Opinion
19 February 2026
The Budget’s Blind Spot Is the Air We Breathe
As pollution quietly drains productivity and learning, fiscal policy must shift from crisis response to performance-based air quality governance
Udaya Shankar Mishra is a Professor at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. Krishan Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Bennett University, Greater Noida. Nida Rahman is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (IILM), New Delhi.
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being | SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | SDG 13: Climate Action
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoEFCC | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs MoHUA
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