Photo: HTLiving as I do in the capital city of Delhi, breathing its toxic air, what’s more appropriate to write about than the recent spike in Delhi’s air pollution? There were separate Acts for water pollution, air pollution and an overall Environment Protection Act. An administrative framework to enforce the Acts had also been established, consisting of the Central Pollution Control Board and similar state-level boards. The economics of pollution control is now a flourishing sub-discipline within the burgeoning field of environment studies. The same fatal flaw that had rendered the pollution control Acts ineffective 20 years ago still applies today.

Source: Mint November 16, 2017 22:41 UTC