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Govt to formulate plan to stop incidents of stubble burning: Agriculture ministerThe Indian government will create a plan to end stubble burning. This initiative aims to improve air quality in Delhi-NCR and protect soil ...- Satellites missing most farm fires in Punjab, Haryana; impact on Delhi highly underestimated: ReportThe Stubble Burning Status Report 2025 by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) said this led to...
- 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...
- Madhya Pradesh nears unwanted record, set to surpass Punjab in stubble burning casesMadhya Pradesh is seeing a sharp rise in farm fires. The state recorded over a thousand incidents on November 11 alone. This surge places i...
- Centre urges states to boost stubble management plans as Delhi air crisis loomsThe Centre is urging states to enhance the execution of micro-level action plans for crop residue management to mitigate the annual air qua...
- Delhi stares at pollution haze as paddy harvest still to pick up full paceDelhi-NCR's AQI has exceeded 300, with paddy harvesting in Punjab and Haryana not yet at full pace. Rising farm fires in hotspot districts ...
- Work from home instead of odd-even likely on Delhi Govt's Winter Action PlanDelhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai outlined a Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution, emphasizing work from home policies and aware...
- Stubble burning hits peak, Delhi chokesLate rain spells this year delayed sowing of paddy in large parts of Punjab, also prolonging the usual harvest period. While most of the ha...
- NGT issues notice to Punjab CS, CPCB on air pollution caused by stubble burningThe green panel also took on record a report by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a...
- Delhi-NCR pollution: Farmers can't be blamed; stubble burning happening due to failure of 4 state govts, says NHRCAlarmed over the rise in pollution in Delhi-NCR, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had recently asked the chief secretaries of Pu...
- Punjab farmers shun machines to treat stubble"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...
- Significant decrease in no. of stubble-burning events in Punjab, Haryana and 8 NCR districts of UPThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and Adjoining Areas said according to a report based on the protocol framed by the ...
- Delhi unveils 10-point action plan to combat air pollution in winterSpecial teams have been formed to monitor pollution hotspots. Steps will also be taken to address traffic jams on 64 identified roads to re...
- Shift public transport vehicles in NCR to CNG: Delhi to neighbouring statesEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai also urged the neighbouring states to spray bio-decomposer on paddy straw as an "emergency measure" to preve...
- Delhi's 'Winter Action Plan' to fight pollution to be ready by September 30: Gopal RaiRai chaired a high-level meeting of the Delhi pollution control committee, environment and forest departments. The plan will focus on 10 po...
- Hectic meet between Ministry and Air Quality commission to reduce burning of farm stubbleThe Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) has also expressed concern that incidents of stubble burning in Terai may hit the air quali...
- SC tasks Justice Madan Lokur to deal with stubble burning threatening to overwhelm Delhi NCRThe top court directed the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and UP to assist Justice Lokur, enable physical surveillance of fields wher...
- Political accusations fly thick and fast over reasons for air quality dipWhile urging opposition-ruled Punjab to stop stubble burning, Environment minister Prakash Javdekar said only 4% of the air pollution in th...
- Delhi taking lead in fight against pollution, but neighbouring states still not serious: Gopal RaiDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the AAP government wants cooperation not confrontation with other states on the issue of air poll...
- New tech for decomposing straw to be used for stubble burning in Delhi, other states: JavadekarHe said during the meeting, which was also attended by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control boards, DDA and NDMC...
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