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This is how much air pollution shortens life expectancy in India

Indian female labourers carry small pieces of coal deposit from liquidash generated from a thermal power plant

The NCAP aims to reduce pollution in India's 102 worst-affected cities by 20%-30% by 2024. Image: REUTERS/Jayanta ShawJS/DL

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Potential gain in life expectancy from permanently reducing PM2.5 from 2019 concentrations.
Air pollution could reduce the life expectancy of Indian citizens by 9 years. Image: Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
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