India, Nov. 12 -- Distributing crop residue disposal machines, spreading awareness among farmers and increased sowing of Basmati rice brought about the good results

Delhi's fight against air pollution has more failures than success. As the Supreme Court lashed out at Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on November 6, 2019, for not taking enough measures to curb crop residue burning in their farms, it also asked these states to reward farmers who refrained from doing so with Rs 100 per quintal of crop.

The states reduced crop residue burning by 12.01 per cent from last year, shows Indian Council of Agricultural Research data. And the reduction is significant in Haryana.

The state, along with Punjab, recorded 29,780 cases of farm fires bet...