The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) conducted its flagship event on air pollution India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) 2024.
Early November, the Ministry of Finance announced that a total amount of INR 2,200 crore would be transferred to 40 cities with a million-plus population to aid in improving air quality.
“We need to go beyond the stubble burning issue and include road dust, and emissions from municipal waste, industries, and burning of plastic while dealing with air pollution,” said Shri Rana Gurjeet Singh, Cabinet Minister, Government for Punjab.
In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines were revised for six key air pollutants.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a technologically evolving industry that can help reduce fossil-fuel dependency and the associated trade deficit.
Air quality can be improved through well-designed air quality management plans that are effectively implemented.
With deteriorating air quality, there is a need to promote public transportation.
In December 2015, the MoEFCC notified emission standards for limiting Sulphur Oxides (SOx), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Particulate Matter of size <10 µm (PM10) and Mercury (Hg) emissions from coal-based Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).
CSTEP has developed a Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) for the city of Patna.
CSTEP has initiated a source apportionment (SA) study for Bengaluru as per the request of the Government of Karnataka.
CSTEP has launched the Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) in order to provide scientific, high-quality policy advice for improving air quality in India and the South Asian region.
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is a government organisation that operates the public transport bus service in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) area and parts of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region (BMR).
India Clean Air Summit 2019 (ICAS19), the annual flagship event of the Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) at CSTEP, was aimed at addressing the elephant in the room with regard to air pollution: how do we improve air quality when we are not sure about what causes it and by how much?
Over the past decade, India’s cities have been witnessing an increasing trend in motorization with deteriorating air quality, and there have been calls to promote public transport as a way out of this gridlock.
Across India, the lack of adequate data on air pollution is a challenge to addressing air pollution.
