Economy-wide impacts of pollution in India – Meta-Analysis
Project Team: Dr. Zareena Begum I and Dr. Sukanya Das.
Time Period: Started in October 2010
Project Summary:
Objectives:
The aim is to capture the economic-wide pollution costs in an additive way.
Specifically for Air Pollution we will be addressing
1. The air pollution in India: an international comparison assessment
2. Air quality management scenario referring to data in relation to- measured concentrations of air pollution from representative sites, for all key pollutants, emission data from all significant sources for all key pollutants, spatial and temporal variation, emission conditions (stack height, etc.), relevant measured meteorological data for the dispersion of emissions, topographical data and population data including number of residents for each referendum district and age distribution. for relevant averaging times (hour, day, month, year);
3. How significant are the health costs in respect to other damages due to air emissions?
4. Quantification of the health effects due to exposure to particulates: evidence from international experience as well as of India
5. Economic valuation of the health impacts due to air pollution
6. Health impacts and priorities for pollution control: a case of Chennai
7. Summary of issues: the need for integrating health and environmental policies

For Water Pollution we will be addressing
1. Comparing the technical standards and the scenario in India and worldwide
2. The water-borne diseases and the health costs associated with them
3. Economic valuation of the water quality in some of the significant rivers which are affected by the effluents from industries as well as households focusing mainly on studies in relation to river Ganga..