Which of the following ministry has launched the PRANA portal?
[A] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
[B] Ministry of Earth Sciences
[C] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Explanation
Union environment minister, Bhupendra Yadav has launched a portal called PRANA on September 7, 2021. PRANA Portal will be used to track the progress of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in order to comply with India’s commitment to ensure clean air and blue skies to everybody. This portal was launched on the occasion of the ‘International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies’ in non-attainment cities (NAC). Non-attainment cities are those cities that failed to meet the National air quality standards in a five-year period.