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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found major gaps in Karnataka’s Action Plan for Air Pollution, including a lack of specific targets and actionable plans, and has urged for a revision. Reviewing the action plan following an order by the NGT, the CPCB has pointed to vague proclamations of the plan and has asked the government to provide specifics of the plans. The CPCB review listed ‘a few examples’ in some of the sectors polluting the environment. The CPCB has also noted that the schemes planned to stop the burning of stubble and other agricultural residues lack crucial details.