North News
Chandigarh, October 29
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Tuesday appealed to farmers to abandon stubble burning and adopt Crop Residue Machinery for crop residue management. The state government will subsidize Surface Seeders developed by Punjab Agriculture University under the Crop Residue Management Scheme, he added.
Urging farmers to follow the teachings of Guru Sahib ‘Pawan Guru, Panni Pitta, Mata Dharat Mahat’, the Speaker said that the Crop Residue Machinery is the need of the hour for sustainable practices. Speaker Sandhwan said that eligible beneficiaries, including individual farmers and cooperative societies, can purchase machines like Super SMS, Happy Seeder, and Paddy Straw Chopper at 50 percent subsidy. “Custom Hiring Centres can be established with Rs 30 lakhs investment and machines purchased at 80% subsidy. The state government is strengthening collection infrastructure, bailing, transportation, and storage facilities,” he added. Sandhawan said that progressive farmers who shun the practice of stubble burning, will be felicitated at Vidhan Sabha.
