ALL HANDS ON DECK

■ Union environment ministry meets ministers of 5 key agri states — Punjab, Haryana, UP, Delhi and Rajasthan

■ States submit action plan to deal with stubble burning

■ Commission for Air Quality Management issues directives to states

■ Power ministry to procure 20 mt of bio-pellets made of farm stubble

■ Agri ministry sets up task force to look into using stubble as cattle feed

■ District chief secretaries alerted on farm fires

■ Union Environment Minister says winter this year would be better than last year in terms of pollution