While announcing the Budget 2026-2027 at the Delhi Assembly, CM Rekha Gupta said that Rs 22,236 crore of the city's budget will be reserved as the 'green budget'.
PM 2.5 levels and PM 10 levels recorded a year-on-year reduction, according to the city’s Economic Survey released on 23 March by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
The survey, tabled in the Delhi Assembly and quoting Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) data, said the annual average PM10 in 2025 was 209 and PM2.5 was 100, the lowest since 2015, excluding the Covid years.
Plans to cut 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai’s proposed Coastal Road between Versova and Bhayandar have sparked protests over the environmental impact and BMC’s afforestation claims.
Maharashtra has 3 facilities for leopards which are overcrowded. 20 leopards were moved to Vantara this month, with plans to relocate more. Some may be sent to other states.
A Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi, closed the lawsuit that reshaped the country’s approach to pollution.
Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.
A govt official said that although ATF prices for domestic market had been expected to rise 100 per cent in April, increase was moderated to 25 per cent to cushion burden on domestic passengers.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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