Air pollution costs Indian businesses $95 billion a yr: study
If New Delhi fails to wash its poisonous air, the booming IT sector may lose greater than $2.5 yearly, the study warned.
Air pollution costs Indian businesses $95 billion yearly, or 3% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, and cuts annual shopper spending by $22 billion, in response to a study launched on Thursday.
Every yr, larger pollution ranges shave off $1.3 billion from India’s IT sector in misplaced productiveness, mentioned the study by business group CII; Clean Air Fund, a charity; and consulting agency Dalberg.
If New Delhi fails to wash its poisonous air, the booming IT sector may lose greater than $2.5 yearly, the study warned.
New Delhi is the world’s most polluted capital, and India is residence to 35 of the world’s 50 most polluted cities.