TNPSC Thervupettagam

Draft of National Clean Air Programme

April 26 , 2018 2279 days 801 0
  • The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the draft of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
  • NCAP aims to enhance and develop an effective and a proficient network to monitor the ambient air quality across the country for a comprehensive and reliable database.
  • The Ministry has detailed a host of measures to bring down air pollution in the country under the NCAP and few of these are:
    • Air quality monitoring network
    • Identification of alternative technology for real-time monitoring
    • Setting up of 10 city super network
    • Indoor air pollution monitoring and management
    • Air pollution health impact studies
    • Air quality forecasting system
    • Issuance of notification on dust management
    • Setting up of Three-tier mechanism for review, assessment and inspection for implementation of the NCAP.

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