" >% ' " $ ? # ? ? -."#- /012 %,-,-. *&+( $%&'() 7*30217 23+'7*B737(2)C +)3)1%. 01-2,3)1:271C -)20&DD7771()7 &3:)37;! * *+", --' 84; @ 7# " 3 * $ 34506 17 Q ! "$% !& ) $ (!)& )/%0,1 PM 2.5 level was recorded Opposition. more than eight times the per- Citing the positive outcome kyrocketing values of harm- missible limit at 492 μgm-3 and of the demonetisation, Jaitley Sful pollutants in Delhi’s air PM 10 level was recorded six said with depositing junked cur- entered severe plus levels post times the permissible limit at rency in banks only mode left to Diwali on Thursday as the 618 μgm-3. liquidate holding of old 500 and Average Air Quality Index It may be noted that in 1,000 rupee notes, the (AAQI) was recorded 642 2017, official data showed Government was able to track microgram per cubic meter. the PM 10 level reached 595 down people holding cash According to the Centre- μgm-3 and PM2.5 was 407 )/%0,1 beyond their known sources of run pollution monitoring μgm-3. India’s official per- income.“The enormity of cash agency System for Air Quality missible PM2.5 limit is 60 nion Finance Minister Arun deposited and identified with the and Weather and Forecasting μgm-3 while PM10 level is UJaitley on Thursday attributed owner resulted in suspected and Research (SAFAR), the 100 μgm-3. It is important to jump in income tax return filers 17.42 lakh account holders from AQI (post Diwali) has been mention here that as per the from 3.8 crore in May 2014 to whom the response has been recorded “double” than previ- SAFAR’s graph on biomass 6.86 crore to demonetisation received online through non- ous year. It means, in 2017, the burning — a contributor in and asserted that the Opposition invasive method,” AQI was recorded at 367, in terms of air pollution, the per- parties have been “conclusively he wrote. 2016, it was 425, however, this centage is declining. The per- proved wrong” that it would shave year it was over 1.7 times that centage of biomass burning off two per cent of growth rate as of 2017. Notably, as per the contributing as pollutant in he said India retained its position SAFAR’s observations, the rel- Delhi’s air will remain just as the fastest growing economy for ative contribution of eight per cent on November the fifth year in a row. Suspended Particulate Matter 12, the graph marked. Defending the controversial (SPM) has not increased. Meanwhile, as per the data demonetisation drive by the Citing meteorological con- analysis of the Delhi Narendra Modi Government ditions, the SAFAR in its offi- Government, values of Carbon ! " ! on the second anniversary of cial statement said, “At 1 am of Monoxide (CO), Carbon ‘demonetisation’ that led to a November 8, smoke layer Dioxide and Sulphur Oxide running debate in the country became thick and started to also recorded higher than pre- over its aim and impact on the )/%0,1 trap pollutants near the surface scribed standards post Diwali. '+4 567 896:' ; <' ' economy with the Opposition Manmohan Singh said the rapidly. The air quality entered Considering the database alleging that it dried off money “scars and wounds” caused by in severe category at 2 am early of the Delhi Government, val- '+;< = ; ;=9 ;4; :' supply to the public and badly he Congress and other demonetisation is getting more morning on November 8 and ues of CO were recorded affected the employment sector, TOpposition parties, includ- visible with time and the deci- will continue to remain in between 0.8 mg/m3 to 4.0 allowed people to burst fire- National Stadium, Dr Karni Vihar, Major Dhyanchand Jaitley said country’s economy ing TDP and TMC, on sion’s second anniversary is a severe zone until late evening mg/m3, however, in 2017, the crackers from 8 pm to 10 pm Singh shooting range, PGDAV National Stadium, Jwaharlal has grown stronger as demon- Thursday recalled the demon- day to remember how “eco- of the day, however, air quali- value of same pollutant was only on Diwali and other fes- College (Sriniwaspuri), DITE Nehru Stadium, Dwarka, etisation has increased the etisation as an “ill-fated” and nomic misadventures” can roil ty is recovering from afternoon fluctuating between 3.0 mg/m3 tivals. Okhla, Mother Dairy Mundka, Rohini, Okhla, Government resources to fund “ill-thought” the nation. and likely to touch very poor to 3.7. The top court also allowed (Patparganj), ITI Vivek Vihar, Bawana and IGI Airport where poverty alleviation and infra- exercise by the Congress president range by night (November 8) Further, the Oxides of manufacture and sale of just ITI Jahangirpuri, DITE value generally is less than structure development pro- Modi Rahul Gandhi provided no firecracker emis- Nitrogen (NO2) were record- green crackers which have low Wazirpur, Satyawati College 1000 μg/m3, however, grammes.Writing in a Facebook Government that described demon- sions are added