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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Stubble Burning: Farmers blame high cost for limited use of key equipment -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

Stubble Burning: Farmers blame high cost for limited use of key equipment -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

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published Published on Oct 13, 2018   modified Modified on Oct 13, 2018
-Business Standard

Haryana confident of handling the fires; to add over 1,230 new custom hiring centres soon

New Delhi:
Farmers in large parts of Punjab and Haryana haven’t completely abandoned stubble burning, though there has been considerable decline in number of burning sites this year, as compared to 2017.

A big reason farmers in Punjab are being forced to burn the paddy stubble to clear their fields is an acute shortage of ‘Happy Seeder Machines’ because of artificially inflated costs. These machines do in-situ straw management and help reduce the prevalence of stubble burning.

In Punjab, officials said against a requirement of 35,000 happy seeders, farmers have so far been supplied around just 4,500 such machines.

 In neighbouring Haryana, state government officials say they are in better position than last year to control stubble burning and that there has been almost 85 per cent drop in the practice between October 8-10, as compared to the same period last year. A clearer picture will emerge around mid-October, when the bulk of the field management takes place. Already, there are reports of farmers burning their stubble.

In Punjab, common paddy or basmati rice is cultivated in about three million hectares, of which straw management is required in two million hectares, while in the remaining area, farmers have their own arrangement for straw management.

The state produces about 20 million tonnes of paddy straw each year.

It is to manage the straw from two million hectares scientifically, that about 35,000 Happy seeder machines are required. While 4,500 have been given to farmers so far, some more will be added in the next 5-7 days.

The Centre offers 50 per cent subsidy to individual farmers for buying straw management equipment. This goes up to 80 per cent for machines owned by cooperatives, farmers’ groups or farmer-producer organistions (FPOs) through custom hiring.

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Business Standard, 11 October, 2018, https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/stubble-burning-farmers-blame-high-cost-for-limited-use-of-key-equipment-118101101029_1.html


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