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Centre explores switch from diesel to electric mode

By : sustainabilityo..., May 10, 2016

The central government is likely to submit before the Supreme Court a host of measures being taken to reduce vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) and across other major...

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Subject Tags: air pollution

CPCB to set up ambient air quality monitoring systems

By : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2016

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has proposed to set up ambient air quality monitoring systems in cities with the help of public sector undertakings, the government said today....

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Subject Tags: air pollution , monitoring

Odd-even has no impact on vehicular pollution: CPCB tells NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 22, 2016

There is no data to suggest that the odd-even scheme has led to a decline in vehicular pollution in the national capital, CPCB said on Thursday.

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Delhi govt mulls odd-even scheme for 15 days every month

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 11, 2016

The Delhi government is “seriously” mulling a proposal to enforce the odd-even scheme for 15 days every month, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.

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Kejriwal launches Green Delhi initiative

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 1, 2016

 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the Green Delhi programme by planting trees at the Triangular Park at the ITO Chowk.

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Govt spells out stricter norms for gensets to curb pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2016

The Centre has notified new stringent environment standards for electricity generators running on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)/Natural Gas (NG), Diesel with LPG/NG and Petrol with LPG/NG. This is...

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India introduces car sales tax to combat pollution

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 2, 2016

India has introduced a new tax on car sales aimed at helping fight high levels of air pollution and congestion.

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Particulate matter exposure: India ahead of China

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 23, 2016

For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure is higher in India than China, a Greenpeace analysis of Nasa satellite data on particulate matter has said....

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Subject Tags: air pollution , standards

Isro orbiter to scan India’s air for pollutants

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 19, 2016

The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and space flight laboratory (SFL) of University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies are collaborating on...

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Subject Tags: air pollution

Delhi's air not worst in India: CPCB data

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 8, 2016

The capital lost a dubious crown on Friday with the country's pollution watchdog saying it is not India's most polluted city, perhaps not even the second worst. But Central Pollution Control...

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Subject Tags: air pollution , standards