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The farmers who followed the practice of burning crop residue are taken to the fields of those who shunned the practice and are making good profits,” said Pannu. Not to forget, we are holding hundreds of awareness camps with the help of Punjab Agriculture University and several NGOs. The subsidy amount has been increased from Rs 251 crore last year to Rs 400 crore this year. This gave multiple benefits like improvement in quality of soil and better crop yield to the farmers.“Owing to the significant change in mindset of the people, the government is also keen to give subsidy to the farmers to buy new instrument for crop residue management. CHANDIGARH: A team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is visited villages in Punjab to take stock of the status of stubble burning and spreading awareness about the alternative methods available for crop residue management.After visiting the villages in Ludhiana, the team interacted with farmers in Barnala on Sunday.According to KS Pannu, agriculture secretary and nodal officer for campaign against stubble burning, the NGT panel has been asked to interact with farmers to improve the existing situation of pollution further aggravated by the stubble burning.Pannu said about 12 districts in Punjab had registered 50% decline in crop residue burning last year.Pannu said that the residue which ultimately dissolves into the soil and makes it more fertile without spending much on fertilizers..