Re:India air pollution at 'unbearable levels'
by mkagenius on Sunday November 03, 2019 @01:07PM
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No Indian government will openly fine farmers (they secretly fine for not maintaining the minimum balance in the bank accounts of state owned banks) -- with majority of population coming under the name "farmers" (including Amitabh Bachchan.
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Re:India air pollution at 'unbearable levels'
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday November 03, 2019 @01:22PM
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> No Indian government will openly fine farmers
Why aren’t the farmers’ interests balanced by the afflicted voters?
Re:India air pollution at 'unbearable levels'
by toast0 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @02:11PM
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More voters are farmers or are aligned with keeping farmers' costs low than are affected by the pollution or aligned with clean air standards.
It's not a local issue because the pollution emitting happens in a different state than where the concentration causes most of the problems, so it would need to be addressed at the national level.