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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

Confronting everyday sources of pollution across the country

The annual November smog in the NCR frames the air pollution crisis — its scale, sources and solutions — in ways that undermine the long-term efforts needed.

CommentarySantosh HarishDecember 10, 2020Air Quality, Santosh Harish, NCR, household solid fuels, vehicles, thermal power plants, Pollution in IndiaComment

The interplay between the pandemic and pollution

As the country battles a public health crisis of staggering proportions, we must remind ourselves that we do not have the luxury of tackling air pollution at a later point.

CommentarySantosh Harish and Shibani GhoshJuly 16, 2020Air Quality, COVID-19, Finance Commission, vehicles, crop residue burning, thermal power plants, household solid fuels, Pollution in IndiaComment

Pursuing a clean air agenda during the COVID-19 pandemic

This report analyses the outcomes of state actions in response to COVID-19 and its impact on the air quality discourse in India.

New at ICEESantosh Harish and Shibani GhoshJuly 6, 2020Air Quality, Santosh Harish, Shibani Ghosh, Airshed, vehicles, thermal power plants, crop residue burning, Finance Commission, COVID-19, Pollution in IndiaComment

Imagining a different, better future

Could sustained, behavioural changes induced by COVID-19 alter the way we live and work?

CommentaryNavroz K. DubashMarch 26, 2020climate change, Air Quality, COVID-19, vehicles, Work from home, green economy, green recovery, Navroz K. DubashComment

Three ways by which Delhi’s Kejriwal govt can fulfil its promise to curb air pollution

Given the scale and scope of air pollution, the multiple sources involved, and the complexity of governance, this problem cannot be addressed without an actively involved executive.

CommentaryNavroz K. Dubash and Santosh HarishFebruary 27, 2020Air Quality, air pollution, NCR, vehicles, pollution politics, Santosh Harish, Navroz K. DubashComment

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