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Centre vs Punjab: Farmers miss out on incentive to not burn stubble -Vivek Mishra

-Down to Earth

Thrice GoI has returned Punjab’s proposal of giving Rs 2,500 per acre to small, marginal farmers even as they demand Rs 6,000 per acre    

As many as 361,850 small and marginal farmers in Punjab did not receive state incentives for stubble management in the last one year due to paucity of funds. 

The northern state’s request for financial stimulus to pay this incentive was turned down by the Government of India thrice since 2019, the Punjab government's Joint Secretary (Agriculture) Manmohan Kalia told Down to Earth.

Almost a third of marginal and small farmers (with up to two hectares, or five acres, of land) of the state were already reeling under the rising costs of cultivation. Now, the high costs of stubble management added to their burden.

In 2019, Punjab had announced an assistance of Rs 2,500 per acre to small-scale cultivators to stop them from burning stubble and adopt a greener management technique. 

Till March 2020, less than one percent of small and marginal farmers were given the benefit. They stopped getting benefits altogether after the scheme became a bone of contention between the Centre and the state.

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