Explained: How Punjab govt is zeroing in on farmers who need to be compensated

Following a Supreme Court order directing three states to compensate farmers who have refrained from burning paddy stubble on their fields, Punjab government is paying Rs 2,500 per acre. The Indian Express explains how the government is zeroing in on those managed the stubble in an environment friendly way

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Only small and marginal farmers having upto 5 acres of land, who had sown non-basmati paddy and who did not set ablaze their straw can seek compensation this year.

Following a Supreme Court order directing three states to compensate farmers who have refrained from burning paddy stubble on their fields, Punjab government is paying Rs 2,500 per acre. The Indian Express explains how the government is zeroing in on those managed the stubble in an environment friendly way