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India takes steps strengthen energy database by plugging key data gaps

06 Jul 2026
| The Tribune

The report also recommended developing a framework to estimate off-grid electricity consumption. It said the methodology prepared by Prayas and TERI "may be used as the first-cut for better refinement and adaptation by the line energy-Ministries.

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Press Note on release of the Report of the Expert Committee on Energy Statistics

06 Jul 2026
| Press Information Bureau

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) constituted an Expert Committee on Energy Statistics under the chairmanship of Dr Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi. The Committee comprised senior representatives from key energy ministries and domain experts from leading research institutions, including The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE).

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Global Biofuels Alliance names 15 fellows, 2 from India

03 Jul 2026
| The Times of India

India-headquartered Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) has selected 15 early-career researchers from leading universities and research institutions across the world for its Global Biofuel Champion Fellowship. From India, two researchers - Dr Ruchi Agrawal, Fellow, Sustainable Agriculture Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Mr Abhisek Sahoo of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi - have been selected for the fellowship.

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Air pollution plan needs political will, not an eye on the election cycle

03 Jul 2026
| The Indian Express

Two-wheelers contribute 20 per cent, whereas three-wheelers contribute less than 5 per cent of transport emissions. Currently, almost half of the three-wheelers are already non-fossil fuel, so their contribution is not 17-20 per cent as estimated by earlier studies, including the one by TERI in 2018. 

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Why 17,000 trucks entering Delhi every day are a big pollution problem

30 Jun 2026
| The Indian Express

The report, Towards Cleaner Freight in Delhi: Assessing Interstate Truck Emissions and Mitigation Strategies, was released by the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG) in collaboration with IIT-Delhi and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

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Outstation trucks behind 23% of transport emission in Delhi: Study

30 Jun 2026
| Hindustan Times

Heavy-duty trucks entering Delhi from other states are responsible for nearly a quarter of transport-related pollution in the Capital despite being allowed inside the city only during restricted hours each day, according to a new study by the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and TERI.

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Delhi mandates all new 2-wheelers be electric from ’28 to fight pollution

30 Jun 2026
| The Indian Express

Citing a 2008 study by the nonprofit TERI, Transport Secretary and Commissioner Shri Niharika Rai said two- and three-wheelers contributed 46% of the capital’s vehicular pollution load, while commercial goods vehicles accounted for 33%.

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Outstation trucks behind 23% of transport emission in Delhi: Study

30 Jun 2026
| The Hindustan Times

Heavy-duty trucks entering Delhi from other states contribute nearly a quarter of the Capital's transport-related pollution despite restricted entry hours, according to a study by TERI, IIT Delhi, and the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG).

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Road transport ministry tightening PUC regime to curb winter emission in Delhi

30 Jun 2026
| The Hindustan Times

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways announced plans to strengthen the Pollution Under Control (PUC) regime ahead of the winter season, alongside the release of a study by TERI, IIT Delhi, and the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG).

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Emissions from trucks contribute to 61% during early morning & night hours, says study

30 Jun 2026
| The Times of India

A study by TERI, IIT Delhi, and the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG) found that heavy-duty trucks account for 23% of Delhi's transport-related PM2.5 emissions, with their contribution rising to 61% during early morning and nighttime hours.

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Experts welcome Delhi’s new EV policy, seek better charging network

30 Jun 2026
| The Pioneer

Mr Sharif Qamar, Fellow and Associate Director, Transport and Urban Governance Division, TERI, described the policy as a forward-looking framework that could reduce vehicular emissions in Delhi and serve as a model for other states, particularly those in the Indo-Gangetic plains.

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Delhi’s truck with pollution: regional freight, not transit traffic the reason, says study

29 Jun 2026
| The Hindu

Delhi’s truck pollution problem is no longer driven primarily by ageing diesel vehicles merely passing through the city, but by an increasingly regional freight network, according to a joint study by the Air Pollution Action Group (A-PAG), IIT Delhi, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

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