Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

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Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act By Nanda Kishore
Parliament of India
Territorial extentThe whole of India
Enacted byParliament of India
Enacted29 March 1981
Status: In force

The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 is an Act of the Parliament of India to control and prevent air pollution in India.[1][2] The law was amended in 1987.[3] This was the first attempt by the Government of India to combat air pollution.[4]

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  1. https://cpcb.nic.in/displaypdf.php?id=aG9tZS9haXItcG9sbHV0aW9uL0dTUi02RS5wZGY=
  2. "THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 No. 14 of 1981". Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. "Air Pollution". Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. Retrieved 5 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. Bates, Dennis (July 1981). "Panel Discussion: Impact of the Resource and Recovery Act on Power Generation and Incineration". Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association. 31 (7): 747–751. doi:10.1080/00022470.1981.10465270. ISSN 0002-2470.

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