Delhi is not India's most polluted city in 2023: CREAByrnihat and Begusarai are the most polluted cities in India in 2023, according to a report released by an independent think tank. The repo...
Natl Clean Air Programme: Centre aims at 40% reduction in particulate matter by 2026Twenty cities, including Chennai, Madurai and Nashik, have met the national standards for annual average PM10 concentration (60 microgram p...
Pay particular focus on particulate matterAverage annual particulate pollution has increased by 61.4% since 1998. Since 2013, about 44% of the world's increase in pollution can be a...
How India lost nearly a third of solar power potential to foul airIIT considered both the ‘soiling effect’, or presence of solid dust, and ‘atmospheric attenuation’, or the scattering of light due to gaseo...
View: The daunting task at hand for India's battle against air pollutionThe NCAP is indeed a good start in India's battle against air pollution. But we should be prepared for the daunting task at hand when, as p...
Air pollution management: Delhi to get 'green' funds under NCAP, first time since it beganThis is the first time Delhi will get funds under NCAP, a national-level strategy for a 20 per cent to 30 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and P...
Curbs help 4 metros meet clean air targetsUnprecedented lockdown measures resulted in four cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru — achieving 95% of their 2024 National Clean...
No budgetary allocation by cities for National Clean Air ProgrammeOver 90% of the 102 cities earmarked for the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) have not instituted a budgetary allocation for their clean...
- Mumbai and Bengaluru among 10 polluted cities yet to submit air action plan, Centre asked to modify NCAP target
Greenpeace calls out govt for omitting 139 highly polluted towns and cities from its NCAP
Government targets 20-30% drop in air pollution in 102 cities by 2024The target is part of the environment ministry’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) which is to be released in the next few days.
Polluted cities to now get a time frame to cut emissionsThe National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) may not have uniform targets for all polluted cities but will indicate timeline for actions as sugg...
NCAP will be 'ineffectual' without time bound emission, sectoral targets: ExpertsEnvironment Ministry has prepared a draft NCAP with an objective to come up with a plan for prevention, control and abatement of air pollut...
City environmentalists find gaps in Delhi-centric NCAPNCAP highlights a list of 100 non-attainment cities that have not met the requisite air quality standards set by the Government of India, a...
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesThe environment ministry targets 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at lea...
Govt sets target of 35% pollution cut for 100 citiesConcept note of this plan, accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI, talks about tackling pollution from various sources. It identifies power...
Clean air programme 'good' start, but needs transparency of info: Greenpeace