India, Dec. 1 -- Punjab and Haryana have collectively recorded about 90 per cent reduction in stubble fire incidences during the 2025 paddy harvesting season, in comparison to the same period in 2022, Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change told the Lok Sabha.

The Centre has taken measures to mitigate air pollution caused due to stubble burning. It disbursed a sum of Rs 3,120.16 crore (Punjab - Rs 1,963.45 crore, Haryana - Rs 1,156.71 crore) to the Governments of Punjab and Haryana for CRM machines from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (as on November 17, 2025). These states have distributed more than 260,000 machines to individual famers and to more than 33,800 custom hiring centres in these states.

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