UNI

He apprised the Finance Minister that State Cooperative Banks have not been made member lending institutions under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) and Small Farmers

The Wire

Sangrur (Punjab)/Kaithal (Haryana): While the farmers of Punjab and Haryana face opprobrium for burning crop stubble that leads to severe air pollution in Delhi and other parts of north India, there is very little ...

Pune Mirror

After suffering from damages and heavy losses over the years, farmers in Maharashtra are learning to practise climate-resilient agriculture techniques. About 5,000 farmers, who come from areas vulnerable to climate change, have been identified by the department of agriculture for a project undertaken by the World Bank. Approved in 2017, the work started a year later in July 2018.

The Tribune

Despite stern warning by the administration against stubble-burning many farmers are still burning paddy straw without any fear of the authorities in Khanna and Samrala area.

India Today

Thanks to the promotion of farm machinery backed by financial assistance by government and awareness programmes, there is a visible reduction in the volume of post-harvest stubble-burning in Punjab and Haryana this year. But still, a significant chunk of farmers continue to burn the stubble, even after they understand how it contributes to Delhi’s air pollution.

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Contrary to popular perception in urban India, residue burning is not an age-old practice. The practice – at this magnitude, frequency and scale – can trace its origins to only a few decades ago and is the result of the evolution of farming operations, government policy, and changing labour markets, which were triggered by the Green Revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s and the agricultural policies that followed. Prior to the Green Revolution, Punjab and Haryana were not producers or consumers of rice and did not have the RWCS [rice-wheat cropping system] in place, and therefore there was no large-scale instance of crop residue burning. While it is hard to pinpoint the exact year when stubble burning ...