Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh Slams Modi Government Over Rising Pollution Deaths

Congress leader and general secretary Jairam Ramesh has attacked the Modi government over rising pollution in major cities across the country after Diwali. He cited a report by FICCI, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and said that "The Modi government has long refused to acknowledge that air pollution is killing people in the country." Jairam said that "The government has dismissed many reports, inside and outside Parliament, saying that these reports are not in the context of India. At the same time, the government has said that their effects are not directly or solely linked to this one cause. Now a detailed report by FICCI-EY has come out, which clearly states that air pollution was responsible for about 2 million (about 22% of total deaths) deaths in India in 2023." The Congress leader said that this is another warning to the Modi government which is fast asleep. "E Doing Business (Ease of Doing Business)" Ease of Breathing (Ease of Doing Business) "is" a much more fundamental threat "in India.