Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

The Swachh Bharat Mission has revolutionized sanitation and hygiene practices in India. The Economic Survey highlights its progress, including rural sanitation, waste management, and the role of ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...

Overall, the 2025-26 budget lays a strong foundation for advancing water, sanitation, and waste management with increased ...

As a result, according to India’s Central Pollution Control Board, fewer than half of them work effectively. 3 What’s more, India’s smaller towns cannot afford to build such systems. The good news is ...

India's rapid urbanization is creating significant challenges, from infrastructure gaps, increase in pollution levels to rising affordable housing demands and the growing effects of climate change. By ...

While anaemia is long known to be caused by iron deficiency, experts on Thursday noted that air pollution and vitamin B12 ...

In 2021, air pollution was a major global killer, contributing to 8.1 million deaths worldwide. India and China bore the brunt of this crisis, with staggering death tolls of 2.1 million and 2.3 ...

A recent report by Lancet on the impact of air pollution in India in 2019 says that 1·67 million deaths were attributable to air pollution, accounting for 17.8% of the total deaths. It also ...

In many parts of India, a single noxious pollutant from coal-fired power stations drags down annual wheat and rice yields by ...