Thank You , Captain Amrinder Singhji

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Thank you for reading my following emails :

·           10  Nov  2017   /  #Smog in Brain ?  )

·           20  Nov  2017   /   Amrinder Singhji has no excuse !

and accepting my solution for “ stubble burning “ , where I had suggested as follows :

Now consider this :

·         Between harvesting paddy and sowing wheat, there is a 15 day window

·         One pair of machines ( described above ) can work 6 / 7 acres/day

·         That is 100 acres in 15 days ( with one pair )

·         Paddy Stalk needs to be removed from 30 lakh acres, in 15 days

·         That means , Punjab needs 30,000 pairs of machines ( for 15 days )

·         One pair costs Rs 2 lakhs

·         So , 30,000 pairs will cost Rs 60,000 lakhs ( Rs 600 crores )

·         In Maharashtra , nearly 80 lakh farmers will get farm-loan waiver amounting to Rs

          34,000 crores

·         In UP , 12 lakh farmers got farm-loan waiver of Rs 36,000 crore

·         Who can believe that Shri Amrinder Singhji ( CM – Punjab ) cannot find Rs 600 crore to

          create a FARM HELP SPV , which will own those 30,000 machines and let farmers rent

          out @ Rs 10 / day ?

Fast forward to following infographic in today’s Times of India

Why Punjab Faces a Tough Fight to End Stubble Burning

Extract :

#  Action Plan

·         Punjab plans to spend Rs 665 crore on providing straw management machinery

·         24,315 machines will be given to farmers and Co-Op Societies this season

·         Machinery given at 80 % subsidy to Co-Op Societies and 50 % to individuals

#  Subsidizing Equipment

·         Total subsidized farm equipment given so far…………………………….  7,337

·         Machines given to individual farmers……………………………………………  2,819

·         Machines given to Co-Op Societies………………………………………………… 2,144

·         Machines given to Custom Hiring Centres ( CHCs )……………………..  2,374

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Or , should I say,

Thank You , Shri Jaitleyji ,

for fulfilling your following promise made in last budget speech :

“ Air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region has been a cause of concern.

A special Scheme will be implemented to support the efforts of the governments of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and the NCT of Delhi to address air pollution and to subsidize machinery required for insitu management of crop residue. “

20  Oct  2018

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