Tag : NCAP

New Delhi (The Hawk): Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav in his inaugural address to the meeting of National Apex Committee under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), today highlighted the importance of the implementation of NCAP and emphasised coordinated actions from the Union Government, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, Urban Local Bodies and State Pollution Control Boards for taking air quality improvement measures. The Union Minister appreciated the performance of 95 cities which have improved air quality and 20 cities which met the National Ambient Air Quality Standard in FY 2021-22 under the Programme. He spoke on the significance of Airshed approach adopted in Indo-Gangetic Plain and stressed on the need for regional cooperation to address the issue of air pollution. Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey congratulated the nine cities viz. Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Moradabad, Firozabad, Amravati, Dewas, Sunder Nagar and Nalagarh that have received cash award under Swacchh Vayu Sarvekshan conducted for FY 2022-23. He urged all cities to take air quality improvement measures and participate in the ranking framework. He requested States/Union Territories to submit proposals under Nagar Van Yojana and AMRUT for increasing the green cover in NCAP cities. During the meeting the importance of Mission LiFE launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for taking citizen centric actions to protect and conserve environment was emphasised. It was stated that on 15th August 2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi assuring Government’s commitment to ensure clean air to all the people of the country, announced the intent ...