Environment
2,550 Punjab and Haryana farmers get India's first payments for soil carbon
ICAR director general M. L. Jat launched the direct transfers at Punjab Agricultural University for Grow Indigo's 'Aadi' programme, which verified direct-seeded rice, reduced tillage and residue management on enrolled fields in 2019–2022 under the Verra VM0042 methodology; the first issuance covers