anymore.” ed from 29 μg/m3 to 83 where- emission of light, sound and (Ashok Vihar), Shaheed Najafgarh, Alipur, Narela, Dr post titled “Impact Of unleashed havoc etisation as a The SAFAR’s statement as last year, it was 43 μg/m3 to harmful chemicals. Sukhdev Business College Karni Singh shooting range, Demonetisation”, the Finance on the Indian “tragedy” that said, “However, even if partial 173.0. Another very harmful The areas where the viola- (Rohini), Narela, Sonia Vihar, Shri Aurobindo Marg, Pusa, Minster listed an 80 per cent economy. destroyed millions emissions are added pollution is pollutant: Sulphur Dioxide tions were recorded included Shri Aurobindo Marg, Civil Lines and Mandir Marg jump in income tax return filers The of lives. likely to shoot up as stagnation (SO2) was recorded 15 μg/m3 Mayur Vihar Extension, Lajpat Najafgarh, Pusa, Dwarka, are stations where values are to 6.86 crore, increase in digi- Congress has While West condition will be triggered. to 81 (2018), however, in 2017 Nagar, Lutyens’ Delhi, IP exten- Mundka, Bawana, and Alipur. found less than 500 μg/m3. tal transactions and more announced that Bengal Chief Surface winds are playing a the values were 20 μg/m3 to 89 sion, Dwarka and Noida Sector According to the Delhi Agra, Bhagpat , Ghaziabad, resources being available for it will hold a Minister Mamata major role. The contribution of (2017). Remarkably, on 78. The assessment of Ambient Government average air qual- Bulandshehar, Faridabad, poor and for building better nationwide Banerjee said that stubble fire appears to be mar- National Ambient Air Quality Air Quality as per Central ity data, Jahangirpuri, Ashok Gurugram, Greater Noida, infrastructure as the main protest on Friday to mark the she had been describing it as ginal today. The contribution of Index (NAAQI), other popu- Pollution Control Board Vihar, Nehru Nagar, Wazirpur, Hapur, Kolkata, Lucknow, achievements. Modi’s sudden second anniversary of demon- a “dark day” ever since PM2.5 in PM10 has increased lar cities — Mumbai, (CPCB) protocol was under- Anand Vihar, Punjabi Bagh Noida, Patna, Sigrauli, Rohtak move on November, 8, 2016, to etisation and demanded that demonetisation was from 50 (normal) to 70 per cent Ahmedabad and Pune were taken at 26 locations — RK and RK Puram are the areas and Ujjain were the areas where announce the demonetisation in Prime Minister Narendra announced by the Prime on Wednesday night indicating also densely polluted and post Puram, Mandir Marg, Punjabi where values of SPM ranged AQI recorded “abnormally an unscheduled live national Modi should apologise to the Minister, Andhra Pradesh increased share of locally gen- Diwali were tagged under the Bagh, Civil Lines, IGI Airport, between exceeded 1000 μg/m3. high, concentrations were televised address at 8.15 pm to people for “ruining and wreck- Chief Minister N erated pyrotechnic emission.” status of very poor. Anand Vihar, Jwaharlal Nehru Other areas such as — recorded above 380 micro- withdraw high-value currency ing” the economy. Chandrababu Naidu dubbed Importantly, on the AQI, The Supreme Court had Stadium, Major Dhyanchand Sonia Vihar, Patparganj, Vivek gram per cubic. had raised many eye brows in the Former prime minister demonetisation a disaster. !"# $ % R! "# & ' ( Palamu, Hazaribagh, Koderma and NO &+7,%'32 Chaibasa 1200 youth will get medical 21'32 degree each year,” said Das. hief Minister Raghubar Das on The Chief Minister said that our civilians and a CISF jawan were CThursday said that the State Youths are being trained in the areas Fkilled when suspected Naxals blew Government is pursuing on a pro- of Engineering, Medical, Professor, up a bus with an improvised explosive ject to promote medical tourism in Teacher, Nursing, and their talents. device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s the State. The idea is to develop such The government is working to hone Dantewada district on Thursday, four infrastructure so that patients are skills of workforce. "# !! days ahead of the first phase of tempted to visit the State for better The Chief Minister also "" # Assembly polls in the State, police said. medical care. informed that starting from the next " #" Two personnel of the Central Addressing a press conference year, 28 lakh farmers of the State will " $ " Industrial Security Force (CISF) were at Surya Mandir in Sidhgora, Das get a free smartphone by 2020, so also injured in the explosion, the said that the ground breaking cere- that the farmers of the State can get % O &# ' third Naxal attack in 15 days in the " $%& mony of a 500-bed hospital will be the benefits. The government is poll-bound State. The attack comes %'! performed soon at MGM Medical committed to doubling the income before Prime Minister Narendra ! $ " "% College. He informed that the gov- of farmers by 2022.