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Arun Jaitley announces special scheme to tackle Delhi air pollution in Budget 2018

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 2, 2018

New Delhi: Acknowledging air pollution in the Delhi-National Capital region (NCR) as a serious problem, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a scheme in his budget speech to...

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Air Pollution: Centre approves Rs 100 crore project to tackle stubble burning

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 2, 2018

Seeking to handle issue of stubble burning in a comprehensive and coordinated manner, the environment ministry has approved launching of a regional project to tackle the menace that adversely...

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NGT’s action plan will ‘dilute’ Graded Response Plan: EPCA

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2017

The Supreme Court-mandated EPCA today said the latest measures announced by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean the city’s toxic air may “dilute” the Centre-notified Graded Response...

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Replacing coal plants with renewables will help save Rs 54,000 cr: Greenpeace

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 22, 2017

The country can save up to Rs 54,000 crore in power costs and reduce air pollution by replacing expensive coal plants with renewables, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace India....

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NGT slams Punjab, Haryana over their action plan to combat pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 8, 2017

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday slammed Punjab and Haryana governments for filing generalised action plans to combat air pollution and directed them to refer to its previous judgements...

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Sealing of unauthorized construction may resume in Delhi: Supreme Court

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 7, 2017

Sealing of unauthorized construction in Delhi could begin anew with the Supreme Court on Wednesday saying it would revive the court-appointed monitoring committee to identify and seal illegal...

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UN assembly starts drafting plan for ‘pollution-free planet’

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 5, 2017

Humans are poisoning their environment and themselves at an alarming rate, with pollution of the oceans, soil and air now the world’s biggest killer, a UN conference heard this week.
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Subject Tags: air pollution , pollution

Government to standardise parameters used for measuring air quality

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2017

The Centre will soon initiate the process for standardisation of equipment, data and all other parameters required to measure purity of air, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday...

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Haryana to give Rs 61 cr subsidy for optimum utilisation of crop residue to reduce pollution in the state

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 28, 2017

Haryana government would give subsidy of Rs 61 crore for the optimum utilisation of crop residue up to December 2017 to reduce pollution in the state.

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Delhi air pollution on rise as wind speed falls

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 27, 2017

Pollution levels in Delhi rose on Sunday leading to a dip in air quality with monitoring agencies forecasting a further spike over the next few days. The Air Quality Index (AQI), calculated by...

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Subject Tags: air pollution