• The act aims to control and prevent air pollution in India. It got amended in 1987.
•Its main objectives are as follows:
To provide for prevention, control and abatement of the air pollution.
To provide for the establishment of the boards at the central and state levels with a view to implementing the Act (Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board),
To confer on the Boards the powers and duties to implement the provisions of the act.
•The states should prescribe emission standards for industry and automobiles after consulting the central board and seeing its ambient air quality standards.
•It states that the sources of air pollution such as Internal combustion engine, industry, vehicles, power plants, etc., are not permitted to release particulate matter, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or other toxic substances beyond a predetermined limit.
•It also empowers the State Government to designate air pollution areas. They have to prescribe the type of fuel to be used in these designated areas.
•According to it, it is required the consent of the State Board to operate certain types of industries including the asbestos, cement, fertilizer and petroleum industries.