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Niti Aayog sets stiff targets to curb air pollution, pitches for stringent civil penalties

NEW DELHI: The central government’s think-tank, Niti Aayog, in its strategy paper ‘New India at 75’, has set ambitious targets to curb air pollution and recommended introduction of “stringent civil penalties to strengthen enforcement” of all environment-related acts to keep water, soil and forests safe. Underlining the problem of air pollution and its ill effects […]

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