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Budget 2022: Air Quality Round-Up

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.

CommentarySharon Mathew and Arunesh KarkunFebruary 5, 2022Air Quality, Sharon Mathew, Arunesh Karkun, Budget, electric vehicles, household solid fuels, NCAP, CAQMComment

What does the 2021 Union Budget do to improve air quality?

In 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?

CommentaryArunesh Karkun, Nona Uppal, Sharon Mathew and Santosh HarishFebruary 17, 2021Air Quality, Nona Uppal, Sharon Mathew, Santosh Harish, household solid fuels, vehicles, Budget, CAQM, Arunesh Karkun, Pollution in IndiaComment

CAQM: Stronger body, but some gaps remain

Is the new CAQM the answer to the pleas of National Capital Region (NCR) citizens and an end to the winter airpocalypse?

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