According to a report by State of Global Air 2017, Indias air quality has deteriorated faster in the past five years to 2015, as compared to the period before 2010.
Though the problem of pollution in India has been endemic, it is only when the national capital has been affected that the problem has got media attention, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.
World Asthma Day is commemorated every year on the second Tuesday in the month of May by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to increase awareness around the world.