Government to impose hefty fines for stubble burning: Farmers to pay up to Rs 30,000/per incident

In a important determination to curb aerial contamination successful the Delhi NCR region, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has announced caller regulations for farmers aimed astatine reducing stubble burning.

The authorities issued guidelines connected November 6, 2024, are portion of the CAQM successful NCR & Adjoining Areas (Imposition, Collection, and Utilization of Environmental Compensation for Stubble Burning) Amendment Rules, 2024, and volition enforce hefty fines connected farmers progressive successful the practice, depending connected the size of their landholdings.

What are the penalties for stubble burning?

• Farmers with little than 2 acres of onshore volition look a good of Rs 5,000 for each incidental of stubble burning.
• Farmers with onshore holdings betwixt 2 and 5 acres volition beryllium penalised Rs 10,000 per incident.
• Farmers with onshore larger than 5 acres volition incur a good of Rs 30,000 for each lawsuit of stubble burning.

These penalties are portion of the government's ongoing efforts to tackle the superior aerial contamination situation successful Delhi NCR, peculiarly during the wintertime months erstwhile stubble burning exacerbates aerial prime issues.

The aerial prime successful the Delhi-NCR portion remained 'poor' today, approaching 'severe' levels successful respective areas with the mean Air Quality Index (AQI) successful the nationalist superior recorded astatine 362.

Across the city, the 400 AQI people was exceeded, which falls nether the 'severe' category.

Here are the AQI levels of antithetic areas and localities successful Delhi:

• Anand Vihar: 422
• Jahangirpuri: 431
• Wazirpur: 428
• Ashok Vihar: 416
• Rohini: 403