5 lessons from Punjab’s failed drive to curb stubble burning
Ahead of the paddy harvesting in September, the Punjab government chose to make Guru Nanak Dev’s verse ‘pavan guru, pani pita, mata dharat mahat’ as the centrepiece of its message against stubble burning, one of the causes of the region’s pollution scourge year after year. Last year, the Union agriculture ministry rolled out a centrally-funded scheme to support Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to address air pollution and to subsidize machinery required for in-situ management of paddy residue. Amarinder promptly lauded the apex court’s move “to recognize a need for financial help to farmers to end stubble burning”, but hoped for the Centre to come to the state’s rescue. Punjab announced Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation for not burning stubble, limiting the incentive’s scope to the farmers owning up to five acres.
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