AS PART of efforts to curb stubble burning in the winter, the Uttar Pradesh government has…
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An Express Series: Nearly a lakh machines to manage stubble, yet no end to farm fires
Incidents of paddy stubble burning were first recorded in 2012-13 and then through satellite images in…
An Express Series | Pathankot’s share in farm fires at less than 1%; force behind success: chief agri officer
When over 3 lakh paddy stubble burning cases were reported in Punjab from 2017 to 2021…
An Express series | Stubble management: College in Doraha shows the way to stamp out fields of fire
Farmer Gurdeep Singh of village Madpur was surprised when a team from a local college started…
Delhi, Punjab ready to compensate farmers for paddy stubble, Centre holds the key
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governments in Punjab and Delhi have each decided to pay Rs…
Dera Bassi: Farmer booked for burning stubble
A day after a toddler died in the fire caused by stubble burning at Sundaran village,…
Over 20k metric tonnes of biomass used in seven NCR thermal plants
About 20,830 metric tonnes of biomass, of which paddy straw is a component, has been used…
Will use stubble for biofuel: Environment Minister in Lok Sabha
Union Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav said in Lok Sabha on Friday that the…
Need to look beyond stubble burning to improve air quality: Rana Gurjit
Punjab Soil and Water Conservation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh on Thursday said there is a need…
The straw is burning but the wind is severe; More fires in Punjab, Haryana than in previous years
Delhi’s air quality returned to the ‘severe’ category on Tuesday, according to the SAFAR Forecast System,…