Punjab seeks Rs 100 per quintal paddy to check stubble burning
Expressing concern over environmental hazards, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking compensation of Rs 100 per quintal paddy to motivate farmers against stubble burning in open field. A sum of Rs 100 per quintal paddy should be given to farmers so that they can manage stubble without resorting to its open burning by using the compensation money to meet the paddy straw management cost, the chief minister said in his letter to the prime minister. Читать дальше...