The Union authorities has issued new guidelines doubling fines for stubble burning, which is a significant reason for air pollution in northwestern India together with the Delhi-Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) in October and November, to as much as ₹30,000 based mostly on the farm areas.
The Fee for Air High quality Administration within the Nationwide Capital Area and Adjoining Areas (Imposition, Assortment, and Utilisation of Environmental Compensation for Stubble Burning) Modification Guidelines, 2024, present for environmental compensation for stubble burning.
Farmers with land of lower than two acres shall be liable to pay ₹5,000 per stubble burning incidence, whereas these with two acres or extra however lower than 5 acres ₹10,000. Cultivators having land of greater than 5 acres shall pay an environmental compensation of ₹30,000 per incidence. The fines have been ₹2,500, 5,000, and ₹15,000 below three classes as per the 2023 guidelines.
The notification for growing the fines issued on Wednesday additionally supplies a format for imposing fines on farmers for burning crop stubble. It was issued on the day Delhi’s air high quality was on the increased finish of the “very poor” class for a fourth straight day as calm winds continued to negatively influence the dispersion of pollution. A minimum of 9 stations recorded extreme air high quality within the metropolis at 9am on Thursday.
The AQI has been over 300 (very poor) since October 30. The contribution of stubble burning to Delhi’s PM 2.5, tiny particles with a diameter of two.5 micrometers or much less, was 20.3% on Tuesday, based on information from the Resolution Assist System calculated based mostly on the precise hearth counts. It was 23.3% a day earlier. On November 1, farm fires have been estimated to have contributed a season’s excessive of 35.1% of Delhi’s PM 2.5 load.
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