Rs 700cr from green cess, no idea how to spend it

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Rs 700cr from green cess, no idea how to spend it [1]

At least Rs 400 crore collected under the "polluter pays" principle in recent times and Rs 300 crore out of the entire pollution cess on diesel sold in the capital since 2008 are yet to be utilised

Publication Date:

25/08/2016

Author(s): Jayashree Nandi [2], Mayank Manohar [3]

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi) [4]

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