Anumita Roychowdhury

Executive Director, Research and Advocacy at CSE India

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Electric ride on rugged policy speed breakers

1 month ago | downtoearth.org.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

Within a tight timeframe of 2026-2030, both the automobile industry and the battery manufacturing industry — that have qualified for production linked incentives (PLI) — are expected to make huge investments to localise manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) and components and ensure the market uptake of the new production to avail of the incentives. Yet, the regulatory enablers to create committed market demand to absorb this investment within the same time frame are uncertain.
HT Syndication: Electric ride on rugged policy speed breakers

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Anumita Roychowdhury

New Delhi, May 27 -- Within a tight timeframe of 2026-2030, both the automobile industry and the battery manufacturing industry - that have qualified for production linked incentives (PLI) - are expected to make huge investments to localise manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) and components and ensure the market uptake of the new production to avail of the incentives.
WHO Colombia conference aims at building commitment to halve global air pollution deaths by 2040

Mar 28, 2025 | downtoearth.org.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

The second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health of the World Health Organization (WHO) is underway in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena. Hosted by the WHO and the Government of Colombia, this convening aims to build global support and commitments for halving the number of global deaths from air pollution by 2040 from the 2015 level.
Boosting India’s EV Ecosystem

Feb 6, 2025 | millenniumpost.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

Developing EV programmes as a self-reliant industrial policy is underscored in the new budget with a strong emphasis on de-risking the supply chainFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech on the Union Budget 2025-26, has underscored the need for localisation of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and raw material security for battery production. This signals a firmer policy thrust on industrial development and employment generation around EV production in India.
Union Budget 2025-26 and electric vehicles: Localise to upscale and de-risk

Feb 3, 2025 | downtoearth.org.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

An Electric Vehicle Charging station set up by the Karnataka government at its premises at MysuruFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech on the Union Budget 2025-26, has underscored the need for localisation of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and raw material security for battery production. This signals a firmer policy thrust on industrial development and employment generation around EV production in India.
What will it take to clean up Delhi air?

Nov 29, 2024 | theweek.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

IT IS ASKED, year after year, why Delhi’s air remains unbreathable despite several interventions to reduce pollution. The toxic blanket of smog that enwraps the city every winter is the lasting reminder of the tough pollution battle that is becoming increasingly difficult to win.
Pollution blows with the wind: South Asia's public health challenge needs harmonized regional action

Nov 26, 2024 | southasiamonitor.org | Anumita Roychowdhury

The severe air pollution episode that choked the National Capital Region and a substantial part of the Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) this November, triggered the seasonal blame game. While the farmers of Haryana and Punjab, burning crop residues, got their share of blame for fouling up the air of Delhi, the infiltration of smoke plume across the international India-Pakistan border also hogged the headlines.
Moushumi Mohanty

Nov 25, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Moushumi Mohanty |Anumita Roychowdhury

Senior Programme Manager, Clean Air Programme, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
First smog event of season chokes national capital

Nov 4, 2024 | thehansindia.com | Anumita Roychowdhury |Sharanjeet Kaur

New Delhi: Season’s first smog event quite predictably built up on the Diwali day with a rapid and substantial increase in particulate pollution compared to the pre-Diwali days. Sharp rise on Diwali night: Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) levels that were already rising steadily during the preceding five days leading up to Diwali, showed a marked increase of 46 per cent from October 28 through October 31.
Blowing in the wind

Oct 30, 2024 | millenniumpost.in | Anumita Roychowdhury

The way wind disperses pollution is a determining factor in the overall air quality management in regionsIt has become our unconscious habit during the winter months to keep looking at the trees for signs of leaves swaying in the wind. This is our way of knowing if there is wind in the city to blow away and lighten the heavy blanket of smog that enwraps Delhi and the entire Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) during winter. Stillness of the air is bad news.