Air Quality Life Index, produced by Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago, based on data from 2020. It says India’s National Clean Air Programme has potential to save 1.6 years of life.
Some 57% of 10,543 vehicle owners surveyed by LocalCircles say whether a car should be removed from service or not should depend on miles on the odometer rather than age.
Published in 'The Lancet Planetary Health', report says reductions offset by increased deaths attributable to industrial pollution, such as ambient air and chemical pollution.
Over 90% of India’s population lives in areas where air quality is below WHO's standards, with coal-fired power plants, factories and vehicles among the major sources of pollution.
Varanasi achieved largest reduction in pollutant levels, but none of the cities was able to meet the goals fixed in 2019, when National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was set up.
This is the first effort to collect global data of this type in a single study. It shed new light on the sources and risks associated with trace metal exposure.
Workers in Haryana are encouraging farmers to use a new organic spray to decompose crop residue, rather than set it ablaze, in a bid to deal with stubble burning.
Report says that while Delhi has partially followed the steps suggested by the air quality commission, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan have been listed in the 'poorly complied' category.
The schools in Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar will remain shut until further orders following the govt's order on measures to manage air quality in NCR districts of Haryana.
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema emphasised improving ‘fiscal health’ and augmenting tax revenues in AAP govt's maiden Budget Monday, but outstanding debt expected to rise by 8.4%.
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.