- According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)’s Air Quality Life Index, about 44% of the world’s increase in pollution has come from India since 2013.
- Besides India’s average annual particulate pollution has increased by 61.4% since 1998.
- Air Quality Life Index also shortens average Indian life expectancy by five years, and in the Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India.
- Nearly 40% of the country’s population, is on track to lose 7.6 years of life expectancy on average if current pollution levels persist.
- As per the report India’s 1.3 billion people live in areas where the annual average particulate pollution level exceeds the WHO guidelines.
- Due to Air pollution child and maternal malnutrition reduces average life expectancy by about 1.8 years.
Question:
Q.1 According to a recent report India’s population, is on track to lose __________ years of life expectancy?a. 8.3 years
b. 7.6 years
c. 9.1 years
d. 10.1 years
