India, Oct. 19 -- Madhya Pradesh has topped the charts among states with the highest stubble burning incidents - 354 between September 15 and October 17, nearly double the incidents recorded in the same period last year, the latest government data showed. Punjab is second in the list at 220 fires, with nearly 80% of these coming from only two districts of Amritsar and Tarn Taran.

As per the data released by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Uttar Pradesh ranks third, with 134 fires so far, and Haryana emerges an outlier - recording only eight fires so far and 24 farm fires recorded in Uttarakhand.

Madhya Pradesh recorded 187 and 262 incidents of farm fire in the same period in 2025 and 2024, respectively, showing an inc...