NDTV·India

India’s Smog Could Cost $85 Billion a Year

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 13 November 2026, 05:14 UTC ·11 sec listen

Cutting air pollution by twenty percent could help India avoid nearly eighty-five billion dollars in annual economic losses by 2030. Poor air quality reduces workers’ productivity and threatens growth, making cleaner air both a public health and economic priority.

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