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"Machinery should be given at subsidized rates and sold to cooperative sec
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, he said "We have placed our demands that the machinery should be given at subsidized rates and sold to the cooperative sector. The first fire of the stubble harms the farmers and then others. The government is not providing a positive solution. When we do paddy harvesting an
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Assam: Anti-elephant seasonal solar fence helps Mirza farmers reap good ha
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A low-cost solar fence that has protected standing crops on three hectares of crop field from depredation by wild elephants at the Mirza area in the Kamrup district of Assam has immensely boosted paddy harvest by local farmers in the last harvesting season.
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Paddy harvesting season ends, significant decrease in stubble burning case
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday said that the paddy harvesting season for the year 2023 came to an end witnessing a significant decrease in stubble burning.
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Punjab Govt commits to reduce stubble burning by 50 pc, submits action pla
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Punjab Government on Tuesday submitted a State action plan and District-wise action plans for tackling the problem of stubble burning to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for the current paddy harvesting season, an official statement said.
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Aim to achieve zero stubble burning this year: Narendra Singh Tomar
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Paddy stubble in several regions is burnt after the Kharif harvest to make way for the Rabi crop sowing. In the process, it leads to the deterioration of the air quality in the national capital region and beyond.
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J-K: Renowned Kashmiri lyricist Sagar Nazir ruling charts with latest song
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Renowned Kashmiri lyricist Sagar Nazir, who penned the famous song 'Zoon Mou', is back tugging at the heartstrings of his fans with his latest offering, 'Boya Aamy Beri Beri Nadas', a soulful paddy harvest song.
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Commission for Air Quality Management holds review meetings to address stu
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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We will force Centre to buy paddy, says Telangana Minister KTR
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sircilla (Telangana) [India], November 13 (ANI): Working President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party and Minister KT Rama Rao said that the state government will force the Centre to buy paddy harvest grown in the state.
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Environment ministry holds talks with Delhi, neighbouring states over stub
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): With paddy harvesting season about to begin in two weeks, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav held a meeting with officials from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi regarding stubble burning which is considered to be one of the
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Manipur based brothers create low-cost paddy threshing machine
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): In a bid to make paddy harvesting easier and more affordable for farmers, two brothers from Manipur have pioneered an innovative low-cost paddy threshing machine.
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Farmers in Kashmir expecting higher produce of paddy
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 28 (ANI): Paddy production in Kashmir Valley is expected to be 20 per cent higher this year due to better quality of seeds and favourable climatic conditions, state's Director of Agriculture Syed Altaf Ajaz Andrabi has said.
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Chennai: Bogi celebrations hamper flight schedule
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): As the city decks up to welcome the harvest season, celebrations on account of the Bogi festival have resulted in thick smog, thereby interrupting flight services from 3 am on Saturday morning.
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