• Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India has released draft of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) proposing multiple strategies to reduce air pollution

About the programme 

•The programme involves various steps to be taken by the government 

•Earlier the environment ministry had announced its targets of 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at least the 100 identified non-attainment cities across India. 

•A non-attainment city is considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.