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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Not sure about data in foreign reports on air pollution deaths: Environment Minister -Amitabh Sinha

Not sure about data in foreign reports on air pollution deaths: Environment Minister -Amitabh Sinha

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published Published on Feb 18, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 18, 2017
-The Indian Express

Government policies could not be framed solely on the findings of international reports, he maintained.

EVEN AS he acknowledged that the health impacts of air pollution were “real” and “dangerous”, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Friday contested some of the numbers presented in a new global report, which has identified India as the worst affected country and attributed more than a million deaths in the country in 2015 to air pollution. Dave said he was happy that air pollution in India was getting attention but it was “difficult to say whether a million people have died or half-a-million people have died”. He said he would rather believe research conducted by Indian institutions to establish numbers like these.

“The government is very aware of the problem of air pollution and we are already taking a number of steps to deal with it. There is no doubt that air pollution is a big concern, not just in Delhi but also in many other cities of the country… But I am not sure about these numbers that come out in these international reports. We have our own institutions working on air pollution and I would like to trust them more,” Dave told The Indian Express.

The minister said he was not questioning any of the reports, which he described as “good academic exercises” that have helped in raising awareness about the problem. However, government policies could not be framed solely on the findings of international reports, he maintained. “We have an ongoing plan of action and are continuously thinking about what kind of approaches will bring the most benefits… In a way, this report is not telling us anything new. We are aware of the problem and taking action,” he said.

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The Indian Express, 18 February, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/not-sure-about-data-in-foreign-reports-on-air-pollution-deaths-environment-minister-4530828/


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