BS Jimpa, Punjab’s water minister on Monday said that his department issued a notification that if anyone burnt stubble, a red entry was made against Khasra Number of revenue record.
“Don’t have full knowledge of notification since I’m busy here, but there was a notification from my dept that if someone burnt stubble, a red entry was made. It’s not our intention to get a red entry for anyone, our aim was to make farmers aware about not burning stubble,” Punjab’s Water Minister BS Jimpa said in Surat.
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Punjab’s minister for agriculture and farmers’ welfare, has ordered that the red entries that the state’s farmers had been given by the federal government to burn stubble have been withdrawn. He said that the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a major institution, had rescinded the directives it had issued in a letter dated October 4, 2022, ordering red entries to be made against the Khasra Number of income records. He added that the relevant instructions had already been given.
According to Dhaliwal, the state’s farmers do not benefit from the red entry in the land register. He said that the farmers would not have been able to obtain loans because of the red entry.
The Agriculture Minister highlighted that farmers must implement substitute strategies for managing stubble since it is vital that they assist the government in making the state pollution-free. He claimed that environmental degradation is a significant issue on a global scale in the modern day and that it is past time we took action in this regard.
The Cabinet Minister continued by stating that the Indian Agricultural Research Institute has created a novel bio-enzyme called Pusa as an alternative to traditional ways of stubble management.
In 20 to 25 days after being sprayed, this enzyme, according to him, obliterates the stubble and turns it into compost. It also aids in enhancing the soil’s quality. He suggested using other techniques to end the long-standing practise of stubble burning, in which stubble is burned to clear the fields before sowing the following crop.
The Punjab government is already serious about this, according to the agriculture minister, who added that 19393 machines had been provided to farmers on a subsidy for stubble management so far this year. In contrast, farmers received 90433 equipments over the previous four years.
