Govt set to dilute 3.5-year-old air pollution norms for thermal plants

Power ministry pushed for dilution after the full implementation of the standards was already delayed by five years, from 2017 to 2022

Nitin Sethi
Last Updated at August 12, 2019 23:24 IST

The power ministry wants that most of the functional or under construction power plants be allowed to pollute up to 450 gm/Nm3 of NOx pollutants

Three and a half years after they were first notified, the government is set to partially dilute air pollution standards for thermal power plants. The decision to dilute the standards retrospectively comes after the Central Government has already delayed their implementation by five years, shifting the deadline for full compliance from 2017 to 2022.

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