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Can't single out farm fire for Delhi's air pollution, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court questioned blaming farmers solely for Delhi's air pollution. It noted stubble burning occurred during clear skies in the ...
Manjinder Singh Sirsa calls Kejriwal 'Anpadh,' slams Saurabh Bharadwaj over Punjab's stubble burning postDelhi's air quality remains poor. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa labelled Arvind Kejriwal illiterate. This follows a political ...
Stubble burning: CAQM empowers DMs to take legal action against lax officialsThe Centre's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has empowered district magistrates in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and ...
Supreme Court slams Commission for Air Quality management over lack of inaction on stubble burningThe Supreme Court has criticised the Commission for Air Quality Management for not taking action against stubble burning. The court highlig...
SC seeks straw burning report from panel on air qualityThe Supreme Court has asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to provide an explanation by Friday regarding alleged stubble ...
SC asks CAQM to apprise it about steps taken to curb pollution, stubble burningThe Supreme Court has asked the Commission for Air Quality Management to explain the steps being taken to curb air pollution from crop resi...
Delhi-NCR Pollution: Crop residue burning has to be stopped, says SCThe Supreme Court has reiterated the need to stop crop residue burning in Punjab and other states near Delhi to reduce pollution levels in ...
Significant drop in number of farm fires in Punjab, Haryana this year: CAQMSince September 15, there have been about 56 per cent fewer stubble-burning events in Punjab and 40 per cent fewer instances in Haryana tha...
Stubble burning fine set to be notified; between ₹2,500 to ₹15,000 per incidentThe draft rule to the CAQM Act, 2021, proposes 2,500 'environmental compensation' per incidence of stubble fire for a farmer owning less th...
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 ...
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...
Stubble burning: SC keeps in abeyance its Oct 16 order appointing Justice M B Lokur panelA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order while considering the Centre's stand that it is coming out with a comprehensive ...
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...
Being in denial will not help, Arvind Kejriwal to Prakash Javadekar on stubble burningTaking to Twitter, the chief minister sought to know why pollution has suddenly increased in Delhi-NCR in the last fortnight if stubble bur...
Prakash Javadekar flags off 50 CPCB teams in Delhi-NCR, says only 4% pollution due to stubble burningThe 50 CPCB teams will make extensive field visits from October 15 to February 28 next year and focus on hot spot areas where the air pollu...
SC asks states about arrangements made to prevent stubble burning
Delhi’s geography is truly cursed: Siddharth Singh, author of 'The Great Smog of India'Even though we do not have real-time source-based data for air pollution for all affected cities and towns, we know enough to act decisivel...
There is 12.01% drop in stubble burning cases: Narendra Singh TomarThe agriculture minister said Uttar Pradesh witnessed a significant drop of 48.2% in stubble burning cases while Punjab and Haryana saw a d...
Ban on stubble burning not fully implemented: GovernmentWhile meetings of Environment Minister Dave with state environment ministers were held on many occasions, four secretary-level meetings hav...