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National Clean Air Programme ill-conceived in many ways: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid rising concerns over pollution, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has called for improvement in National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), saying "one of the biggest blunders" has been the dilution of its focus to measure and monitory only PM10 rather than PM2.5.
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Pollution spikes in 9 of 11 state capitals this year post-Diwali, highest
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The government's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) tracker analysed PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter) data for 11 capital cities--Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai and Patna--for the day before Diwali, the day of Diwali and the day after
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Air pollution shortens lifespan of Indians by 5.3 years: Report
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Air pollution shortens an average Indian's life expectancy by 5.3 years, according to a report by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute
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Union Min Bhupender Yadav calls for coordinated actions in implementing Na
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav on Thursday highlighted the importance of the implementation of NCAP and emphasised coordinated actions from the Union Government, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, Urban Local Bodies and State Pol
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Chakr Innovation launches Dual Fuel Kit to provide first Turnkey Solution
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI/GPRC): Chakr Innovation, a start-up founded by graduates from IIT Delhi, becomes the first solution provider for end-to-end compliance to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) regulation in Delhi NCR. Chakr Innovation has launched a dual fuel kit
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launches NCAP Portal, "
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Hon'ble Minister of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Shri Bhupendar Yadav launched a portal named "PRANA" (Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment cities) under the National Cle
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Prakash Javadekar to chair webinar on first-ever International Day of Clea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar is set to chair a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies later on Monday.
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National clean air programme should have measures to penalise non-implemen
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Congress member Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) launched by the government does not have legal measures "to penalise non-implementers" and said there was a need to bring a legislation to give the programme force of
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Congress member suggests statutory parliament panel to help fight pollutio
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Tuesday suggested creating a statutory committee of Parliament that looks into the issues related to air pollution and climate change and said that its work should be placed before the two Houses in every session.
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Yogi Adityanath tells farmers to stop stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday here appealed to farmers to avoid burning the stubble that is left in the fields after harvesting of crops.
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