- State cooperative banks in Punjab to offer loans on crop residue management machinesPunjab CM Bhagwant Mann announced a new loan scheme from state cooperative banks for farmers to buy crop residue management machines. The s...
- 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...
- Indian Biogas Association pitches for Rs 30k cr investment for compressed biogas plantsIndian Biogas Association Chairman Gaurav Kedia pointed out that there are obstacles to procurement, such as unappealing economics, which m...
- Govt revises crop residue management guidelinesThe Indian government has revised the crop residue management guidelines to allow for more effective ex-situ management of paddy straw in t...
- Centre revises crop residue management guidelinesThe Indian government has revised crop residue management guidelines to reduce air pollution caused by the burning of paddy straw in fields...
- Centre's refusal to provide cash incentive to farmers impacted campaign against farm fires in Punjab: Gopal Rai"However, the way the Centre has bluntly denied (the request)... it has impacted the entire campaign (against stubble burning) in the state...
- Farm fires: Experts divided on cash incentive to farmers, ask why not use pusa-bio decomposer"Cash incentive is a temporary solution to the problem. Other methods such as using paddy straw in boilers and for manufacturing paper are ...
- Punjab, Delhi plan cash incentive for farmers in border state for not burning stubbleIn an interview to PTI recently, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai had said the AAP government in Punjab is definitely going to bring a ...
- View: Stubble-burning is not an insignificant source of pollution, and a ‘simple’ solution existsOne way is to redesign the combine harvesters to cut the paddy straw from the plant’s base to remove the stem. The straw can either be sold...
- View: How to control air pollutionLet’s start with the contribution of stubble burning to air pollution in Delhi-NCR. While we can bicker over the numbers, stubble burning i...
- 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.
- 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...
- Mechanisation promises cleaner winters in north this yearA large number of farmers, cooperative societies, custom- hiring centres has sought funds to purchase including rotavators, happy seeders, ...
- Punjab receives 32000 applications for subsidy on stubble management equipmentAround 32000 applications have been received so far for availing subsidy to purchase farm machinery for managing stubble in the state.
- New Holland Agri offers tech solutions to reduce crop burningThe country generates 540 million tonnes crop residue annually. About 35 million tonnes of paddy straw is burned in Punjab and Haryana alon...
- Haryana seeks Rs 1,600 crore from Centre for crop residue managementDhankar in pursuance to an order of the NGT, the government had issued a notification dated September 16, 2003 prohibiting burning of left-...
- Crop stubble burning likely to come downOfficials estimate that crop stubble burning and the consequent air pollution would be 10-15% lower this year because of the government’s d...
- CLAAS looks to tie up with Punjab govt to help curb stubble burningIn India, use of machines for dealing with crop residue has not picked up and farmers still resort to open burning.
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