With reference to Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region consider the foll...........

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With reference to Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region, consider the following statements

It is a statutory authority that will replace non-statutory Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA).
It will have experts from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Civil Society.
The commission will not have the powers to issue directions to the states.

Select the correct statement.

2 only

1&2 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

Recently, the President of India has signed ‘The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020’.

The Ordinance sets up a statutory authority - the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas.
Through the Ordinance, the Centre has also dissolved the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) for the NCR.
It will have members from several Ministries as well as representatives from the stakeholder States.
It will also have experts from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Civil Society.
In matters of air pollution and air quality management, the Commission will supersede all existing bodies such as the CPCB, and even the state governments of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. It will have the powers to issue directions to the states.

Hence only statements 1&2 are correct.