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Discuss the methods of crop residue management in rural India to reduce pollution.

  • UPSC 2020
  • Contemporary Issues

Punjab alone generates about 20 million tonnes of paddy residue, of which about 13 million tonnes were burned in 2018 and only 1.1 million tonnes found other use.

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  • The Constraint Every Method Must Beat
  • In-situ Methods — Keep the Straw on the Field
  • Ex-situ Methods — Move the Straw Off the Field
  • The Economics That Decide Adoption

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