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- The Principal Scientific Adviser’s Office recommended rolling back the mandate requiring Indian coal-fired plants to install the Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) systems.
- Ministry of Environment (MoEFCC) in 2015 mandated all of India’s 537 coal-fired plants to install FGD systems to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions.
- The FGD units are designed to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants.
- These units have been mandated for installation in all TPPs to meet air quality standards.
- However, only 8% of India’s 600 TPPs have complied with this requirement.
- Also, the cities near plants with FGD units do not show differences in SO2 levels compared to those without.
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