In the News
January 30, 2019
New Delhi: If India reduces particulate pollution by 25 per cent, under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) goal, residents of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh could live almost three years longer, according to a recent report from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) on Tuesday.
The further added that an average Indian could live 1.3 years longer. NCAP aims to reduce particulate pollution by 20-30 per cent nationally, will be implemented over the next five years.
“The payoffs from the successful implementation of NCAP could be substantial, with people in the most polluted areas like Delhi living almost three years longer,” said Michael Greenstone, director, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.