INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
behind air pollution in the national capital region, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that the Centre stop buying their crop so that
people violating the orders and lighting fires, regardless of how this affects the life of people, children? The stick must also follow the
carrot.Why should people, who despite all observations of the court, continue violating the law be allowed to benefit monetarily? People who
have been identified as having lit fires should not be allowed to sell their products under this system
made under MSP system from people violating orders and lighting fires..
There should be something that pinches them We want farm fires stopped, we want air quality to get better, and we want long-term measures
You do it however you want..
intricate economic and policy considerations, and is assessed in depth by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), which is
the expert body tasked with the same
Any variations in the same, or selective implementation would require a very detailed study by the said experts as it is likely to have very
far-reaching consequences on food security and other issues related to economic stability
the central government and states of NCR region to control the pollution level, also emphasised that the Centre and Punjab government must
try to promote alternative crops to replace rice cultivation which has depleted water levels in the state and leads to stubble burning
The court said the persistence with paddy cultivation will have a disastrous impact in the long term and appealed to both the Centre and
want air quality to get better and we want long-term measures for crop replacement
You do it however you want
We are not saying follow this solution or that
registered around 1,000 FIRs against farmers for indulging in stubble burning and is taking all steps to control it
streets in protest which is creating a law and order problem.Filing a status report, the Centre also informed the court that there is a 32%
reduction in stubble-burning incidents in Punjab and 39% in Haryana compared to the previous year
It, however, said in absolute terms, stubble burning incidents in Punjab are still very high and account for more than 90% of the cases.The
suggested by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) but also of the schemes put in place by it to reduce stubble-burning
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