Patna, February 21 The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) registrations of 1,807 farmers in Bihar were suspended due to stubble burning in 2025-26, according to a report presented in the assembly by the Department of Agriculture.
Subsidies and incentives for 1,758 farmers were blocked in 2025 for violating the government's advisory against burning crop residue. So far this year, DBT registrations of 49 more farmers have been suspended for similar violations, according to the report.
DBT enables farmers to directly receive financial assistance under various agricultural schemes, it said.
Devendra Kumar Shukla, chairperson of the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB), said that the state government has imposed a blanket ban on stubble burning to curb air pollution and prevent soil fertility loss.
"The government had issued strict warnings that farmers found burning stubble would be denied financial assistance and subsidies under government schemes. The state provides electricity to farmers at concessional rates and diesel at subsidized prices, among other support," he told