Overview
- The Commission for Air Quality Management says only Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan is active as Delhi-NCR records a "very poor" AQI above 353.
- A high-level meeting led by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister directed stricter on-road checks and use of ANPR, RFID and integrated traffic systems to flag violators.
- The Centre told agencies to accelerate EV adoption by expanding charging networks and ensuring subsidy delivery, with direct PMO oversight of pollution sources.
- Decisions under review include revising EV policies across vehicle classes, expediting cab and bike-aggregator rules, creating a unified monitoring portal and advancing a MoRTH study on fossil-fuel vehicle emissions.
- Authorities instructed public and private offices to stagger work hours and keep at least half of staff working from home, while data show Delhi holds 1.57 crore of the NCR’s 2.97 crore vehicles and EV registrations remain far below petrol and diesel models.