Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AJP / shutterstock Each year, fires rage across northern India, as farmers burn off their unwanted straw. The impact is enormous.

The Ministry of Power has directed NTPC Ltd to source up to 10 per cent of its thermal fuel requirements from straw pellets. The move is aimed at luring farmers away from stubble burning, according to ...

With winter approaching and instances of stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana rising, the Union Environment Ministry announced a ₹50 crore scheme on Thursday to incentivise industrialists and ...

The Rajpura Thermal Power Plant supported by United Kingdoms’ Aston University’s Energy Harvest group has set up a multi-lakh paddy straw pellet making unit to provide a cost-effective measure for the ...