Spotlight on air quality ahead of winter and stubble-burning in the North

This comes in wake of new WHO norms on air quality which indicate that whole of India faces high pollution across the year

The state of India’s air quality has taken the centre stage ahead of peak pollution days, with the Union and state governments moving to tackle widespread stubble burning in North India. According to the new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on air quality, however, the entire country has dangerous levels of air pollution throughout the year.

The Union government had earlier commissioned the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur to draft air pollution norms for the country but the final norms are likely to come out only next year. 

The Centre, its several agencies and the five key agriculture states of Punjab,