EPCA

Subject: Environment

Context:

EPCA opposes paying farmers for not burning paddy stubble

Concept:

• The EPCA was constituted in 1988 under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
• The Centre has reconstituted the Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority or the EPCA in 2018.
• Its mandate is to protect and improve the quality of the environment and prevent and control environmental pollution in the NCR.
• It is also mandated to enforce Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in NCR that defines specific measures to tackle different levels of air pollution throughout the year.
• It has 14 members including environment secretary of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).