Secretary, Electronics and IT Ministry, S. Krishnan on Wednesday (5th June 2024) inaugurated Indigenous Air Quality Monitoring System (AQ-AIMS) and launched Air-Pravah App on the occasion of World Environment Day. These are developed under MeitY supported technologies. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Krishnan said that it is a very cost effective solution in line with the Make in India policy, which is available in three variants depending upon the needs of industries.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has mentioned that the developed system will be helpful in providing the various environmental clearances.

Under the ‘National programme on Electronics and ICT applications in Agriculture and Environment’, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Kolkata in collaboration with TeXMIN, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and industry partner J M Envirolab Private Limited has developed an outdoor air quality monitoring system to monitor environmental pollutants.

The AQ-AIMS comes with the mobile application named “Air-Pravah” for real-time Air Quality Index monitoring. It offers quick setup, real-time data visualization, unit conversions, AQI comparison, multi-device support, data analysis tools, remote monitoring and automatic updates. It will be available on Android play stores.