CHANDIGARH: Punjab Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha said that the Punjab Government got the first position in crop residue management in the entire country. This is a blunt answer to those who have been accusing Punjab of stubble pollution every year.
When Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal repeatedly blamed Punjab on stubble pollution, Randeep Nabha said that today the sky is clear in Punjab. The winds of prosperity and progress are blowing. The minister added that the people are breathing a sigh of relif. And the truth is that the Congress government of Punjab ended the stubble pollution. He said that the government's efforts are having an impact at the grassroots level. And this is the reason why Punjab government has got the first position in crop residue management all over the country.
Shri Nabha said that Punjab government has provided more than 86000 machines for stubble management to cooperatives (PACS), gram panchayats, FPOs, registered farmer groups and individual farmers. are of.
Under the Crop Residue Management Scheme, the state government has focused on in-situ management to deliver state-of-the-art machines including Super SMS, Super Seeder, Happy Seeder, Paddy Straw Chopper, Hydraulic Reversible Mold Board Plug and Zero Till Drill to the farmers.
Referring to his 111-day stint, he said that he worked in his agriculture ministry the way fours and sixes were hit in the last over of cricket's T20 match. During this, the Punjab government gave financial assistance to the families of the martyrs of the farmers movement as well as jobs to the people of 407 families. While talking to the journalists, he said that the Punjab government also has an important role in ending the three black laws of the farmers. Because the Congress government of Punjab had repealed this anti-farming law on the floor of the assembly. Along with keeping unprecedented, historical and democratic values paramount, the way the farmers movement went ahead, the Modi government had to bow down and the black laws were repealed.