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Hyderabad
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Lucknow
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Pune
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Detailed explanation-1: -Key Facts. DSS and AQEWS systems were launched for better air-quality management in Delhi-NCR region. IITM is an autonomous institute, working under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. It is based in Pune.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Jitendra Singh. Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh launched Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS) on 19 October 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -AIR QUALITY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (AQEWS): The system has been developed by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, under MoES. The AQEW system uses data of stubble burning incidents from the past 15 years to predict the date and place of the next burning.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Using this data, governments and countries can identify air pollution hotspots and take targeted action to protect and improve human and environmental well-being and our future, ” he adds.
Detailed explanation-5: -India’s Central Pollution Control Board now routinely monitors four air pollutants namely sulphur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), suspended particulate matter (SPM) and respirable particulate matter (PM10).