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Paddy pellet scheme does not consider production costs, say entrepreneurs

Paddy pellet scheme does not consider production costs, say entrepreneurs

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Days after the Union Environment Ministry announced a scheme to incentivise entrepreneurs to manufacture pellets from paddy stubble, beneficiaries say that the scheme does not account for the actual costs of manufacturing and is unlikely to help with reducing pollution from stubble burning. Pellets are manufactured out of agriculture biomass and are often produced from […]

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Punjab farmers want to be compensated to stop stubble burning 

Punjab farmers want to be compensated to stop stubble burning 

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As the harvesting of paddy (rice) has started in parts of Punjab, the six-month-old incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is all set to face the stiff challenge of dealing with the perennial menace of stubble burning, with farmers indicating that they will continue to burn paddy stubble unless government suitably compensates them for the […]

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