Centre looking to use stubble as biofuel: Minister
The Hindu
Stubble burning is often cited as a source of pollution in northern India
The Union government was working on a plan to use stubble as a biofuel and manure as a part of an effort to deal with stubble burning that was often cited as a source of pollution in northern India, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The Minister, who is yet to make a detailed reply to a discussion on climate change, stated that the Centre had completely “decriminalised” stubble burning in the Act.
Mr. Yadav was responding to Shiromani Akali Dal member Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who alleged that farmers from Punjab and Haryana were being “defamed” by the Delhi government for causing air pollution and criminal cases filed against them.
TDP leaders release booklet on ‘atrocities’ of YSRCP MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy. The party leaders vow to prove in courts the MLA’s involvement in offences of varying nature. Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy has 79 criminal cases pending against him, of which 51 are related to attacks by him and his followers on persons belonging to the BCs, SCs, STs and minorities, says the TDP.