New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The World Bank has approved to finance Uttar Pradesh (UP) Clean Air Management Program (UPCAMP) and Haryana Clean Air Project for Sustainable Development Operation with the aim to improve the air quality of these states, targeting 270 million people.

"These programs will also aim at further increasing the attractiveness of both states as business destinations and engines of job creation," the World Bank said in a release on 10 December.

The projects are part of the World Bank's Regional Air Quality Management Program in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan Foothills (IGP-HF). They will also benefit from grants from the World Bank's Resilient Asia Program, funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development O...