articleFarmers in Punjab, Haryana Get India's First Soil Carbon Credit Payments

Q1. Consider the following statements: 1. Direct Seeded Rice avoids raising a nursery and transplanting seedlings, and reduces methane emitted from continuously flooded paddy fields. 2. The soil carbon credits paid out to Punjab and Haryana farmers in September 2026 were issued under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?