I will recommend anyone curious to know why the stubble burning issue has become this serious only in recent times, to have a look at Shekhar Gupta's (a well re

I will recommend anyone curious to know why the stubble burning issue has become this serious only in recent times, to have a look at Shekhar Gupta's (a well respected journalist) analysis from couple days ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAnSS6rdJCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAnSS6rdJCA Tldr - Stupid laws trying to tackle heavy water consumption in the dry months forced farmers to grow paddy 6-8 weeks later which then left them little time to get the fields ready for next harvest and hence burning stubble seems like a quick option (with no consequence to them).