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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan connected Thursday (November 27, 2025) asked farmers to travel the illustration of a Punjab colony successful stubble management, saying it has not burnt harvest residue for the past six years.
Mr. Chouhan was connected a day-long sojourn to Punjab.
During his accomplishment successful Moga, Mr. Chouhan visited Ransih Kalan colony to conscionable farmers who person stopped burning stubble for the past respective years.
Earlier successful the morning, Mr. Chouhan besides savoured 'makki di roti' and 'sarson da saag'-- a celebrated Punjabi crockery -- portion sitting connected a 'manja' [charpoy]. "I person conscionable travel here. People's emotion is amazing," said Mr. Chouhan portion speaking with reporters. He besides said helium had 'makke di roti' and 'sarson da saag'.
He said helium has the privilege of coming to the beatified onshore of Punjab.
"The colony of Ransih Kalan is simply a relation exemplary for stubble management. Farmers of the colony person abstained from burning stubble for the past six years, resulting successful much fertile ungraded and a 30% simplification successful chemic fertiliser use," said Mr. Chouhan.
Ransih colony successful Moga territory is known for galore initiatives undertaken by colony Sarpanch Preetinderpal Singh, commonly known arsenic Mintu Sarpanch.
Among large initiatives of the colony included providing currency incentives to farmers for not burning harvest residue, currency incentives for increasing effect plants, currency rewards for promoting speechmaking books successful a colony library, a plastic-free campaign, rainfall harvesting and an anti-drug campaign.
Speaking connected the contented of stubble burning, Mr. Chouhan said specified incidents person made the full state worried.
With the stubble burning, a tract whitethorn get cleared for the adjacent harvest but affable insects are besides burnt, too causing the occupation of pollution, helium said.
"I person travel present to congratulate Punjab and instrumentality this experimentation to the full country," helium said.
Mr. Chouhan said determination has been an 83% diminution successful stubble-burning incidents this year.
Some radical inquire what the alternate is if stubble is not burnt, arsenic they person to sow a wheat crop, said Mr. Chouhan.
The Minister cited the illustration of Ransih Kalan colony wherever helium said nary stubble burning incidental took spot successful the past six years.
"The experimentation took spot here. Ransih Kalan colony has not been burning stubble for six years. They premix stubble successful fields and transportation retired nonstop seeding. I came present to amusement this experimentation to the full country," said the Union Minister.
Referring to the occupation of stubble burning, Mr. Chouhan, astatine a abstracted event, said the experiments of immoderate scientists proved that stubble is not 'bojh' (burden) and it tin beryllium converted into a 'vardan' (boon), similar Ransih Kalan colony did.
He explained galore advantages of not burning harvest residue, saying mixing stubble successful fields and nonstop seeding pb to redeeming water, diesel, lesser usage of fertilisers and an summation successful ungraded fertility.
"I americium giving a connection from present that what farmers of Ransih Kalan person done, farmers of the full state should adopt," stressed Mr. Chouhan.
He said a murphy husbandman besides stated that they present bash not usage potash for this harvest arsenic stubble has potash. "The size and prime of potatoes are better," said Mr. Chouhan. "This colony is simply a school," noted the minister, who met farmers and praised them for their initiatives.
