{"id":57304,"date":"2025-10-22T19:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=57304"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:12:14","slug":"caqm-grap-stage-2-in-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-10-2025\/caqm-grap-stage-2-in-ncr","title":{"rendered":"CAQM Invokes Stage-II of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Entire NCR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked Stage-II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in the entire National Capital Region (NCR) as Delhi\u2019s air quality slipped into the \u201cVery Poor\u201d category (AQI 301\u2013400) ahead of winter.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage-II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) limits the use of diesel generators, ban on coal and firewood etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is GRAP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a set of emergency measures implemented in Delhi-NCR to control air pollution based on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/07-11-2022\/air-quality-index-aqi\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/07-11-2022\/air-quality-index-aqi\">Air Quality Index (AQI) <\/a><\/strong>levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was formulated by the Environment Pollution (Prevention &amp; Control) Authority (EPCA) and enforced by CAQM from 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GRAP is divided into four stages corresponding to AQI levels:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage I \u2013 Poor (AQI 201\u2013300)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage II \u2013 Very Poor (AQI 301\u2013400)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage III \u2013 Severe (AQI 401\u2013450)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage IV \u2013 Severe+ (AQI &gt;450)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Do Air Quality Deteriorate in NCR during Winters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low wind speed and temperature inversion trapping pollutants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vehicular emissions, construction dust, and Diwali fireworks add to the load.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban heat island effect and regional topography aggravate stagnation of pollutants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About CAQM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Constituted under: <\/strong>The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jurisdiction:<\/strong> Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> To coordinate and implement region-wide measures for air quality improvement, replacing the earlier EPCA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked Stage-II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in the entire National Capital Region (NCR) as Delhi\u2019s air quality slipped into the \u201cVery Poor\u201d category (AQI 301\u2013400) ahead of winter.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is GRAP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a set of emergency measures implemented in Delhi-NCR to control air pollution based on the Air Quality Index (AQI) levels.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It was formulated by the Environment Pollution (Prevention &#038; Control) Authority (EPCA) and enforced by CAQM from 2021.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-10-2025\/caqm-grap-stage-2-in-ncr\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":57266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caqm-grap-stage-2-in-ncr.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57422,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57304\/revisions\/57422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}