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Focus on involvement of Women at the Kisan Mela to promote crop residue ma
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 14: Regenerative Agriculture takes center stage in Ludhiana in the recently held Kisan Mela to promote involvement of women in promoting crop residue management in the region. Thousands of farmers, students and agriculturists gathered at the Ludhiana Kisa
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Vertiver Leads Nukkad Natak Workshop at PAU to Promote Regenerative and No
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 14: Theater directors, bhand performers, folk singers and actors, agri scientists, educationists and behavior change experts, gathered at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) today for a highly immersive Nukkad Natak artists capacity building workshop. The
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: SC says crop residue burning must stop
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed the need to stop crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and asked state governments to take steps to curb pollution.
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"Why should people who violate law...?": SC bench suggests farmers lightin
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing issue relating to the air pollution in the Delhi-NCR suggested that the farmers who engage in stubble burning should be deprived of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefits as a part of the economic repercussions of their actions.
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Yogi govt on alert against incidents of stubble burning in UP
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has undertaken comprehensive measures to curb incidents of winter stubble burning, including distributing bio-decomposers to farmers for free, providing them agricultural equipment for effective crop residue management and la
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Uttar Pradesh: Taj Mahal in Agra disappears under blanket of smog with sur
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Air pollution levels can be high during the winter months for a number of reasons, including dust and vehicular pollution, dry-cold weather, stubble burning, burning crop residues after the harvest season and commuting.
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Commission for Air Quality Management holds review meetings to address stu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
CAQM stated that as per the satellite remote sensing data, up to October 24, 2022, only about 39 per cent of sown area in Punjab had been harvested and thus the rising number of fire events is a matter of concern. As per the Standard Protocol developed by ISRO for CAQM, for the period Septem
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Agriculture Ministry calls upon states to chalk out action plan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The Union agriculture ministry has called upon state officials to chalk out a comprehensive action plan at the micro level for effective control of paddy stubble burning during the ensuing season.
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Canadian Firm Clean Seed and Chandigarh University come to rescue of India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI/PR Newswire): Among the various issues being faced by India's Agriculture sector, stubble burning and soil depletion due to intensive cultivation and over-mining of nutrients by crops are the most serious ones. Far from a mere nuisance, pollution from
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Man booked for burning stubble in Punjab's Bathinda
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], November 18 (ANI): Punjab Police on Wednesday registered a case against one person for allegedly burning crop residue in Bathinda.
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Cases of paddy straw burning drop in Punjab's Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 19 (ANI): Cases of paddy straw burning have dropped significantly in Punjab's Ludhiana district, as per the data provided by Crop Residue Burning (CRB) Information and Management System.
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To reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR, Centre releases Rs 496 crore for in-
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): With the aim of addressing air pollution, in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) due to stubble burning in the adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has released Rs 496 crore to subsidize machinery required in-situ ma
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