Agriculture Ministry officials say no timeline reached to amend the ordinance on stubble burning. “Since the talks are still going on, once everything is finalised, then the timeline, etcetera, may come up for discussion. But they can easily take action on the parali [stubble burning] issue, and direct the Pollution Board to make changes to exempt farmers. Let them do it,” said Yudhvir Singh, general secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union-Tikait, who was on the farmers delegation at the talks. Earlier in the day, about 100 young farmers in 25 tractor trolleys broke through the police barricades at the Rajasthan-Haryana border at Shahjahanpur.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2020 17:51 UTC