Media Monitor
Competition
Mahindra & Mahindra tractor sales slip 19% to 18,269 units in Decedit
The Economic Times – Online
Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) on Saturday reported a 19 per cent decline in total tractor sales at 18,269 units in December 2021. The company had sold 22,417 units in the same month of 2020, M&M said in a statement. Domestic tractor sales were at 16,687 units last month as compared to 21,173 units in December 2020, down 21 per cent. Exports, on the other hand, grew 27 per cent to 1,582 units against 1,244 units in December 2020, the company said.
Silage
Women of the group will build silage from Meccaedit
Naidunia – Online
Kondagaon (Naiduniya News). In view of the abundance of maize in the district, a plan for construction of silage was proposed by the Veterinary Department in the year 2017 under Rurban Mission. For this, a machine to make silage has been provided by the Livestock Development Department to the women of Maa Durga Self Help Group in the village Panchayat Kamela, 21 km from the headquarters of the development block Kondagaon.
Stubble Burning
Post-stubble burning, why Delhi sees a second spike in pollution in Decemberedit
Hindustan Times – Online
Delhi is not the only contributor to this second spell, with pollution from NCR floating towards Delhi just as much. It is the second spell that is more worrying in the pollution fight as it occurs due to high background emissions in the region. Delhi’s winter smog has become commonplace in November, when a sharp spike in the number of paddy fields are burnt in Punjab and Haryana to remove stubble, and the festival of Diwali, which adds emissions from firecrackers to the already polluted air.