India, Dec. 2 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has so far issued 95 statutory directions aimed at guiding and enforcing targeted measures to curb air pollution across Delhi-NCR, the Union environment ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said that a monitoring mechanism is already in place to oversee compliance with these directions, and stressed that CAQM has introduced stricter emission norms for several categories of polluting activities in the region compared to national standards.

Yadav was responding to questions raised by Congress MP Krisan Namdeo on whether the Centre is aware of Delhi's worsening air quality, its impact on public health during winter, and whethe...