Lok Sabha Question No. 1584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, SHASHI THAROOR, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION N0 1584

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2017

## Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations

1584.   SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  is  maintaining  only  580  Ambient  Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS) in the country against a target of 700 stations;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof, location/ State-wise including Maharashtra and Jharkhand;
- (c)   whether the  Government has any plan to increase the number of AAQMS in order to disseminate real time effective data on air quality in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, location/ State-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  released  funds  to  various  States  to  check  the  level  of pollution in their respective States and if so, the details thereof during the last two years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (f) the details of works undertaken with the help of funds allocated for controlling pollution and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) &  (b)  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  association  with  State  Pollution Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  /  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  monitors  ambient  air quality across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The NAMP  network  presently  comprises  684  manual  monitoring  stations  located  in  302 cities/towns in 29 states and 5 union territories.  The state-wise details of these monitoring stations  including  80  stations  in  Maharashtra  and  10  stations  in  Jharkhand  is  given  at Annexure-I.

- (c)  &  (d)  64  real  time  Ambient  Air  Quality  Monitoring  (CAAQM)  Stations  located  in  40 cities spread over 14 states are operational in the country. The coverage under CAAQMS is being  expanded  to  all  the  remaining  million  plus  cities  and  state  capitals  in  order  to disseminate  real  time  data  relating  to  air  quality  in  the  country.  The  location/  State-wise details of CAAQMS is given at Annexure-II.
- (e) Funds  are  released  for  monitoring  of  air  pollution  to  various  monitoring  agencies including  SPCBs  under  National  Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme  (NAMP).  State-wise details of funds released during last three years and the current year is at Annexure III.

(f) Financial Assistance is also provided for control and abatement of pollution under the schemes, 'Assistance for Abatement of Pollution' and 'Common Effluent Treatment Plants' (CETP). The details of  financial  assistance  is  at  Annexure  IV.  Activities  carried  out  from these funds include lab upgradation / procurement of equipment in the weaker SPCBs, salary support for scientific and technical staff of the SPCBs of North-Eastern Region and all PCCs, construction of Office-cum-laboratory building in SPCBs of North Eastern Region and the weaker PCCs, establishment of new CETPs in industrial estate or a cluster of Small Scale Industries  (SSIs)  and  upgradation  /  modernization  of  CETPs  earlier  financed  through  the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The expansion of monitoring network and implementation of various activities have helped in mitigation of pollution.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARA  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1584  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  25.07.2017  REGARDING AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, DR. SHASHI THAROOR, DR. A. SAMPATH, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

## OPERATING STATIONS UNDER NATIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME

| S.no   | State/Union Territory     | City            |   Operating Monitoring Station |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh         | Itananagar      |                              1 |
|        |                           | Naharlagun      |                              1 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam   |                              8 |
|        |                           | Kakinada        |                              1 |
|        |                           | Rajamundry      |                              1 |
|        |                           | Eluru           |                              1 |
|        |                           | Vizianagaram    |                              1 |
|        |                           | Srikakulam      |                              1 |
|        |                           | Kurnool         |                              1 |
|        |                           | Tirupati        |                              1 |
|        |                           | Chittor         |                              2 |
|        |                           | Kadapa          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Anatapur        |                              1 |
|        |                           | Vijayawada      |                              3 |
|        |                           | Ongole          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Guntur          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Nellore         |                              1 |
| 3      | Assam                     | Bongaigaon      |                              3 |
|        |                           | Gawahati        |                              6 |
|        |                           | Tezpur          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Sibasagar       |                              2 |
|        |                           | Dibrugarh       |                              1 |
|        |                           | Golaghat        |                              1 |
|        |                           | Silcher         |                              2 |
|        |                           | Daranga         |                              1 |
|        |                           | Margheita       |                              1 |
|        |                           | North Lakhimpur |                              1 |
|        |                           | Nagaon          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Tinsukhia       |                              3 |
|        |                           | Nalbari         |                              1 |
| 4      | Bihar                     | Patna           |                              2 |
| 5      | Chandigarh (UT)           | Chandigarh      |                              5 |
| 6      | Chattisgarh               | Korba           |                              3 |
|        |                           | Bhilai          |                              3 |
|        |                           | Raipur          |                              3 |
|        |                           | Bilaspur        |                              1 |
| 7      | Delhi (UT)                | Delhi           |                             11 |
| 8      | Dadara& Nagar Haveli (UT) | Silvasa         |                              2 |
| 9      | Daman Diu (UT)            | Daman           |                              2 |
| 10     | Goa                       | Panaji          |                              1 |
|        |                           | Vasco           |                              1 |
|        |                           | Marmagao        |                              1 |
|        |                           | Codlitisk       |                              1 |
|        |                           | Honda Junction  |                              1 |

