- The Union government was working on a plan to use stubble as a biofuel and manure as a part of an effort to deal with stubble burning.
- The National Thermal Power Corporation had procured 3,000 tonnes of stubble to be used as bio-fuel and would study the results.
- A sum of ? 700 crore had been allocated get rid of stubble and about one lakh acres in Punjab and Haryana have used manure/compost from stubble, while Uttar Pradesh used six lakh acres.
