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The authorities connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) told the Parliament that planetary aerial prime rankings cited by assorted organisations are not conducted by immoderate authoritative authorization and that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) aerial prime guidelines service lone arsenic advisory values, not binding standards.
Responding to a question successful the Rajya Sabha connected India's presumption successful planetary indices specified arsenic IQAir's World Air Quality Ranking, the WHO Global Air Quality Database, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) metrics, the Environment Ministry said nary authoritative country-wise contamination ranking is carried retired worldwide.
Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the WHO's guidelines are meant to assistance countries acceptable their ain standards, taking into relationship geography, biology conditions, inheritance levels and nationalist circumstances.
He said India has already notified its National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 12 pollutants to support nationalist wellness and biology quality.
The Minister besides clarified that portion nary planetary authorization ranks countries officially, it conducts its ain yearly Swachh Vayu Survekshan to measure and fertile 130 cities covered nether the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) connected the ground of aerial prime betterment measures.
Better-performing cities are felicitated each twelvemonth connected National Swachh Vayu Diwas connected September 7.
