Will use PUSA technique to reduce need for stubble burning Kejriwal

Delhi | Thursday | 1st October, 2020

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New Delhi: The Delhi government will work with Pusa Research Institute from October 5 to make an agri mix using a technique developed by it to reduce the need for stubble-burning in farms, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. In an online briefing, he said that the work on creating the agri mix capsules is likely to be completed by October 12-13. Kejriwal said he had also written to the Centre urging it to ensure that other state governments also implement this solution. Pusa Research Institute has found an economical solution," he said. In his letter to the Centre on September 26, Kejriwal had said Indian Agricultural Research Institute (famously known as PUSA) scientists have developed a chemical that decomposes stubble and turns it into manure..