Context:

• Steps taken by the Government for awareness about the new low-cost capsule, which can convert the paddy stubble into bio-manure.
• IARI has licensed the technology to 12 companies for mass multiplication and marketing of the Pusa Decomposer

What is the ‘Pusa Decomposer’?

• It is essentially a fungi-based liquid solution that can soften hard stubble to the extent that it can be easily mixed with soil in the field to act as compost.
• This would then rule out the need to burn the stubble, and also help in retaining the essential microbes and nutrients in soil that are otherwise damaged when the residue is burned.

• These seven strains of fungi are packed into four capsules, which cost about Rs 20 per pack of four.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1744517

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