New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh said on Monday that 5,114 cumulative paddy residue burning incidents have been reported in Punjab from September 15 to November 30, 2025.

“Punjab and Haryana have collectively recorded about 90 per cent reduction in fire incidents during paddy harvesting season in the year 2025 in comparison to the same period in the year 2022 as per the information made available by CAQM,” said the MoS in response to a question asked in Lok Sabha by Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Speaking about the air pollution situation in Delhi, Kirti Vardhan Singh said, “With coordinated efforts, the number of good days (AQI<200) in Delhi has increased to 200 days in 2025 from 110 days in 2016.”

He said that while there

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