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1. Punjab farmers usually get 20 to 25 days after harvesting paddy. A shorter

window is the primary reason Punjab and Haryana farmers resort to
widespread burning of crop stubble.
2. With lack of knowledge of cheap alternatives, along with negligible
government support, farmers have no choice but to resort to stubble burning
which contributes to around 20% to 70% of air pollution in northern India
during October and November.
3. With very few incentives for straw management, the farmers are left with no
option but to burn it. They find burning of stubble the easiest method of
disposing it though it is hazardous to health.
4. In a country where 80% percent of farmers have 2 to 5 acre of land, popular
methods of disposing stubble are also expensive. Without government support
and availability of cheap alternatives, farmers will have no choice but to resort
to stubble burning.
5. Farmers are angry that even as they suffer from farm distress and do not get
any proper returns on their labor and produce, the onus of stubble burning is
put on them.