Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981

The countrywide Air Act was enacted in June 1972 to implement the resolutions made at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

Goal

  • This Act's principal goals are to enhance air quality and to prevent, control, and mitigate air pollution in the country.

Framework

  • The framework of the Air Act is similar to that of the 1974 Water Act. It has extended the authority of the Water Act-established central and state boards to include air pollution control.

Features

  • States that lacked water pollution control boards were forced to establish air pollution control boards.
  • All industries operating inside specified ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Ecology & Environment