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SC to hear plea suggesting releasing portion of MSP to farmers only after
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea that a portion of Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be withheld from farmers and released later only after verifying that they did not burn stubble.
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We burn stubble as govt compensation inadequate: Amritsar farmers
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Devidaspura continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prak
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): All the states will conduct the trials of a decomposer, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Pusa Institute to deal with the issue of stubble burning, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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Environment ministry holds meeting on stubble burning, air pollution
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): With reports of stubble burning in the states neighbouring Delhi, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) held a virtual meeting on the issue of air pollution on Thursday.
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EPCA submits report to SC on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning, writes to sta
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New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Supreme Court-mandated pollution watchdog Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday submitted its report to the apex court on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning.
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Delhi govt to use Pusa Institute solution to curb pollution caused by stub
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New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that to check pollution caused by stubble burning in the national capital, the Union Territory government will use technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to decompose straw in the fields
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Environment ministerial meet on air pollution with Delhi, Punjab, Haryana,
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar informed that this year meeting with Environment Ministers of Delhi and neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be held virtually on October 1.
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Environment Ministry to hold review and preparation meeting regarding air
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New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will conduct a virtual meeting on October 1 on the issue related to air pollution and stubble burning.
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COVID-19: Delhi HC issues notice on plea to stop stubble burning in Punjab
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New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to all the respondents on a plea seeking directions to authorities to take immediate steps to prevent stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the view of COVID-19 situation.
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Stop stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana, UP in view of COVID-19 situation:
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New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): An application has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking directions to authorities to take immediate steps to prevent the stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the view of COVID-19 situation.
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Amritsar farmers continue to burn stubble as alternative methods are expen
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village continued to burn their field stubble, causing plumes of smoke to emanate.
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Kejriwal seeks meeting with Javadekar to discuss IARI technique to elimina
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New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, seeking a meeting to discuss a solution to the problem of stubble burning developed by scientists of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) which us
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