|    |                  | Bicholim City          |   1 |
|----|------------------|------------------------|-----|
|    |                  | Amona                  |   1 |
|    |                  | Assanora Junction      |   1 |
|    |                  | Curchorem              |   1 |
|    |                  | Usgao-Pale             |   1 |
|    |                  | Margao Town            |   1 |
|    |                  | Mapusa Town            |   1 |
|    |                  | Sanguem                |   1 |
|    |                  | ponda                  |   1 |
|    |                  | Tilamol                |   1 |
|    |                  | Kundaim                |   1 |
|    |                  | Tuem Industrial Estate |   1 |
|    |                  | Cuncolim               |   1 |
| 11 | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad              |   8 |
|    |                  | Ankaleshwar            |   2 |
|    |                  | Jamnagar               |   1 |
|    |                  | Rajkot                 |   2 |
|    |                  | Surat                  |   3 |
|    |                  | Vadodara               |   5 |
|    |                  | Vapi                   |   2 |
| 12 | Haryana          | Faridabad              |   2 |
|    |                  | Hissar                 |   2 |
|    |                  | Yamuna Nagar           |   1 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | Damtal                 |   2 |
|    |                  | Parwanoo               |   2 |
|    |                  | Poanta Sahib           |   2 |
|    |                  | Shimla                 |   2 |
|    |                  | Kala Amb               |   2 |
|    |                  | Baddi-Barotiwala       |   3 |
|    |                  | Nalagarh               |   1 |
|    |                  | Una                    |   2 |
|    |                  | Sunder Nagar           |   2 |
|    |                  | Dharamshala            |   2 |
|    |                  | Marhi                  |   1 |
|    |                  | Gulaba                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Vashisht               |   1 |
|    |                  | Manali                 |   2 |
| 14 | Jammu& Kashmir   | Jammu                  |   3 |
| 15 | Jharkand         | Dhanbad                |   3 |
|    |                  | Jharia                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Sindri                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Jamshedpur             |   2 |
|    |                  | Ranchi                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Saraikela-Kharsawan    |   1 |
|    |                  | West Singhbhum         |   1 |
| 16 | Karnataka        | Bangalore              |   9 |
|    |                  | Dharwar, Hubli         |   2 |
|    |                  | Mangalore              |   1 |
|    |                  | Hassan                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Mysore                 |   2 |
|    |                  | Gulbarga               |   1 |
|    |                  | Belgaum                |   1 |
|    |                  | Devanagere             |   3 |
|    |                  | Mandya                 |   1 |
|    |                  | Raichur                |   1 |

|    |                | Bijapur                   |   1 |
|----|----------------|---------------------------|-----|
|    |                | Chitradurga               |   1 |
|    |                | Shimaga                   |   1 |
|    |                | Karwar                    |   1 |
|    |                | Bagalkote                 |   1 |
|    |                | Kolar                     |   1 |
|    |                | Tumkar                    |   1 |
|    |                | Bidar                     |   1 |
| 17 | Kerala         | Kozhikode                 |   2 |
|    |                | Kottayam                  |   2 |
|    |                | Cochin                    |   7 |
|    |                | Thiruvanantapuram         |   4 |
|    |                | Palakkad                  |   1 |
|    |                | Alappuzha                 |   2 |
|    |                | Pathanamthitta            |   1 |
|    |                | Kollam                    |   2 |
|    |                | Sulthan, Bathery, Wayanad |   1 |
|    |                | Kakkanchery,Mallappuram   |   1 |
|    |                | Thrissur                  |   1 |
| 18 | Lakswadeep     | Lakswadeep islands        |   1 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal                    |   8 |
|    |                | Indore                    |   3 |
|    |                | Jabalpur                  |   2 |
|    |                | Nagda                     |   3 |
|    |                | Gwalior                   |   2 |
|    |                | Sagar                     |   2 |
|    |                | Satna                     |   2 |
|    |                | Singrauli                 |   3 |
|    |                | Ujjain                    |   4 |
|    |                | Prithampur                |   2 |
|    |                | Chindwara                 |   2 |
|    |                | Amlai                     |   2 |
|    |                | Katni                     |   2 |
|    |                | Dewas                     |   3 |
| 20 | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad                |   4 |
|    |                | Bhiwandi                  |   3 |
|    |                | Lote                      |   2 |
|    |                | Tarapur                   |   3 |
|    |                | Kolhapur                  |   3 |
|    |                | Mumbai                    |   3 |
|    |                | Ambernath                 |   2 |
|    |                | Chandrapur                |   6 |
|    |                | Nagpur                    |   7 |
|    |                | Nasik                     |   4 |
|    |                | Solapur                   |   2 |
|    |                | Pune                      |   3 |
|    |                | PimpriChinchiwad          |   1 |
|    |                | Thane                     |   3 |
|    |                | Navi Mumbai               |   6 |
|    |                | Mahad                     |   3 |
|    |                | Roha                      |   2 |
|    |                | Sangli                    |   3 |
|    |                | Amravati                  |   3 |
|    |                | Latur                     |   3 |
|    |                | Ulhas Nagar               |   2 |

