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Delhi needs ₹4,500 cr more to meet targets under National Clean Air Programme

An anti-smog gun on Kartavya Path. (ANI)
delhi news
Published on Jun 17, 2025 06:26 am IST

Bengaluru ranks lowest among cities for clean air program spending: Report

The report shows Bengaluru used just 13 per cent of its National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) funds over the past four years. (Representative image)
bengaluru news
Published on Jul 21, 2024 11:45 am IST

Capital used only 29% of funds to clean air: Study

New Delhi was labelled the most polluted capital city in the world in 2023, according to data from Swiss firm IQAir. (HT Photo)
delhi news
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 05:46 am IST

A case of slow murder in Delhi

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An anti-smog gun sprays water into the atmosphere to reduce dust pollution at Anand Vihar in New Delhi on January 6. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
editorials
Published on Jan 11, 2024 09:48 pm IST

Centre calls on cities to deliver on clean air goals in next three yrs

Vehicular traffic raises dust along NH9, in Ghaziabad on August 26.
india news
Published on Sept 08, 2020 08:48 am IST

NCAP programme: Covid-19 pandemic disrupts clean air action plans

Clean air efforts in million-plus cities got a shot in the arm with an allocation of Rs 4,400 crore for 2020-21 (union budget), up from Rs 460 crore for air pollution abatement last year.
india news
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 04:55 am IST

NCAP can’t drive change unless data, reporting issues are fixed

Two-thirds of the world’s most polluted cities are in India, and Delhi has the worst air among all capitals, the 2019 World Air Quality Report by IQAir AirVisual, which takes readings from 98 countries
editorials
Updated on Feb 27, 2020 07:36 pm IST

Budget 2020: Rs 4,400 crore for cleaning air

State utilities will be advised to close thermal power plants that do not meet the standards.
india news
Updated on Feb 02, 2020 03:08 am IST

With Rs10 crore for each city, funds for clean air plan short: Experts

NCAP aims to reduce the concentration of PM2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) and PM10 by 20% to 30% by 2024 over the 2017 annual average levels.
india news
Updated on Jan 12, 2020 05:59 am IST

102 city air pollution action plans ready but lack regional focus

The Centre has approved air pollution action plans for 102 non-attainment cities that did not meet the annual PM 10 national standard from 2011 to 2015 under the National Clean Air Programme (ANI Photo)
delhi news
Updated on Nov 02, 2019 09:09 pm IST

IITs, other institutions in 18 states to help implement clean air programme

People try to cover their faces as dust blows due to traffic movement in the area around Trilokpuri road which is falling into disrepair and adding to air pollution, in New Delhi
education
Updated on Oct 17, 2019 07:02 am IST

Pollution panel to identify all sources of air pollution, improve air quality in Chandigarh

HT Image
chandigarh news
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 12:59 am IST

HSPCB gets Rs 2.51 crore fund to fight pollution in NCR districts

While a city-specific action plan for Gurugram has been submitted to the CPCB for approval, a dedicated plan for Faridabad is yet to be submitted.
gurugram news
Published on Sept 03, 2019 06:54 am IST

A year after announcement, work starts for clean air programme

The steering committee on implementation of National Clean Air Programme is set to meet for the first time on June 10.
india news
Published on Jun 05, 2019 11:48 am IST

Gurugram, Faridabad to join National Clean Air Programme

According to a January report by Greenpeace, titled Airpocalypse III, several cities in India which had dangerous levels of particulate matter pollution were left out from the purview of the NCAP.
gurugram news
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 04:55 am IST

The government alone can’t ensure clean air

India is not alone in facing the problem of air pollution. Nine out of 10 people worldwide are exposed to unsafe air
analysis
Published on Jun 04, 2019 06:48 pm IST

Analysis | Election manifestos feature air plan but little action on ground

To be sure, in many cases, MPs have little to do with local interventions, which are managed by state governments or local bodies.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 09, 2019 10:22 am IST

Our clean air plan is a missed chance

We may have no option but to send our children out to play, but we should also be simultaneously working hard on long-term solutions
columns
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 10:41 am IST

The clean air programme will help millions live healthier lives

This rapid industrialisation and urbanisation have brought many benefits to people’s lives, but they have also brought to the forefront public health concerns about air pollution in urban and industrial towns
analysis
Updated on Feb 25, 2019 07:04 pm IST

Centre cuts pollution control budget by 50%, draws flak from experts

The Centre’s decision to cut down the budget on pollution control by 50 % this year has drawn criticism from environment experts. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
budget
Updated on Feb 01, 2019 08:12 pm IST

Delhiites could live 3 years longer if the Clean Air Plan works out

A man walks while wearing an aniti-pollution mask during a cold winter morning, at Karol Bagh in New Delhi on November 29, 2018.
delhi news
Updated on Jan 15, 2019 09:46 am IST

Centre to launch clean air plan today

Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan will launch the much-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) on Thursday to reduce concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 by 20% to 30% by 2024 over the 2017 annual average levels.
india news
Published on Jan 10, 2019 09:08 am IST

Why India needs to ramp up its efforts to tackle climate change

Greenpeace activists display a big banner reading "We still have hope, Climate action now!" during an activity prior to a press conference of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) at Songdo Convensia, Incheon, October 8
editorials
Updated on Nov 29, 2018 07:41 pm IST

Air quality plan not legally binding

Air quality targets under the National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP), which aims to reduce pollution in cities that do not meet the national air quality standard, will not be legally binding.
india news
Published on Nov 27, 2018 08:51 am IST

Opinion: What Indian states must do to curb air pollution

One way to address specific local sources of air pollution is to immediately conduct source apportionment studies for major pollution hot spots and then devise plans to reduce emissions from major sources
analysis
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 09:21 am IST

10 cities in Maharashtra have not submitted plans to reduce air pollution

For a long-term solution against air pollution, the Union environment ministry wants a 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in five years for the polluted cities.
mumbai news
Updated on Jun 13, 2018 12:54 pm IST

Puneites breathe air that is 4x more dangerous than normal

Garbage being burnt near Kharadi lake with the smoke adding to the increasing levels of air pollution.
pune news
Updated on May 16, 2018 05:13 pm IST

SC to Centre, consider implementing National Clean Air Programme in Delhi first

Foreign tourists wearing masks as they visit Lotus Temple on a smoggy morning, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.
india news
Updated on May 10, 2018 02:58 pm IST
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