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PetroMin pushes OMCs to buy paddy stubble

Plan getting ready for state OMCs to feed at least a dozen bioethanol making units; private sector likely to be involved, ensuring an end to residual crop burning

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A NITI Aayog suggests an estimated ~11,500 crore would be needed to permanently address the problem of stubble burning

Shine JacobSanjeeb MukherjeeShreya Jai New Delhi
After announcing early rollout of Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) emission norms in Delhi by April 1 next year, two years ahead of the earlier target, the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas is now getting into a solution for crop stubble burning, a major reason for air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR).
 
According to sources, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPC), the three government-owned oil marketing companies, will soon set up stubble collection centres across the country. What is collected would then feed a dozen upcoming second-generation bioethanol plants.