Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR further dropped on Sunday with moderate winds sweeping the region.
Rajya Sabha took up air pollution calling attention notice when it reconvened at 2 pm after an adjournment.
The project is set to begin this month and is expected to collect millions of data points over the course of one year to complete the spectrum of variation in Delhi's air-pollution.
Javadekar said it was not the time for different agencies to blame each other
The PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels were nearly eight times higher than the normal limits at several locations in the city
About 450 real estate companies/projects across the country are facing insolvency proceedings under IBC because of default in the delivery of projects to homebuyers as well as repayment of bank loans
Ear-deafening booms, toxic smoke and ash from firecrackers filled the air as the overall air quality index crossed the "severe" mark at many places
The task force also asked the traffic police of Delhi and adjacent NCR towns to deploy additional manpower
According to the survey, 56 per cent of the 1,400 respondents thought that smoking helped them get relief from stress. Of them, 55 per cent admitted that they are aware of its ill-effects.
AAP said it had approached the Centre for permission for aerial sprinkling of water and was ready to spend on it
NCR's total retail market size will touch Rs 1.91 lakh crore versus MMR's Rs 2.24 lakh crore by 2019