Question- A task force has been established for developing an early warning system on air quality under which of the following Ministry?
(a) Ministry of Earth & Science
(b) Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change
(c) Ministry of Home Affairs
(d) Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer- (a)
Related Fact:
- On August 6, 2018, a task force has been established for developing an early warning system on air quality headed by Secretary, Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) with representative of expert institutions.
- The early warning system for air pollution aims to strengthen the air quality forecast and to establish enforcement agencies about episodic high pollution events in advance.
- It is notable that a meeting of the task force was held on 07.2018 after which MoES started coordination on the development of an early warning system over Delhi & NCR.
References:
http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1541777
https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/task-force-set-up-to-develop-early-warning-system-for-air-pollution-in-del-ncr-sharma-1306654-2018-08-06