India has committed to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of its GDP by 45% by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. Reducing heavy-duty truck emissions, which are a large and growing source of overall transport emissions, will be essential to meeting these goals. This paper assesses the rate …
Air Pollution in Delhi has reached alarming levels, to an extent where living in the city is becoming difficult every day. A panel consisting of representatives from various fields discusses the measures that need to be taken by the government and citizens to tackle the issue.
With the Supreme Court wanting to strengthen the National Green Tribunal's order imposing environment cess on non-Delhi bound trucks, we ask on Agenda if the polluter is getting away by paying a nominal fee and is the tax antidote the right treatment for pollution poison. We get you reactions for …
The alarmingly rising rate of pollution is making breathing difficult for Delhi’s residents, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who proposed an additional environmental tax on all commercial vehicles in order to address the capital’s pollution woes.
In order to curb air pollution in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal has ordered that the commercial vehicles entering the national capital will have to pay environmental compensation charge, besides toll tax. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/india/can-green-tax-deter-polluters-1148685.html
NEW DELHI: At around midnight on Sunday, a group of experts and officials were at Delhi's border with Gurgaon for a surprise inspection. What they learnt is this - the Supreme Court had imposed a green tax of Rs. 700 and Rs. 1,300 on commercial vehicles entering Delhi, but on …
Property Guide takes a close look at the most sensitive issue – Air Pollution. Magicbricks Now caught up with Dinesh Gundu Rao - MLA,Karnataka. RaviKumar - Bangalore Political Action Committee,Anumita Roychowdhury - Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre For Science and Environment and Sumaira Abdulali - Social Activist to know …
