In 2022, 1.72 million deaths in India were linked to air pollution, a 38 per cent jump since 2010, according to the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. The grim finding underscored how the country's dependence on fossil fuels and sluggish transition to clean energy are costing millions of lives each year.
The report, prepared by University College London in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), estimated that around 1.72 million Indians died from anthropogenic air pollution, primarily due
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