Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that as the winter season is approaching, the Center has reportedly turned down the Punjab government’s proposal to give cash incentives to farmers for not burning stubble. This development comes after the following Punjab Government’s proposal to give 2,500 per acre to paddy growers. The government had suggested that the Center pay 1,500 per acre while 1,000 per acre will be borne by the Punjab and Delhi government, according to news agency PTI report good.
It is important to note that paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is one of the reasons for the alarming rise in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November as farmers set their fields on fire to remove crop residues quickly. to be cleaned. Wheat and potato cultivation. Additionally, Punjab produces about 20 million tonnes of paddy straw annually.
In a video message on Saturday, the Punjab Chief Minister said, “We had written to the Center to help us on the issue of stubble burning. But the Center has rejected our demand.
Also, the Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mannu Told that he has asked his officers to come up with another idea to investigate the problem. Sharing some statistics related to stubble burning, Mann said that paddy is sown in 75 lakh acres. The Chief Minister further notified that farmers in 37 lakh acres of area manage stubble through crop residue management machines or other measures.
According to the news agency, Bhagwant Mann said that the government is arranging machines on a large scale in the remaining 38 lakh acres, while more than one lakh crop residue management machines will be made available for the management of stubble this season. PTI report good. It is worth mentioning that under the in-situ management of paddy straw scheme, funds are provided for supply of subsidized machines for crop residue management as reported by the central government.
(with inputs from PTI)
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