In which year, Central Pollution Control Board initiated its own National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAAQM) program?

Concept:

Pollution:

• It is an undesirable change in physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of air, land, water, or soil.

• Agents that bring about such an undesirable change are called pollutants.

In order to control environmental pollution, the Government of India has passed the Environment (Protection) Act, of 1986 to protect and improve the quality of our environment (air, water, and soil).

Explanation:

Central Pollution Control Board:

• The central pollution control board is referred to as CPCB.
• The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change oversees this organisation.
• The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, which established this statutory body in 1974, was later replaced in 1981 with the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, which gave it new duties.
• The CPCB's headquarters, seven zonal offices, and a few laboratories are all located in New Delhi.
• The CPCB's NAAQS are applicable to the entire nation.
• The national ambient air quality monitoring (NAAQM) network, established by CPCB in 1984, served as the foundation for ongoing and deliberate air quality monitoring across India.

Thus, in 1985 year, the Central Pollution Control Board initiated its own National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAAQM) program.

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