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Tomar promised all central help to achieve this noble mission and added that this is a kind of curse on these states, as they receive a lot of public ire
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The union minister for agriculture and farmers welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday called upon the Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi governments to strive for achieving Zero stubble burning in the near future.
Tomar promised all central help to achieve this noble mission and added that this is a kind of curse on these states, as they receive a lot of public ire.
Tomar said, "Rs 600 crore was already provided to the States this financial year and they have the unspent amount of Rs 300 crore, which should be utilised properly."
He said that moreover, about two lakh machines have been made available to the states.
The minister said, "The centre and the concerned States should jointly evolve a long-term plan and must undertake multi-pronged activities to achieve the target of zero stubble burning within a specified time frame."
Tomar chaired a high-level review meeting on the actions taken and proposed to be taken by the state governments for the management of stubble burning during the 2022 season.
Tomar told the officials of the states to strengthen and widen the IEC activities to make aware the farmers that stubble burning leads to loss of soil fertility in the long run, like the overuse of urea.
He urged the officials to make arrangements to take the farmers to the sites, where the pusa decomposer developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is being used for practical demonstrations.
It has been informed that the agriculture department is continuing the implementation of the Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for in-situ management of crop residue in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi during 2022-23 with an outlay of Rs 700 crore.
So far, an amount of Rs 240.00 crore, Rs 191.53 crore, Rs 154.29 crore and Rs 14.18 crore have already been released to Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and ICAR, respectively as the first installment.