LUCKNOW, March 17 -- The World Bank, the government of India and the government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have signed an agreement to support UP's Clean Air Plan, which focuses on integrated solutions to improve the state's air quality and create job opportunities for youth and women. The UP Clean Air Management Program ($299.66 million) will focus on clean air transition across key sectors like transport, agriculture and industry with clean air benefits spilling over to other states. Almost 200 new air quality monitors will be installed with data received from the UP Pollution Control Board. The agreement was signed by Juhi Mukherjee, joint secretary in the department of economic affairs, ministry of finance, on behalf of the government of India, while B Chandrakala, CEO, Clean Air Management Authority and secretary of forests, environment and climate change had signed on behalf of UP, and Paul Procee, acting country director, India, on behalf of the World Bank. "Uttar Pradesh is on course to become a $1 trillion economy because we believe that economic growth, productivity, and ecological balance go hand in hand. Through the Uttar Pradesh Clean Air Management Program, our pursuit of prosperity will be measured not by GDP alone, but by clean skies, healthier and more productive citizens, and a flourishing environment that sustains our people and our planet," said Yogi Adityanath, chief minister in a statement issued by the state government. The UP programme is part of the World Bank's Regional Air Quality Management Program in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF), a global air pollution hotspot....