Clear Skies, Healthier Lives: The Impact of Air Quality Improvement in India

A new tool reveals reducing PM2.5 by 30% under India's NCAP can lower disease prevalence from 4.87% to 3.09%. Launched by Climate Trends and IIT-Delhi, the dashboard links air pollution with health issues in India. Achieving targets could raise life expectancy and curb disease impacts.

Achieving a 30% reduction in PM2.5 levels through India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) could significantly decrease nationwide disease prevalence from 4.87% to 3.09%, according to a newly launched tool.

Unveiled by Climate Trends and IIT-Delhi, the Health Benefit Assessment Dashboard uses National Family Health Survey data to map air pollution's health impacts.

The reduction in PM2.5 could improve life expectancy by two years in impacted cities, highlighting the urgency of pollution mitigation for public health, experts say.

(With inputs from agencies.)