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New Target under NCAP
October 2 , 2022
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- The Indian Government has set a new target of 40 per cent reduction in the particulate matter concentration by 2026 in cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
- This is an update of the earlier goal of 20 to 30 per cent reduction of particulate matter concentration by 2024.
- The city-specific plans under NCAP are being upgraded to make them on par with the new goals.
- According to the Environment Ministry, 95 of the 131 non-attainment cities covered under the NCAP have reduced their PM10 levels in 2021 when compared with the 2017 levels.
- Non-attainment cities are those that have fallen short of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for over 5 years from 2011 to 2015.
- 20 cities have met the national standards for annual average PM10 concentration, which is 60 micrograms per cubic meters.
- The NCAP was launched in 2019 as the first-ever national framework for air quality management with time-bound reduction target.
- It aims to bring down the concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 across India.
- 2017 set as the base year for the comparison of concentration of the pollutants.
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