Bhupender Yadav

Rule Changes

Announced the CAQM's 15-day NCR construction ban and work-from-home order on October 30 after reviewing the agency's command centre.

Delhi's winter pollution controls began on November 1, and the region moved to the stricter Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan on November 6 as the citywide air quality index reached 382. The post-Diwali spike pushed the index to about 370 by noon on November 9, the highest reading for the day after Diwali in five years.

Updated Yesterday

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Leading Project Cheetah oversight

India declared the Asiatic cheetah extinct in 1952—the only large predator to vanish from the country since independence. Seventy years later, the government launched Project Cheetah, flying in 20 African cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa to Kuno National Park in a first-of-its-kind intercontinental carnivore translocation. Three and a half years in, the population has grown to 38, with 27 cubs born on Indian soil.

Updated May 29