|    |                 | Badlapur             |   1 |
|----|-----------------|----------------------|-----|
|    |                 | Nanded               |   3 |
|    |                 | Jalgaon              |   3 |
|    |                 | Jalna                |   2 |
|    |                 | Akola                |   3 |
| 21 | Meghalaya       | Shillong             |   4 |
|    |                 | Dwaki                |   1 |
|    |                 | Ri-Bhoi, Brynihat    |   1 |
|    |                 | Tura                 |   1 |
|    |                 | Nongstoin            |   1 |
|    |                 | Umaim                |   1 |
|    |                 | Khlihriat            |   1 |
| 22 | Mizoram         | Aizwal               |   5 |
|    |                 | Lunglei              |   2 |
|    |                 | Kolasib              |   2 |
|    |                 | Champhai             |   2 |
| 23 | Manipur         | Imphal               |   1 |
| 24 | Nagaland        | Dimapur              |   2 |
|    |                 | Kohima               |   2 |
| 25 | Orissa          | Rayagada             |   2 |
|    |                 | Rourkela             |   4 |
|    |                 | Talcher              |   2 |
|    |                 | Angul                |   2 |
|    |                 | Bhubaneshwar         |   6 |
|    |                 | Cuttack              |   3 |
|    |                 | Sambalpur            |   1 |
|    |                 | Balasore             |   3 |
|    |                 | Kalinga Nagar        |   3 |
|    |                 | Berhampur            |   1 |
|    |                 | Puri                 |   2 |
|    |                 | Konark               |   1 |
|    |                 | Jarsuguda            |   2 |
|    |                 | Paradeep             |   3 |
| 26 | Punjab          | Gobindgarh           |   3 |
|    |                 | Jalandhar            |   4 |
|    |                 | Ludhiana             |   4 |
|    |                 | NayaNangal           |   2 |
|    |                 | Khanna               |   2 |
|    |                 | Pathankot(Dera baba) |   1 |
|    |                 | Amritsar             |   3 |
|    |                 | DerraBassi           |   2 |
|    |                 | Bhatinda             |   1 |
|    |                 | Batala               |   1 |
|    |                 | Patiala              |   2 |
|    |                 | Sangrur              |   1 |
|    |                 | Faridkot             |   1 |
|    |                 | Hoshiarpur           |   1 |
| 27 | Puducherry (UT) | Pondicherry          |   3 |
|    |                 | Karaikal             |   3 |
| 28 | Rajasthan       | Alwar                |   3 |
|    |                 | Jaipur               |   6 |
|    |                 | Jodhpur              |   6 |
|    |                 | Kota                 |   6 |
|    |                 | Udaipur              |   3 |
|    |                 | Bharatpur            |   3 |

