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Environment-related offences increased by 30%, tobacco-linked crimes dominate the green violation figures in 2023

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Air pollution (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: India reported 68,994 environment-related crimes in 2023 which is over 30% higher than the total number of such crimes (52,920) reported in 2022, shows the latest Crime in India report released by the home ministry’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) this week.Nearly 86% (59,279) of environment-related crimes, however, pertain to only one offence — the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 t…
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PressNewsAgency broke the news in on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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