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THE Committee on economic analysis of alternative/ex-situ options of crop residue management likes to express its sincere and whole hearted thanks to Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR for his foresight in formulating concepts and ideas for ex-situ management of crop residues, for instituting this Committee and further for providing his valuable inputs at various stages for finalizing the "Ex-situ Crop Residue Management Options" document. The Committee also extends its sincere thanks to the AS (DARE) and Secretary (ICAR), Secretary, Ministry of Power, and Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Director, ICAR-NIAP for valuable guidance all through for drafting the recommendations. Thanks are also due to all the members of the High Level Monitoring Committee on In-situ Crop residue Management Central Sector Scheme, Director ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal, Dr. KC Pandey, Project Coordinator of AICRP on Energy in Agriculture and Agro Industries, Dr. Nalini Ranjan Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NIAP, Dr. S.S. Sooch, Principal Scientist (Renewable Energy Engineering), PAU, Ludhiana, Dr Mukesh Jain, Assistant Professor (FMPE), CSHAU, Hissar, Dr. Panna Lal Singh, Principal Scientist, Agricultural Engineering Division, ICAR for their outstanding support and cooperation during the process of discussions and in finalizing the recommendations. Member Secretary of this Committee Dr. Kanchan Kumar Singh, Assistant Director General (Farm Engineering) is appreciated, by the rest of the Committee, for his strenuous efforts in collating the information and drawing a conceptual framework that formed the basis of our discussions and for the overall coordination in formulation and finalization of the recommendations.