Stubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has become a political tool for parties as well. Apart from emitting toxic pollutants in the atmosphere, which impact air quality with thick smog, the exercise impacts fertility of soil and its nutrients which are destroyed when the husk is burned on the ground, directly impacting agri sourcing and production efficiency of companies that have a large manufacturing reliance in the region.
