International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Urmila

Abstract
Residue burning crops is the major problem in northern states of India which is causing air pollution. In the month of October it is very high in Punjab and Haryana where high level of burning starts of remaining paddy straws left in the field after cutting. It causes air pollution which results so many breathing problems. No doubt this phenomenon quickly clears the fields and it is not very much expensive that’s why adopted by the farmers but having serious health problem due to this stubble burning. There is no specific laws for this, only some states has taken steps to resolves with this problem. A law should be there to protect the environment from this residue burning.so in this paper I am going to discuss far and cons of crop burning and what are the steps taken by the government to resolve with this problem.