The government launched National Clean Air Programme on January 10 2019 as a time-bound national level strategy to tackle increasing air pollution.
It is a pollution control initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Environment with the intention of cutting down the concentration of coarse (particulate matter of diameter 10 micrometer or less, or PM10) and fine particles (particulate matter of diameter 2.5 micrometer or less, or PM2.5) by at least 20% in the next five years, with 2017 as the base year for comparison. The NCAP will be a mid-term, five-year action plan with 2019 as the first year.
