MoU Signed to Implement Action Plan Under National Clean Air Programme

On 26th March, representatives of state pollution control boards, urban local bodies and Institutes of Repute signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 132 identified cities to implement city-specific action plans under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).

  • The 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 20-30 per cent reduction in particulate matter concentrations by 2024, with 2017 as base year.

Key Provisions

  • Under the NCAP, city action plans have been prepared to control specific air pollution sources through multidimensional actions by brining several ....
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