For the last several years, authorities across the country have been implementing measures, to lessen the impact of air pollution. The subject found mention in finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget speech for 2021-22. The … READ FULL STORY
India could make a major dent in air pollution and save about 2,70,000 lives a year by curbing emissions from dirty household fuels such as wood, dung, coal and kerosene, according to a study … READ FULL STORY
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and German environment agency UBA, on February 13, 2019, exchanged a joint declaration for the implementation of India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), at the Third Indo-German Environment … READ FULL STORY
The interim budget presented by finance minister Piyush Goyal, on February 1, 2019, reduced the budget for pollution abatement from Rs 20 crores in the last fiscal to Rs 10 crores for 2019-20 and … READ FULL STORY
Life expectancy of Delhiites will be up by nearly three years, if the target of the National Clean Air Programme to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in the next five … READ FULL STORY
Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, on January 10, 2019, launched the much-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in next five years, with 2017 as … READ FULL STORY
A green body, on March 20, 2018, protested outside the Badarpur power plant in Delhi, urging the government to enforce the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) by putting sector-wise plans, to achieve 35 per … READ FULL STORY
Greenpeace India has welcomed the government’s growing concentration towards air pollution, while also raising concerns over what it termed as ‘ambiguity on the planning, given the lack of information on public domain regarding the … READ FULL STORY
