Where there's a will, there are funds to deal with urban challengesProjects worth ₹15,000 crore across six states are being awarded to kick-start the Centre's ₹1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund. These initi...
20 May, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
India weighs $1 billion aid for private electric buses, trucksIndia is considering incentives worth more than $1 billion to encourage private operators to adopt electric buses and trucks as part of eff...
20 May, 2026, 07.02 AM IST
Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt impactUkrainian drones are hitting Russian oil facilities deep inside the country. These attacks aim to cut funding for the war. While the econom...
02 May, 2026, 01.27 PM IST
Maharashtra govt may revise bank guarantees and fines for polluting units after CAG flags lapsesMaharashtra's Environment Department is revising bank guarantees and fines for polluting industries. This follows a CAG report highlighting...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.50 AM IST
Budget allocation for 'control of pollution' increasesThe Union Budget 2026-27 boosts funding for pollution control initiatives. Allocations for schemes like the National Clean Air Programme an...
01 Feb, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Choked by inaction? Less than 1% of Rs 858 crore spent on pollution control as India suffocates due to air pollutionA parliamentary panel has found that ₹858 crore allocated for pollution control in the 2024-25 budget remains unutilized due to delays in a...
26 Mar, 2025, 03.10 PM IST
Union Budget: Rs 3,030 crore allocated to Environment MinistryUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 3,030 crore for the ministry for financial year 2022-23, of which Rs 460 crore were...
01 Feb, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Govt earmarks Rs 2,217 crore for tackling air pollution; Env ministry's budget allocation shrinksUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, allocated Rs 2869.93 crore for the ministry, out of which Rs 470 crore wer...
01 Feb, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
India’s piecemeal efforts to drive green economy need reformsThe country’s transition to green and inclusive economies is facing a “Brownian motion”–continuous movement but no displacement.
30 Jan, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
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...
11 Jun, 2020, 11.40 AM IST
Budget 2020: Environment Ministry gets Rs 3100 crore in 2020-21Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, allocated Rs 3100 crore for the ministry out of which Rs 460 crore were allotted to control pollution,...
01 Feb, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
Budget 2019: Pollution control in focus, Environment Ministry gets Rs 2,954 croreNirmala Sitharaman, in her maiden Budget speech, allocated Rs 460 crore for pollution control schemes including National Clean Air Programm...
05 Jul, 2019, 07.31 PM IST
Karnataka Pollution Board to install new meters. Will it clear air?A study showed how ambient air quality systems average out pollution data to indicate that Bengaluru has moderate or satisfactory air quali...
09 Jul, 2018, 11.44 AM IST
Delhi government presents 'green budget', aims at controlling pollutionThe budget provides for subsidies to restaurants to replace coal tandoors with electricity- or gas-based tandoors.
22 Mar, 2018, 07.08 PM IST
Parliamentary panel backs pitch for 50% hike in budget for pollution controlThe parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests has recommended an increase of about 50% in the min...
14 Mar, 2018, 08.24 AM IST
Funds flow budget after budget yet Yamuna stays filthyRecent Yamuna water sample investigations by Central Pollution Control Board show levels have not improved; they are worse at some sites.
15 Jul, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
85% of industrial zones in country severely pollutedJust days after the world climate meet, a govt report says that more than 85% of the industrial zones in the country, 75 out of 88 are seve...
25 Dec, 2009, 11.27 AM IST