Committee has also suggested real-time crop monitoring, district-level stubble collection centres and biomass incentives for better crop residue management.
Global media highlights the serious implications of US charges against Adani for India's business reputation. It also notes the distinct phenomenon of 'resort politics' in the country.
It’s possible that fiscal constraints due to the freebies being offered by the Punjab government are hindering it from funding policies against stubble burning.
Analysis of images from South Korea’s geostationary satellite GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, which takes pictures every 5 minutes, shows farm fires have now merely shifted to post-afternoon hours.
Farmers say they spend Rs 4,000 per acre on stubble management. In 2019, SC had ordered Rs 100 per quintal for non-basmati farmers who don't burn stubble, but farmers yet to see payment.
Fines have been raised to up to Rs 30,000. The Centre has also amended the adjudication process for environmental violations, including complaint reporting and inquiry procedures.
Last week, SC said EPA had become 'toothless'. Last year, Centre had amended the Act to remove 'outdated provisions that no longer serve evolving technological & business environment'.
Arrested farmers released as this is a bailable offence; nearly 100 farmers across Haryana face probe for stubble burning, while fines have been imposed on more than 300.
Ahaan and Aneet appeared refreshingly unknown, and made an impact as the characters they play—the ‘troubled’ rockstar and his demure, writer girlfriend.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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