Chandigarh November 11: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has announced an incentive of Rs. 100 per quintal to the small and marginal farmers to prevent stubble burning. This amount would only be applicable to the non-basmati paddy procured by the Government and will be given through the Deputy Commissioner.

In addition to this, taking a major step, in the direction of preventing stubble burning, the Chief Minister has also announced that for the In Situ and Ex Situ management of crop residue by the small and the marginal farmers of non Basmati paddy, the State Government would bear a sum of Rs 1000 per acre as operational cost to the Custom Hiring Centers (CHC) or Straw Baler unit owners.

The Chief Minister has directed the Renewable energy and Industry and Transport Department to establish a link for utilising the crop residue balers in Industry for the proper utilisation of the crop residue.

Sharing more information in this regard, a spokesman of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department said that the Deputy Commissioner of every district has appointed one Nodal officer in every village for the management of crop residue and its proper Ex-situ and In-situ management.

He further informed that Senior rank IAS officers has also been appointed for the guidance and monitoring of this scheme. The officer which have been appointed for the districts included Mr P.K Das for Kaithal district, Mr Devender Singh for Fatehabad district, Mr T.C Gupta for Sirsa district, Dr Mahavir Singh for Jind district and Mr Anurag Rastogi for Hisar district.