The police have issued 334 challans and imposed fines of Rs 8.45 lakh on farmers. (File)
Chandigarh:
The police have registered instances in opposition to 192 farmers in Haryana for burning crop residue, an official mentioned on Monday.
The police have issued 334 challans and imposed fines of Rs 8.45 lakh on farmers.
As well as, 418 crimson entries had been made in farmers’ subject information.
A authorities spokesperson mentioned the federal government has categorised villages into crimson, yellow, and inexperienced zones based mostly on the incidents of paddy stubble burning within the earlier 12 months.
Panchayats within the crimson and yellow zones will obtain incentives from the federal government to scale back stubble-burning incidents. Pink zone panchayats shall be awarded an incentive of Rs 1 lakh, whereas yellow zone panchayats will obtain Rs 50,000 for attaining zero-burning targets.
He mentioned with the directive of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, a state-specific scheme has been carried out. This initiative offers monetary help to farmers for crop residue administration whereas setting zero-burning targets for panchayats to curb stubble-burning incidents.
Because of this, there have been a complete of 713 recorded incidents of stubble burning by the Indian Council of Agricultural Analysis (ICAR) this 12 months, marking a 29 per cent discount in comparison with final 12 months.
The spokesperson mentioned the federal government is elevating consciousness amongst farmers on the village degree concerning the significance of not burning stubble. A complete of 83,070 farmers have registered to handle 7.11 lakh acres of paddy space as of October 28.
The spokesperson mentioned the federal government is offering subsidised crop administration gear to farmers for each in-situ and ex-situ administration. From 2018-19 to 2024-25, a complete of 100,882 crop residue administration machines have been made accessible to farmers at a subsidy of fifty to 80 per cent. This 12 months, farmers have bought 9,844 machines.
The farmers are being given an incentive of Rs 1,000 per acre for managing paddy crop residues. As well as, an incentive of Rs 7,000 per acre is offered for adopting various crops in paddy areas underneath the Mera Pani-Meri Virasat Yojana.
This 12 months, 33,712 farmers have registered for crop diversification, choosing different crops as an alternative of paddy on 66,181 acres. From 2020-21 to 2023-24, incentives price Rs 223 crore have been disbursed to farmers.
The federal government is providing an incentive of Rs 4,000 per acre for adopting direct seeding of rice (DSR) expertise. Moreover, ‘gaushalas’ are additionally being given an incentive of a most Rs 15,000 as transportation expenses of bales on the price of Rs 500 per acre.
Varied industries are being established close to villages to utilise stubble, permitting farmers to generate further earnings as an alternative of resorting to burning it.
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