Govt to offer aid to set up paddy straw pelletisation, torrefaction plants

With supplemental efforts by other stakeholders, the guidelines are expected to enhance paddy straw utilisation in power plants and industries

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) guidelines for the grant of one-time financial support for promoting establishment of paddy straw based pelletisation and torrefaction plants. These plants would utilise a sizeable portion of the unmanaged paddy straw and help address the issue of crop residue burning and the resultant air pollution, Yadav said. 

"These plants will also generate income for farmers," Yadav said during a workshop in New Delhi on 'Guidelines for grant of one-time financial support for establishment of pelletisation and torrefaction plants to promote utilisation of paddy straw'. 

The guidelines give preference to