PUNJAB FARM FIRE CASES ROLLED BACK

NEW DELHI: The Punjab government has said it will not act against farmers who set fire to their paddy fields this season, rolling back a key sanction imposed to quell stubble blazes in the agrarian state as it buckled to pressure from cultivators who were protesting against the penalty.

According to a notification, state authorities will rescind “red entries” marked in the land records of over 4,300 farmers in the state from September 15 to November 14.