25/02/2026
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ (๐๐๐๐) ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ 50 ๐ฆ๐ /๐๐ฆยณ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ข-๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ.
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐:
โข In developed economies, emission limits today are often in single digits.
In the European Union, new large coal-based plants typically operate at 2โ5 mg/Nmยณ, while even existing plants are expected to meet 2โ10 mg/Nmยณ under BAT (Best Available Techniques) norms.
โข ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ.
China has implemented one of the worldโs toughest Ultra-Low Emission (ULE) regimes. Most coal plants now operate at 10 mg/Nmยณ, and in key regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, limits are pushed to 5 mg/Nmยณ. Gas-based plants are typically capped at around 5 mg/Nmยณ.
โข Japan, while having higher national ceilings on paper, enforces much tighter limits through local agreements and EIAs. Modern high-efficiency plants commonly operate at 5โ10 mg/Nmยณ, with gas-based facilities close to negligible PM levels.
Against this global benchmark, Indiaโs move to 50 mg/Nmยณ represents a clear tightening of norms, while also recognising current industrial realities and the need for a phased, implementable transition.
At the Centre of Sustainability for Pure Earth (CSPE), we see this as a critical bridge, pushing industry towards cleaner technologies, advanced emission-control systems, and better capital goods, while setting the direction for future convergence with global best practices. To make our industries globally sustainable, continuous reduction of associated emission levels will become a norm, and our industries need to be prepared for such frequent interventions.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ.
Narendra Modi Pralhad Joshi Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India
In a move to further strengthen industrial emission control measures across the National Capital Reg