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Industrial development and urbanization have resulted in a profound decline of India's air quality. of the 3 million premature deaths in the world that happen each year because of outdoor and indoor air pollution, the highest numbers are measured to occur in India. According to the World Health Organization, the capital city of New Delhi is one among the highest most polluted cities in the world. Surveys reveal that in New Delhi the frequency of respiratory ailments due to air pollution is about 12 times the national average. The Act provides for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. It also provides for the establishment of Boards with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes. Decisions were taken at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in June, 1972, in which India participated, to take suitable steps for the conservation of the natural resources of the wold which, among other things, include the preservation of the standard of air and control of air pollution; The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 extends to the whole of India. “Air pollutant” is defined under section 2(a) as any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance [(including noise)] present in the atmosphere in such concentration as may be or tend to be injurious to human beings or other living creatures or plants or property or environment; “ Air pollution” is defined under section 2(b) as the presence in the atmosphere of any air.