Tag: stubble burning

Stubble burning share in Delhi’s pollution rises to season’s highest of 36 pc

New Delhi, Nov 5: Stubble burning accounted for 36 per cent of Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution on Friday, the highest this season so far, according to government air quality forecast agency SAFAR. “The overall air quality of Delhi plunged to the upper end of the ‘severe’ category with additional firework […]

Stubble burning: Punjab CM directs officials to implement SC order

Chandigarh, Nov 8: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the state’s agriculture department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who had not burnt any paddy straw. The chief minister also ordered […]

Government is making every effort to stop stubble burning by farmers

Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for in-situ Management of Crop Residue in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi is being undertaken  open view web desk Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh has said that government is making every effort to stop […]

India aims to cut stubble burning in key states by 70 percent, but experts sceptical

NEW DELHI – India aims to reduce stubble burning, a major source of pollution during the winter months, by 70 percent in its top two farm states this year, a top government official said on Tuesday, but experts questioned whether the target was credible. Stubble burning in Punjab […]

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