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The paper implicates the study of the health impact due to air pollution in East Delhi. Air pollution causes deterioration in the health status of people, due to which a major proportion of their income is incurred on medical expenditure. The major objective of this research is to approximately appraise the benefit that an individual would attain in East Delhi, if there is a reduction in air pollution in this region, or similarly reiterated, an increment in the air quality of the regions located in East Delhi. The research methodology engages a household production function model which is based on a household survey of areas which are within half a kilometer distance from the main air pollution monitoring stations of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) located at Anand Vihar, Nizamuddin, Shahdara and Dilshad Garden. This model is used to determine the relationships among the willingness of the people to pay for a reduction in pollution, cost of treatment, both direct and indirect costs. The method of computing the monetary benefits of reducing air pollution involves the regressing number of sick days on environment quality, mitigating activity, stock of health capital, and stock of social capital. The paper investigates that indoor pollution, ambient air pollution, and poor health stock increase the proba- bility of falling sick. This reduced probability of falling sick implies a monetary benefit that individuals will acquire due to a reduction in air pollution. Various factors, including nutrition, eating habits, usage of heat-generating electronic devices, etc., are related to the number of sick days that a person has. An increase in the aforementioned independent activities decreases the dependent variable (no. of sick days). The study holds a significant role in spreading awareness about air pollution among the people in Delhi and helps us to identify the reasons for high indoor pollution in various regions of Delhi. By safeguarding the health of the individuals, the society would contribute to the building up of human capital, which is more productive and efficient, since health is a crucial constituent of human capital.