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Can Punjab curb stubble burning by focusing on just 6% of its paddy-growing villages?

October 03, 2025 11:16 pm

Punjab government data show that only 6% of villages were responsible for more than 62% of all reported stubble burning incidents

Machines aplenty, but farm fires rage on in Punjab

October 01, 2025 9:31 am

Govt official says challenge economic, social, and behavioural.

The apex court also rapped the Punjab and Haryana governments, saying the two states have only exacted nominal compensation from the farmers who were found stubble burning. (Express Archives)

Study says stubble burning in Punjab a ‘marketing system failure’, not defiance

September 22, 2025 10:59 am

In the light of this, an academic study, Governmentality and Marketing System Failure: The Case of Stubble Burning and Climate Change in Neoliberal India, however cautioned against the penalisation of farmers.

CAQM reviews action plan for stubble burning, vehicular emissions with Punjab, Haryana

July 06, 2025 1:43 am

Field visits were held the next day to review on-ground progress in Punjab and Haryana

Stubble burning behind nearly one-third of Delhi’s post-monsoon pollution deaths: Study

June 29, 2025 9:15 pm

The study found that during October and November, smoke from crop fires contributed to 32 per cent of premature deaths caused by PM2.5 exposure in Delhi.

Paddy straw-based fuel use mandatory in brick kilns of Punjab, Haryana from Nov 1

June 04, 2025 10:32 am

CAQM mandates brick kilns in Punjab and Haryana to use paddy straw-based pellets from Nov 1 to curb pollution caused by stubble burning.

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Give Rs 100 per quintal to farmers to curb stubble burning: House panel to Govt

March 13, 2025 6:15 am

According to the report, the Committee also supports the creation of a market for crop residue to compensate farmers for the extra costs and effort involved in harvesting, collecting, and transporting it.

AQI at 331 in Capital, ‘very poor’ for 6th day: Vehicular pollution plagues Delhi despite dip in farm fires

November 30, 2024 2:19 am

Delhi's maximum daytime temperature Friday was recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius, 0.4 degrees above normal, making it the second-lowest maximum of the season.

Supreme Court seeks CAQM records after claims farmers dodge satellites to hide stubble burning

November 23, 2024 12:16 pm

On the last date of hearing, the court was told that the data on farm fires may be incorrect, as farmers were allegedly burning stubble only after the NASA satellite moving over the region had passed.

With excess policy intervention, both farmers and consumers suffer

November 21, 2024 11:01 am

The government has not just fixed the MRP very low, but also not provided a high enough subsidy/concession to make it viable for companies to import and market the fertiliser

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The impact of stubble burning on Delhi’s air pollution: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:11 pm

Stubble burning is the deliberate setting fire of the straw stubble that remains after wheat is harvested. The smoke from this practice is often blamed as a major factor in Delhi’s air pollution. This is what the data says.

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