Delhi Pollution Stubble Burning Punjab

29,000 Punjab farmers get Rs 2500 per acre for not burning crop residue

Agriculture Secretary Kahan Singh Pannu said the compensation has been released directly to the bank accounts of the farmers as per the list supplied by the field officers

Delhi air quality 'very poor', but any drastic decline unlikely, says SAFAR

"Isolated drizzle, cloudy weather and calm winds prevented boundary layer growth and led to the accumulation of local emissions (on Thursday)," SAFAR said.

Centre accepted in SC stubble burning caused Delhi pollution, claims AAP

AAP Rajya Sabha MP and senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the BJP should apologise to the people of Delhi for politicising a sensitive issue like pollution.

NCR pollution: No right to be in power if lives are at risk, SC raps states

"Can you permit people to die like this due to pollution? Can you permit the country to go back by 100 years," observed a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra

Delhi air pollution: US tech to convert rice stubble into biofuel, not smog

The United States Trade Development Authority (USTDA) signed up to allocate a grant of $300,000-500,00 to Indian engineering firm, The Virgo Group, to carry out a 'scoping study'

Stubble burning: Authorities look for solutions; PM Modi reviews situation

All India Bhartiya Kisan Union Coordinator Yudhvir Singh said farmers will take time to switch to other crops but the government should promote crop diversification by providing some incentive.

Air pollution: 'We are helpless', say Punjab farmers on stubble burning

'The government should give us subsidy on machinery which we buy from other than the empanelled suppliers', says a farmer

It's public health emergency in Delhi but hardly a solution in sight

The share of stubble burning from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in Delhi's pollution rose to 46% on Friday, the highest this year

Nasa images show increased stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana: Delhi govt

Wind direction shows stubble plume could increase from Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi facing adverse air quality despite the cleanest Diwali night in the last many years, says Delhi govt

Best of BS Opinion: A lesson from Pak, decoding the air emergency, and more

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Arvind Kejriwal says issue of Delhi pollution should not be 'politicised'

Keriwal said his government was not indulging in "blame game" but looking for solutions to pollution caused by stubble burning.

Principal secretary to PM, cabinet secy to hold meeting on Delhi pollution

Besides Delhi officials, the meeting will be attended by representatives of Punjab and Haryana governments via video-conference

Worse days ahead for Delhi air as farm fires increase in Punjab, Haryana

The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor, SAFAR, on Monday predicted that the share of smoke from stubble burning in Delhi's PM 2.5 concentration is likely to jump to 25 per cent on Tuesday

Stubble burning in Punjab doubles Delhi's pollution level: Harvard study

In urban areas, that smoke mixes with existing pollution from cars and factories creating a thick, deadly haze