In this piece, we unpack the Union Budget 2022, focusing on its implications for the current air quality regulatory framework and whether it gives impetus to new and ongoing interventions through adequate financial support. We find that the budget does little to improve air quality management in India.
Read MoreThe Union Budget of 2022-23 promises to take issues of sustainability and climate change seriously. And indeed, its framing on these issues is promising and forward looking. A look below the hood of the budget, however, presents, in practice, a far more mixed picture.
Read MoreIn 2019, air pollution was responsible for over 16.7 lakh deaths in India, more than ten times the lives lost due to COVID-19 so far. Did the budget address clean air adequately?
Read MoreHow does the Budget for 2021-22 address environmental concerns amidst the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic?
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