Union Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurates PRANA portal to regulate air pollution in 132 cities
- On September 07, 2021, the Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav launched a portal named PRANA, for regulation of air pollution in 132 cities across the country.
- PRANA stands for Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment cities.
- The PRANA portal can be accessed at prana.cpcb.gov.in.
- The cities which comes under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) will be covered.
- Purpose of the PRANA portal:
- to track the physical and financial status of city air action plan implementation
- disseminate information on air quality to the public
- provide comprehensive information related to NCAP programme details, progress, city action plans, implementation updates by city/state/ national level agencies, air quality data, and trends, etc.
- Apart from this, the Union Minister also dedicated the first functional smog tower of India, installed in Anand Vihar in New Delhi to the country.
Points To Remember:
- Name of the portal to regulate air pollution in 132 cities? PRANA
- PRANA portal full form? Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment cities.
- PRANA portal launched by which ministry? Ministry of Environment
- Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change? Bhupender Yadav
- PRANA portal will regulate air pollution in how many cities? 132
Source: News on Air