TNPSC Thervupettagam

India’s Air Quality Monitoring Sensors

August 27 , 2019 1723 days 791 0
  • The Union Environment Ministry has tasked the CSIR–National Physical Laboratory with ‘certifying’ air quality monitoring instruments.
  • The National Clean Air Campaign was launched in 2019 to reduce particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024.
  • This has increased demand for low cost air quality monitoring instruments that can monitor levels of nitrous oxides, ozone and particulate matter.
  • Delhi has maximum number of air quality sensors – around 35.

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