Union Budget 2026: Delhi gasps as funds to combat pollution lowered

Times of India
Written By Zainab Ashraf

The Union Budget 2026–27 on Sunday cut allocation for pollution control at a time when the toxic air quality of Delhi-NCR and the Indo-Gangetic Plains has set off alarm bells on an unfolding public health crisis. The Centre has allocated Rs.1,091 crore for pollution control in FY 2026–27, which is Rs 209 crore lower than the revised estimates of Rs 1,300 crore in 2025-26 that was increased from the allocated Rs 853.9 crore that year.

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