First, Indian Express’ Anju Agnihotri Chaba joins us to talk about stubble burning across Punjab and how despite owning machines to get rid of crop residue farmers are still resorting to the burning method which contributes to the air pollution in Delhi NCR and deteriorates the air quality severely.

Second, Indian Express’ Harish Damodaran talks about lowering food prices and how that may help the RBI’s policy to tackle inflation in India. (13:38)

Third, Indian Express’ Sourav Roy Barman discusses the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report which revealed how the Delta variant impacted schools across the country. (20:38)

Hosted by Rahel Philipose
Produced and scripted by Utsa Sarmin
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar