Stubble burning requires an economically feasible solution
Farmers in Punjab claim the price of the machines has been artificially inflated this year
Haryana confident of handling the fires; to add over 1,230 new custom hiring centres soon
Why do farmers persist with a practice like stubble burning that has been proved to gravely impair air quality across a radius of hundreds of kilometers?
The project will kick off with a workshop hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in Chandigarh.
Plan getting ready for state OMCs to feed at least a dozen bioethanol making units; private sector likely to be involved, ensuring an end to residual crop burning
The NGT was hearing a plea by environmentalist Vikrant Tongad who had sought a ban on burning of agricultural waste and remnants in open fields.
Penalising farmers who play a significant role in ensuring India's food security is not the way forward
Farmers should be offered cheap methods to have their fields cleared fast before the next sowing season