What happened to these farmers? Did half of them abandoned agriculture, or were they forced to sell their land?
Opinion
Data collected over the last 20 years reveals that Punjab had 2.95 lakh farmers owning less than 2.5 acres of land. Currently, this figure has decreased to 1.54 lakh.
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In the NCR (National Capital Region) of Delhi, the air quality index has surged beyond 300 in Anand Vihar and its surrounding areas. Meanwhile, there have been no reports of stubble burning from Punjab so far.
एनसीआर NCR (राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र) दिल्ली में आज आनंद विहार और आस पास के इलाकों में एयर क्वालिटी इंडेक्स (AQI) 300 के पार पहुँच गया है। जबकि पंजाब से अभी तक पराली जलाने की कोई बड़ी बातें सामने नहीं आई हैं।
What are the compelling reasons that students from Punjab, just after their schooling, that too at the tender age of 17, are planning to go abroad on a study basis, whereas there are thousands of students from the rest of India taking admissions in various colleges and universities of Punjab?
