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The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) registration of 1,807 farmers successful Bihar was suspended for stubble burning successful 2025-26, according to a study tabled by the Agriculture Department successful the Assembly.
Subsidies and incentives of 1,758 farmers were blocked successful 2025 for violating the government's advisory against harvest residue burning. So acold this year, DBT registrations of 49 much farmers were suspended for akin violations, according to the report.
DBT enables farmers to straight person fiscal assistance nether assorted agriculture schemes, it said.
Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) chairperson Devendra Kumar Shukla said the State authorities has imposed a broad prohibition connected stubble burning to curb aerial contamination and forestall ungraded fertility loss.
"The authorities had issued strict warnings that farmers recovered burning stubble would beryllium denied fiscal assistance and subsidies nether authorities schemes. The authorities provides energy to farmers astatine concessional rates and diesel astatine subsidised prices, among different support," helium told PTI.
Mr. Shukla urged farmers to instrumentality the substance earnestly successful the involvement of nationalist wellness and biology protection.
He said the authorities has launched consciousness campaigns and is offering subsidies connected workplace instrumentality to discourage stubble burning.
Farmers are besides being encouraged to merchantability greenish discarded and different integrated materials for the accumulation of biomass briquettes, helium said.
"Biomass briquettes, made chiefly from greenish discarded and integrated materials, are utilized arsenic vigor and cooking fuel. These compressed compounds incorporate assorted integrated materials," helium said.
The Bihar Economic Survey (2025-26), precocious tabled successful the Assembly, noted that DBT registrations of 4,596 farmers were blocked successful 2024. However, incidents of harvest residue burning declined successful 2025 compared to the erstwhile year.
The survey noted that territory officials person been directed to beforehand the usage of harvester harvesters and support heightened vigilance successful panchayats identified arsenic hotspots for harvest residue burning.
It besides stated that the Agriculture Department has acceptable up an inter-departmental moving radical to rise consciousness among farmers and the nationalist astir the harmful effects of burning harvest residue.
