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Delhi experience shows why clean cooking fuel needs more than Ujjwala

Household cooking stoves, or chulhas, contribute to carbon emissions besides endangering the health of millions of women. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, launched in 2016, intended to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to deprived households. However, the…

Wake-up call: India’s air pollution-related deaths among highest in the world

As winter sets in, the air quality in most cities in India turns critically poor. Triggered by climate change, the situation worsens every year, impacting people’s physical and mental health. More than 2.3 million Indians died prematurely due to pollution…

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Delhi experience shows why clean cooking fuel needs more than Ujjwala

Wake-up call: India’s air pollution-related deaths among highest in the world

Right to clean air: Stop the smog

World’s most polluted city: Delhi chokes and struggles through the smog

Delhi’s direct line from air pollution to disease