The Air Pollution Act of 1981 aimed to prevent and control air pollution in India. It established boards at the central and state levels to regulate air quality. The act defined air pollution and pollutants, and granted boards powers to inspect plants and vehicles, declare air pollution control areas, establish emission standards, and issue penalties for non-compliance. If properly implemented, the act could help address issues caused by air pollution like global warming, respiratory diseases, and damaged environments and crops.

1. Air pollution act, 1981
Presented by,
Nikita (A-)
Smita Tandel (B-77)
Tejshree Padwal (B-87)

2. What is air pollution….????
• Air pollution is the introduction
of chemicals, particulates, biological
materials, or other harmful materials
into the Earth's atmosphere, possibly
causing disease, death to humans,
damage to other living organisms
such as food crops, or
the natural or built environment.

3. What are the main causes for the air
pollution..???
Factories
Automobiles
Energy sources
Wild fires
Volcanoes

4. How does the air pollution effect our
planet…?
• Global warming
• Respiratory disease
• Plants die

5. How can we help to not cause more air
pollution..???
• Use solar energy (renewable energy)
• Use safe cars
• Plant more trees
• Public transportion

6. Air act -1981
• An Act to provide for the prevention, control
of air pollution,
• This act gives power to board for ensuring that
there are proper systems for prevention of air
pollution.

7. Objectives of the Act
• Prevention, control and abatement of air
pollution.
• Maintaining the quality of air, and
• Establishment of boards for the prevention
and control of air pollution

8. Important terms used in the Act
• Air pollution: the presence of any air pollutant in
the atmosphere.
• Air pollutant: means ‘any solid, liquid or gaseous
substances present in atmosphere that may be or
tend to be injurious to human beings or other
living creatures or property or environment.
• Control equipment: any apparatus, device,
equipment or system to control the quality &
manner of emission of any air pollutant

9. Functions of central board under Air
act
• advise the Central Government on any matter
concerning the improvement of the quality of air and
the prevention, control or abatement of air pollution
• - plan and cause to be executed a nation -wide
programs for the prevention, control or abatement of
air pollution
• - co-ordinate the activities of the State Boards and
resolve disputes among them
• - provide technical assistance and guidance to the State
Boards, carryout and sponsor investigations and
research relating to problems of airpollution and
prevention, control or abatement of air pollution

10. •to advise the State Government on any matterconcerning the
prevention, control or abatement ofair pollution
•to inspect, at all reasonable times, any controlequipment, industrial
plant or manufacturing process
•to inspect air pollution control areas at suchintervals as it may think
necessary, assess the qualityof air therein
Functions of State Boards

11. Powers of Control boards under this
Act
• Power to declare air pollution control areas
• Power to give instructions for ensuring standards for
emission from automobiles
• Restrictions on use of certain industrial plants
• Person carrying on industry, etc. not to allow emission
of air pollutants in excess of the standards laid down by
State Board
• Power of entry and inspection
• Power to obtain information
• Power to take samples of air or emission and
procedure to be followed in connection therewith

12. Penalties for violating the provisions of
the Act
• In case of failure to provide info by a person discharging effluents or
establishment of an effluent disposal system, the penalty is
imprisonment upto 3 months or fine upto Rs.10,000 or both. If the
omission continues, then additional fine upto Rs.5,000 per day.
• In case of violation of order prohibiting discharge of any polluting
matter, the penalty is imprisonment for 1 and half years to 6 years
or fine or both. If violation continues, then additional fine of
Rs.5,000 per day; and if it continues beyond one year then
imprisonment of 2 to 7 years on conviction and the name of the
offender is published in newspapers at offender’s expense.

13. conclusion
• If everyone would help to save the earth we
would live in safe environment!!!!!!!!