Which Indian government body is primarily responsible for monitoring and regulating the Air Quality Index (AQI) in India?
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a statutory body set up in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and also given powers under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
It launched the National Air Quality Index in 2014 and runs the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme, so monitoring air quality and publishing the AQI is its responsibility.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare deals with public health, not with measuring air pollution.
The National Green Tribunal (2010) is a judicial body that hears environmental cases; it does not monitor air quality.
The India Meteorological Department forecasts weather and is not the AQI authority.
Hence, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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