It’s the same story every year. My throat is sore and my head is groggy. The common man suffers with asthma and bronchitis cases while those of us with a purifier in every room make social media noise. This can’t be the price we pay collectively on the way to Viksit Bharat. How much capital will it need to give every farmer in Punjab and Haryana a Happy Seeder Machine that helps them plant wheat crops into the rice straw without burning the stubble ? A GPT-5 estimate on this is 1000 crores. This along with a complete ban on farm fires in these two states. We can’t live with this forever or it may lead to exodus of talent and companies from this region.