Ludhiana: Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Sunday said that the state government will take all possible steps to prevent stubble burning during the upcoming paddy harvesting season.
Dhaliwal, who was addressing media persons here, said that the agriculture department has pulled out all socks for the management of stubble and it will distribute 56,000 machines this season under in-situ management, taking the total number of machines to 1 There will be 90,422 as ,46,422 machines. The machines have already been given to the farmers till 2018-2022.
Pointing to “new developments” in the program of distribution of machines this year, Dhaliwal said that now small farmers will also get machines like Super Seeder, Happy Seeder, Zero Drill as 500 such equipment will be sent to 154 blocks of the state. . He said that after September 15, officers from class IV to Director level of Agriculture Department including himself will remain in the fields and will go door-to-door to make farmers aware of stubble burning.
The Minister said that in the coming days, a massive awareness campaign would be conducted in the rural areas of Punjab, involving rural development and panchayats, environment department, NGOs, students of schools and colleges and others so that farmers would be given these opportunities. To encourage adoption of in situ cropping. Wholeheartedly residue management for the management of residues.
Attacking the central government for “turning down” the cash incentive offer to farmers not to burn stubble, he called it anti-farmer, anti-Punjab and said the state government had proposed Rs 2,500 per acre to paddy growers, Suggesting that the Center will pay Rs 1,500 per acre while Rs 1,000 per acre will be borne by the Punjab and Delhi government.
Taking a jibe at the previous governments, he said that many farmers “failed” to get the benefit of subsidy on farm equipment and a scam of Rs 150 crore came to the fore. Its report has been submitted to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and no one will be spared.
Seeking the support of farmers to eliminate the problem of stubble burning, Dhaliwal hoped that not a single farmer would do so this year.
Dhaliwal, who was addressing media persons here, said that the agriculture department has pulled out all socks for the management of stubble and it will distribute 56,000 machines this season under in-situ management, taking the total number of machines to 1 There will be 90,422 as ,46,422 machines. The machines have already been given to the farmers till 2018-2022.
Pointing to “new developments” in the program of distribution of machines this year, Dhaliwal said that now small farmers will also get machines like Super Seeder, Happy Seeder, Zero Drill as 500 such equipment will be sent to 154 blocks of the state. . He said that after September 15, officers from class IV to Director level of Agriculture Department including himself will remain in the fields and will go door-to-door to make farmers aware of stubble burning.
The Minister said that in the coming days, a massive awareness campaign would be conducted in the rural areas of Punjab, involving rural development and panchayats, environment department, NGOs, students of schools and colleges and others so that farmers would be given these opportunities. To encourage adoption of in situ cropping. Wholeheartedly residue management for the management of residues.
Attacking the central government for “turning down” the cash incentive offer to farmers not to burn stubble, he called it anti-farmer, anti-Punjab and said the state government had proposed Rs 2,500 per acre to paddy growers, Suggesting that the Center will pay Rs 1,500 per acre while Rs 1,000 per acre will be borne by the Punjab and Delhi government.
Taking a jibe at the previous governments, he said that many farmers “failed” to get the benefit of subsidy on farm equipment and a scam of Rs 150 crore came to the fore. Its report has been submitted to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and no one will be spared.
Seeking the support of farmers to eliminate the problem of stubble burning, Dhaliwal hoped that not a single farmer would do so this year.