NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 -- The Centre is considering a Rs.1,150 crore scheme to help industries cut pollution and clean up the air in the National Capital Region (NCR), two people aware of the development said.Under the scheme, a long-term mitigation measure that's being discussed ahead of the winter smog season, eligible industrial units will get one-time capital support to retrofit plants, including installing air pollution control devices and effluent treatment systems, they said.

If approved, the scheme, proposed by the ministry of housing and urban affairs, would be one of the first centrally funded programmes specifically targeting industrial emissions in the NCR, which substantially drives pollution in Delhi as well, they said."About 6...