: INTRODUCTION :
GOAL
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is a national-level strategy for reducing the levels of air pollution at both the regional and urban scales. Target is for reduction of 20-30% of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024., using 2017 as the baseline year for comparison.
India has been going through a phase of accelerated industrial activities for the past three decades. The associated growth in terms of industrialization and urbanization has led to manifold increase in pollution issues more specifically air pollution issues. Air pollution is becoming a serious concern, predominantly for health of the people. The reported perplexing statistics in various international reports, drawing correlation of air pollution with various aggravated figures on health, further complicates the issues by creating a flawed public perception.
The ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India (GoI) has finalized and launched the National Clean Air Programme(NCAP) on 10 th January 2019 as a time bound national levels strategy for PAN India implementation to tackle the air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner.
Objective
- To ensure stringent implementation of mitigation measures for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution.
- To augment and evolve effective and proficient ambient air quality monitoring network across the country for ensuring a comprehensive and reliable database.
- To augment public awareness and capacity-building measures encompassing data dissemination and public outreach programmes for inclusive public participation and for ensuring trained manpower and infrastructure on air pollution.
Approach
- Collaborative, Multi-scale and Cross - Sectorial Coordination between relevant Central Ministries, State Government and local bodies.
- Focus on no Regret Measures, Participatory and Disciplined approach.
