Punjab Allocates ₹500 Crore to Combat Stubble Burning, Offers Subsidies on CRM Machines

The government has prepared a plan to completely stop the problem of stubble burning in the state. For this, Rs 500 crore will be spent to provide Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines to farmers on subsidy and to implement other strategies for proper management of stubble.

Online applications sought from farmers
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khurian said that the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department has sought online applications from the farmers of the state to get subsidy on the purchase of Crop Residue Management (CRM) machines. He informed that these applications can be submitted on the online portal agrimachinerypb.com from April 22 to May 12, 2025.

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He said that the objective of this initiative is to ensure clean and healthy environment for all by ensuring easy access to CRM machines to the farmers as well as encouraging them to use stubble management machinery.
Decrease in cases of stubble burning

Rs 500 Cr Plan to stop Stubble Burning

The agriculture minister said that this subsidy would be available on CRM machines which include Super SMS, Happy Seeder, Super Seeder, Surface Seeder, Smart Seeder, Zero Till Drill, Baler, Rake, Shrub Master/Rotary Slasher, Paddy Straw Chopper/Shredder/Mulcher, Crop Reaper, Hydraulic Reversible Mould Board Plough. Managing Secretary, Agriculture Department, Dr Basant Garg said that Punjab has made significant progress in crop residue management.
He said that last year, apart from providing 17,600 CRM machines on subsidy to individual farmers, co-operative societies and panchayats, the government had also set up 1,331 Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) for the convenience of farmers.
These efforts resulted in a 70 per cent reduction in stubble burning cases during the last season as compared to 2023, from 36,663 cases reported in 2023 to only 10,909 last year.