Opinion
27 September 2025
Smoke, Safety and the State: The Cost of Crop Burning
Pollution’s impact is not confined to hospitals; it undermines public safety, policing and gender equity
Hardeep Singh Amale is an Assistant professor at IIT Jammu. Digvijay Singh Negi is an Associate Professor at Ashoka University.
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being | SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoEFCC | Ministry of Home Affairs MHA | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MoAFW
The discussion in this article is based on the authors’ working paper on the subject. Views are personal.
