Paddy Crop Burning

The Haryana Cabinet has unveiled a paddy stubble management policy aimed at utilising paddy straw for sustainable energy and completely curbing crop residue burning practices by 2027.

The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.

The central government on Thursday said one-time financial assistance will be given to individuals and companies to set up torrefaction and pelletisation plants to ensure a regular supply of paddy straw for co-firing.

Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning

Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi today said it was unfair to blame its farmers for Delhi's poor air quality when crop residue on just 1 per cent of the total sown area was burnt this year.

Accusing the Punjab government for failing to control stubble burning of the harvested paddy crop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the pollution level had deteriorated in the national capital after October 25.

The idea is to minimise air pollution in northern India as farmers are forced to burn paddy crop stubble on their farms due to lack of on-ground support in terms of mechanisation and operators.

Even as farmers in Punjab continue to burn crop residue despite a ban on stubble burning, the Punjab pollution control board says there has been a dip in the number of cases compared to last year. The decrease has been attributed to a delay in paddy harvesting due to inclement weather, but the farmers say that in the absence of an alternate mechani...

As the last of the paddy harvests continue to burn across Punjab, despite assurances by the state government that firm steps, including fines, are being levied to discourage farmers from indulging in a practice that results in a thick pollution blanket in much of north India, NDTV travelled to Mukhtsar, a district in south Punjab for a reality che...

60 per cent of the unprecedented pollution that has wrapped Delhi in toxic smog for days, says experts, is because of smoke from Punjab, where farmers are continuing to burn crop to clear their fields. With state elections now months away, the Akali Dal government has been accused of not trying hard enough to get them to stop.

With pollution level rising in the national capital region, the Delhi government reached out to governments of Punjab and Haryana stating that paddy-burning in these states is contributing to the high pollution levels in the city. NDTV travelled to Karnal in Haryana to do a reality check of the steps taken by the government to curb this problem.

Thousands of fires blaze over Northwest India, covering a vast swathe in smoke and haze, a picture taken by a NASA satellite has shown, revealing a disturbing reason behind the country's deteriorating air quality.

The Haryana Cabinet has unveiled a paddy stubble management policy aimed at utilising paddy straw for sustainable energy and completely curbing crop residue burning practices by 2027.

The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.

The central government on Thursday said one-time financial assistance will be given to individuals and companies to set up torrefaction and pelletisation plants to ensure a regular supply of paddy straw for co-firing.

Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning

Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi today said it was unfair to blame its farmers for Delhi's poor air quality when crop residue on just 1 per cent of the total sown area was burnt this year.

Accusing the Punjab government for failing to control stubble burning of the harvested paddy crop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that the pollution level had deteriorated in the national capital after October 25.

The idea is to minimise air pollution in northern India as farmers are forced to burn paddy crop stubble on their farms due to lack of on-ground support in terms of mechanisation and operators.

Even as farmers in Punjab continue to burn crop residue despite a ban on stubble burning, the Punjab pollution control board says there has been a dip in the number of cases compared to last year. The decrease has been attributed to a delay in paddy harvesting due to inclement weather, but the farmers say that in the absence of an alternate mechani...

As the last of the paddy harvests continue to burn across Punjab, despite assurances by the state government that firm steps, including fines, are being levied to discourage farmers from indulging in a practice that results in a thick pollution blanket in much of north India, NDTV travelled to Mukhtsar, a district in south Punjab for a reality che...

60 per cent of the unprecedented pollution that has wrapped Delhi in toxic smog for days, says experts, is because of smoke from Punjab, where farmers are continuing to burn crop to clear their fields. With state elections now months away, the Akali Dal government has been accused of not trying hard enough to get them to stop.

With pollution level rising in the national capital region, the Delhi government reached out to governments of Punjab and Haryana stating that paddy-burning in these states is contributing to the high pollution levels in the city. NDTV travelled to Karnal in Haryana to do a reality check of the steps taken by the government to curb this problem.

Thousands of fires blaze over Northwest India, covering a vast swathe in smoke and haze, a picture taken by a NASA satellite has shown, revealing a disturbing reason behind the country's deteriorating air quality.