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Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Shambhavi Mukherjee

27 Jun 2026

5 min read

Simply Put: E80 water

Simply Put: E80 water

25 Jun 2026

1 min read

India has spent over Rs 1 lakh crore on EVs. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

India’s EV ecosystem drew Rs 2.23 lakh crore in five years. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

24 Jun 2026

8 min read

News

Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Shambhavi Mukherjee

27 Jun 2026

5 min read

Simply Put: E80 water

Simply Put: E80 water

25 Jun 2026

1 min read

India has spent over Rs 1 lakh crore on EVs. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

India’s EV ecosystem drew Rs 2.23 lakh crore in five years. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

24 Jun 2026

8 min read

Ground-level ozone pollution: An emerging public health crisis in Delhi

Ground-level ozone pollution: An emerging public health crisis in Delhi

17 Jun 2026

4 min read

Heatwaves may have driven ozone exposure linked to 26,500 deaths in India in 2024, finds IIT study

Heatwaves may have driven ozone exposure linked to 26,500 deaths in India in 2024, finds IIT study

Himanshu Nitnaware

16 Jun 2026

4 min read

70% Delhi-NCR brick kilns use coal despite CAQM ban

Over 70% Delhi-NCR brick kilns use coal despite CAQM ban

Vidushi Laroiya

15 Jun 2026

3 min read

Seasonal relief frays: Ozone emerges as India’s summertime air pollution threat

Seasonal relief frays: Ozone emerges as India’s summertime air pollution threat

Anumita Roychowdhury

12 Jun 2026

4 min read

World Environment Day: India can measure its air, now it must learn how to respond

World Environment Day: India can measure its air, now it must learn how to respond

05 Jun 2026

5 min read

State of India's Environment 2026: In Figures

State of India's Environment 2026: In Figures

04 Jun 2026

1 min read

SOE in Figures 2026: Air pollution & mobility

SOE in Figures 2026: Air pollution & mobility

04 Jun 2026

Is Delhi finally cleaning up its act?

Is Delhi finally cleaning up its act?

Vikas Choudhary

01 Jun 2026

2 min read

As cities expand and work travel lengthens, urban authorities need a combination of steps to reduce car commute emissions: Study

As cities expand and work travel lengthens, urban authorities need a combination of steps to reduce car commute emissions: Study

28 May 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Microplastics now make up to 5% of particulate pollution in Indian cities, mostly from synthetic clothing, packaging, vehicle wear and footwear.

‘Microplastics now make up as much as 5% of particulate pollution in India’s cities’

03 Dec 2025

6 min read

By tomorrow afternoon or evening, Delhi’s air quality will likely hover between ‘Poor’ and ‘Very Poor’: Gufran Beig

By tomorrow afternoon or evening, Delhi’s air quality will likely hover between ‘Poor’ and ‘Very Poor’: Gufran Beig

20 Oct 2025

4 min read

New proposal to add exemptions for a banned hazardous chemical under Stockholm Convention is questioning its credibility: Giulia Carlini

New proposal to add exemptions for a banned hazardous chemical under Stockholm Convention is questioning its credibility: Giulia Carlini

Rohini Krishnamurthy

05 May 2025

7 min read

Loretta J Mickley, senior research fellow and co-lead of Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard

‘We don’t fully understand what governs India’s temperature trends’

Akshit Sangomla

09 Apr 2025

4 min read

‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’

‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’

Akshit Sangomla

07 Apr 2025

3 min read

David Shumway Jones, Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University and an expert on the history of air pollution in India

‘There is reason to believe controlling air pollution can increase temperatures’

Akshit Sangomla

04 Apr 2025

4 min read

Blogs

Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Beyond the Courts: Why India needs a statutory “Right to Charge” to fuel its EV revolution

Shambhavi Mukherjee

27 Jun 2026

5 min read

India has spent over Rs 1 lakh crore on EVs. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

India’s EV ecosystem drew Rs 2.23 lakh crore in five years. Electricity is still 1% of road transport energy

24 Jun 2026

8 min read

Seasonal relief frays: Ozone emerges as India’s summertime air pollution threat

Seasonal relief frays: Ozone emerges as India’s summertime air pollution threat

Anumita Roychowdhury

12 Jun 2026

4 min read

World Environment Day: India can measure its air, now it must learn how to respond

World Environment Day: India can measure its air, now it must learn how to respond

05 Jun 2026

5 min read

Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Beyond the barrel: Why ICE vehicles are an economic and energy liability for India

Anumita Roychowdhury

16 May 2026

6 min read

Delhi’s worsening humid heat shows why Indian cities must rethink how they build and cool.

Delhi once had harsh but breathable summers. Now humid heat is making the city harder to endure

15 May 2026

5 min read

Delhi EV Policy 2.0 will attempt building systems that can sustain an electric vehicle market over time

Delhi’s next EV challenge is not adoption

Moushumi Mohanty

08 May 2026

6 min read

Nigeria’s green tax targets fuel guzzlers and signals shift towards fuel-efficient and electric vehicles

Nigeria’s green tax targets fuel guzzlers and signals shift towards fuel-efficient and electric vehicles

Priyanka Chandola

27 Apr 2026

3 min read

Videos

Why can’t Delhi beat road dust?

Why can’t Delhi beat road dust?

Road dust contributes significantly to Delhi’s PM10 and PM2.5 pollution, yet efforts to control it are falling short

28 May 2026

1 min read

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

03 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

26 Feb 2026

1 min read

GRAP-IV explained: Why is Delhi under emergency air pollution measures again?

GRAP-IV explained: Why is Delhi under emergency air pollution measures again?

15 Dec 2025

1 min read

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

Northeast India is turning into a pollution hotspot

28 Nov 2025

1 min read

Ash from Ethiopia’s 12,000-Year dormant volcano drifts into India

Ash from Ethiopia’s 12,000-Year dormant volcano drifts into India

27 Nov 2025

1 min read

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