The central government has suggested the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) consider penalising thermal power plants (TPPs) that are not taking enough steps to curb emissions and not co-firing sufficient quantities of biomass.
The power ministry would also consider reducing coal supply to TPPs not complying with its policy on biomass co-firing, according to a Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) statement released on Monday.
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Power Minister R K Singh co-chaired the inter-ministerial meeting to review the progress of biomass co-firing in thermal power plants on Monday. They noted that the target

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