The Times of India – Online

Days after the Supreme Court directed India’s northern state to find a workable solution to the problem of burning of crop residue, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) chairman Prof Vijay Paul Sharma visited Punjab on Tuesday to prevail upon farmers to stop setting paddy stubble burning.

The Economic Times – Online

The irrigation minister of Punjab has reached out to an innovative farmer from Maharashtra, who may have solution for the rice stubble burning and the depleting ground water levels in the state. Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle from Neral in Mumbai has developed a direct sowing technique called Saguna Rice Technology (SRT), which eliminates need of tillage and stubble burning in rice and other crops.