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Apr
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab’s aggressive crop residue management strategy has earned the national recognition as the Punjab has been conferred the SKOCH Silver Award 2025 in the Environment category, said Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian, while crediting Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government’s sustained efforts in crop residue management.While addressing a press conference here at Punjab Bhawan, S. Khudian informed that Punjab has recorded a 94 per cent reduction in farm fire incidents, plummeting from 83,002 in 2020‑21 to just 5,114 in 2025‑26.The Agriculture Minister lauded the PPCB and Punjab's farming community, while…