Punjab, Delhi drop plan to pay farmers incentive for not burning stubble
Punjab’s agriculture minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal announced the decision days after a joint proposal by the two states of giving ₹2,500 per acre to paddy growers for not burning crop residue was rejected by the Centre. The Punjab and Delhi governments have dropped a plan to pay a cash incentive to farmers in the northern […]Read More
Delhi, Punjab join hands to curb stubble burning through bio-decomposer
The move comes days after the Centre rejected the request of AAP governments in the two states to help them provide cash incentives to farmers in Punjab for not burning stubble. The Delhi and Punjab governments have joined hands to use Pusa bio-decomposer — a microbial solution that can decompose paddy straw in 15 to […]Read More