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Opinion | Time to Scale up Climate Finances for Adaptation in Indian Agricultureedit
Indian agriculture, dominated by over 80% of smallholder farmers, is inherently vulnerable to risks arising from increasing climate change. In addition, increasing extreme weather events are adversely impacting the crop production conditions in the country.
Stubble Burning
Stubble Action Plan-2024: Pb plans incentive like Hry, cost’s the hurdleedit
In Nov last year, the Supreme Court had asked Punjab to look at Haryana’s efforts to check stubble burning. The state offers an incentive of Rs 1,000 per acre to farmers adopting non-burning practices, Rs 4,000 per acre for direct sowing of rice (DSR), and Rs 1 lakh for panchayats that fall in “red zone” but achieve a “zero burning”.