Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change through press release dated 26 March 2021 has signed an MoU towards execution of planned actions in time bound manner in 132 cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
The press release calls on State Governments and all concerned to work together for improving air quality in the country in mission mode.
The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20% to 30% reduction in Particulate Matter concentrations by 2024 (with 2017 as base year). The city action plans have been prepared to control specific air pollution sources through multidimensional actions by brining several implementation agencies together. Expansion of ambient air quality network, source apportionment studies, public awareness, grievance redressal mechanism and
sector specific action points are part of these action plans.
