Stubble Burning
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Delhi, Punjab governments join hands for stubble burning management
India | Sep 15, 2022, 02:06 PM ISTStubble burning: On Thursday, Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said high-level meetings were held in New Delhi on the issue.
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Centre accepts demand of farmers, decriminalizes stubble burning: Agriculture Minister Tomar
India | Nov 27, 2021, 06:04 PM ISTWith regard to withdrawal of cases against farmers during the agitation, Tomar said this is in the domain of the state governments.
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Punjab quashes cases against farmers in connection with stubble burning, anti-farm laws stir
India | Nov 18, 2021, 11:05 AM ISTChanni also appealed to farmers to refrain from stubble burning in future, "as it is hazardous both for the environment as well as human health" besides hampering the fertility of the land to an enormous degree.
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Call emergency meet to deal pollution, SC to Centre, slams Delhi govt for bashing farmers
India | Nov 15, 2021, 11:45 PM ISTSupreme Court directed the Centre to call for an emergency meeting tomorrow over issues like stopping construction, non-essential transport, power plants, and implementing work from home to deal with air pollution in Delhi-NCR. The matter has been adjourned for November 17.
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Punjab farmers continue to burn stubble, say govt has not provided compensation or equipment
India | Nov 15, 2021, 08:01 AM ISTThe process of burning farm residue is one of the major causes of air pollution in parts of north India, deteriorating the air quality around this time of the year.
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It has become fashion to bash farmers, SC slams Delhi govt on air pollution
India | Nov 13, 2021, 04:06 PM ISTThe Chief Justice said stubble burning may be part of the problem, but not the only issue behind severe air pollution in the capital.
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Delhi air pollution: AQI remains in 'very poor' category, may worsen over next two days
India | Nov 11, 2021, 09:36 AM ISTDelhi recorded 'severe' air quality for three days on the trot till Sunday due to accumulation of emissions from fireworks on Diwali and crop residue burning amid unfavourable meteorological conditions -- low temperature, wind speed and mixing height.
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FIR against Haryana farmers for burning stubble amid intense air pollution in Delhi-NCR
India | Nov 09, 2021, 07:34 AM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has repeatedly blamed stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana for the air pollution in the national capital.
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Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai demands Centre hold emergency meeting on stubble burning
India | Nov 07, 2021, 04:38 PM ISTIncidents of crop residue (parali) burning in other states and the air quality in Delhi are linked as deteriorating air quality figures show, Rai said at a press conference.
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Delhi's 'hazardous' AQI is now bigger threat than COVID, say experts; political parties at spat
India | Nov 06, 2021, 06:08 PM ISTAccording to an official report released by the Delhi government, the contribution of stubble burning to the city's PM 2.5 pollution was recorded at 36 per cent as of Friday. This is the highest emission so far this season.
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Punjab will be free from stubble burning if AAP comes to power in state: Gopal Rai
India | Oct 08, 2021, 05:51 PM ISTDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said Delhi has provided a solution to the problem of stubble burning in the form of microbial solution Pusa bio-decomposer and it will be distributed for free in all Punjab districts like the AAP government has been doing here.
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Delhi, neighbouring states asked to 'refine, update' action plan to tackle stubble burning
India | Sep 07, 2021, 11:05 PM ISTThe central panel had in June asked Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to prepare comprehensive action plans to "completely eliminate the practice of stubble burning".
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath to withdraw cases of stubble burning against farmers
India | Aug 26, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTUP CM also said that having cleared Rs 1.42 lakh crore cane arrears pending since 2010, his government would now enhance the state support price of cane after consulting all the stakeholders in this regard.
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Stubble burning up 44.5% in Punjab, 25% down in Haryana: Centre
India | Dec 18, 2020, 01:24 PM ISTThe Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry has informed the Supreme Court that 'active fire events' (AFE), or stubble burning, have increased by nearly 45 percent in Punjab, and reduced by 25 percent in Haryana when compared with 2019.
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Stubble burning has stopped but Delhi's air pollution situation remains serious: Javadekar
India | Dec 04, 2020, 01:30 PM ISTStubble burning has stopped now but Delhi's air pollution situation remains serious, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday urging the Arvind Kejriwal government to take swift action on the complaints forwarded to it by the CPCB.
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Stubble burning in Haryana, Punjab played major role in poisoning Delhi's air: Gopal Rai
News | Nov 24, 2020, 05:38 PM ISTDelhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai on November 24 said that stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab over last 15 days played a major role in poisoning Delhi's air.
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Satyendar Jain links Covid deaths in Delhi to pollution by stubble burning
India | Nov 24, 2020, 10:18 AM ISTAfter the national capital saw more than a 100 Covid-19 deaths for four consecutive days, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monda attributed the high COVID-19 death rate in the city to the pollution caused by stubble-burning and expected a downtrend in it in the next two-three weeks.
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Delhi's air quality poor as farm fire share increase again
India | Nov 19, 2020, 09:38 PM ISTDelhi's air quality was recorded in the "poor" category on Thursday as the share of stubble burning in the city's pollution increased to 20 percent.
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Weather condition, stubble burning lead higher pollution on Diwali: CPCB
India | Nov 16, 2020, 07:46 AM ISTThe levels of air pollution during Diwali this year were found much higher as compared to the last year while a significant dip was found in noise pollution level, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) revealed on Sunday.
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No more stubble burning! Delhi CM Kejriwal says bio-decomposer trial a success
India | Nov 13, 2020, 04:37 PM ISTDelhi air pollution news: The Delhi CM said that the government tested the product on 2,000 acres of agricultural lands and the results were as per the expectation.