In these times of yes-sir governance, when a parliamentary panel expresses shock at something, it means the matter is serious enough for the country to take note of. This week, the standing committee on science and technology, environment, forests and climate change said it was shocked, in a report tabled in the Parliament, that less than one per cent of the Rs 858 crore allocated as the Control of Pollution Fund for 2024-25 had been utilised. The committee noted that “at a time when the ministry is required to address the grave and critical challenge of deteriorating air quality, it has not been able to decide the continuation of the concerned scheme”, as a result of which the money remained unutilised even when the budget estimates for the........

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