Centre Constitutes Committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The Secretary, Union Environment Ministry will chair the committee. It will have its headquartered in New Delhi
NCAP aims to reduce particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024.
The other members of the committee will be Joint Secretary (Thermal)- Ministry of Power; Director-General- The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), and Professor Sachidananda Tripathi- Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K).
The NCAP is a five-year action plan with 2019 as the first year and there would be a review every five years.