NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME Flashcards
NCAP IS INDIAS …..POLICY TO CURB AIR QUALITY
FIRST
AIR QUALITY IMPROVED …OUT OF … IN 2021-22
49 OUT OF 131
HOW MANY NON ATTAINMENT CITY
132 (MOST POLLUTED)
NCAP AIMS TO
BRING 20%-30% REDUCTION IN POLLUTION LEVEL FROM PM 2.5 AND PM 10
BY 2024
NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY(NAAQS) THAT ARE SET BY
CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
APPLICABLE IN WHOLE COUNTRY
CPCB DRAWS ITS POWER FROM
THE AIR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT , 1981
NAAQS WAS DONE IN
2009
NATIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME -IMPLEMENTED BY
CPCB
CURRENT STANDRADS COMPRISES OF HOW MAY POLLUTANTS
12
NATIONAL AIR QUALITY INDEX LAUNCH IN
2014
ON IDEA - ONE NUMBER ONE COLOR ONE DESCRIPTION
AQI COVER HOW MANY POLLUTANTS
8
WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED POLLUTANT IN BOTH NAAQ AND AQI
CARBON DIOXIDE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLEAN AIR FOR BLUE SKIES AS SWACH VAYU DIWAS
7 TH SEPTEMBER
THEME: THE AIR WE SHARE
20 CITIES OUT OF 131 HAVE ATTENDED NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
60 MICROGRAM PER CUBIC M (2021-22)
CPCB HEAD QUATERS
NEW DELHI