|    |               | Bhiwadi                             |   2 |
|----|---------------|-------------------------------------|-----|
| 29 | Sikkim        | Gangtok                             |   2 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Namchi (South Sikkim)               |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Jorithang / Ravangla (South Sikkim) |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Mangan (North Sikkim)               |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Chungthang (North Sikkim)           |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Singtam (East Sikkim)               |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Rangpo (East Sikkim)                |   1 |
| 29 | Sikkim        | Pelling (West Sikkim)               |   1 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Chennai                             |  11 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Tuticorin                           |   3 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Coimbatore                          |   3 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Madurai                             |   3 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Salem                               |   1 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Trichy                              |   5 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Cuddalore                           |   3 |
| 30 | Tamilnadu     | Mettur                              |   2 |
| 31 | Tirupura      | Agartala                            |   2 |
| 32 | Telangana     | Hyderabad                           |  10 |
|    | Telangana     | Ramagundum                          |   1 |
|    | Telangana     | Patencheru                          |   1 |
|    | Telangana     | Nalgonda                            |   2 |
|    | Telangana     | Khammam                             |   2 |
|    | Telangana     | Warangal                            |   2 |
|    | Telangana     | Karimnagar                          |   1 |
|    | Telangana     | Sangareddy                          |   3 |
|    | Telangana     | Nizamabad                           |   1 |
|    | Telangana     | Kothur                              |   1 |
|    | Telangana     | Manchiriala, Adilabad               |   1 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra                                |   6 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad                           |   5 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Anpara                              |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad                           |   3 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Gajroula                            |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad                           |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur                              |   9 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow                             |   8 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Noida                               |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi                            |   5 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi                              |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Khurja                              |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut                              |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Bareily                             |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad                           |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Mathura                             |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Saharanpur                          |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Unnao                               |   2 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur                           |   3 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal   | Dehradun                            |   3 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal   | Haridwar                            |   1 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal   | Rishikesh                           |   1 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal   | Haldwani                            |   1 |
| 34 | Uttaranchal   | Rudrapur                            |   1 |

|        |             | kashipur       |   1 |
|--------|-------------|----------------|-----|
| 35     | West Bengal | Kolkata        |  20 |
|        |             | Durgapur       |   4 |
|        |             | Haldia         |   5 |
|        |             | Howrah         |   4 |
|        |             | Asansol        |   3 |
|        |             | South Suburban |   3 |
|        |             | Barrckpore     |   3 |
|        |             | Sankrail       |   4 |
|        |             | Raniganj       |   3 |
|        |             | Uluberia       |   1 |
|        |             | Barasat        |   1 |
|        |             | Kalyani        |   1 |
|        |             | Ranaghat       |   1 |
|        |             | Krishnanagar   |   1 |
|        |             | Baharampur     |   1 |
|        |             | Dankuni        |   1 |
|        |             | Rishra         |   1 |
|        |             | Chinsura       |   1 |
|        |             | Tribeni        |   1 |
|        |             | Kharagpur      |   1 |
|        |             | Medinipur Town |   1 |
|        |             | Ghatal         |   1 |
|        |             | Tamluk         |   1 |
|        |             | Bardhaman      |   1 |
|        |             | Bankura        |   1 |
|        |             | Suri           |   1 |
|        |             | Rampurhat      |   1 |
|        |             | Bolpur         |   1 |
|        |             | Purulia        |   1 |
|        |             | Malda          |   1 |
|        |             | Siliguri       |   1 |
|        |             | Jalpaiguri     |   1 |
|        |             | Darjeeling     |   1 |
|        |             | Coochbihar     |   2 |
|        |             | Balurghat      |   1 |
|        |             | Raigun         |   1 |
| Total  | Total       | Total          | 684 |
| Cities | Cities      | Cities         | 302 |
| States | States      | States         |  29 |
| UTs    | UTs         | UTs            |   6 |

## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1584 DUE FOR REPLY ON 25.07.2017 REGARDING AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, DR. SHASHI THAROOR, DR. A. SAMPATH, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

## Status of CAAQMS network in the country as on May 24, 2017

| Sl. No.                                            | CAAQMS Installed cities)                           | (23                                                | Under installation (3 cities during years, 2017-18)   | Proposed under CPSUs Project (17 cities during year, 2017-18)   | Left over cities (3 cities) (Proposed under GOI Fund)   | Coverage in 21 State Capitals including UTs (17 cities are Proposed under GOI Fund)   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 01.                                                | Mumbai (01)                                        |                                                    | Howrah (01)                                           | Vishakhapatnam (01)                                             | Vasai - Virar                                           | Amravati                                                                              |
| 02.                                                | Pune (01)                                          |                                                    | Coimbatore * (01)                                     | Ranchi (03)                                                     | Kalyan-Dombivali                                        | Bhubaneswar (01)                                                                      |
| 03.                                                | Nagpur (01)                                        |                                                    | Srinagar (01)                                         | Allahabad (03)                                                  | Dhanbad                                                 | Gandhi Nagar                                                                          |
| 04.                                                | Nashik (01)                                        |                                                    |                                                       | Meerut (03)                                                     |                                                         | Dehradun (01)                                                                         |
| 05.                                                | Aurangabad * (01)                                  |                                                    |                                                       | Bhopal (03)                                                     |                                                         | Panaji                                                                                |
| 06.                                                | Ludhiana * (01)                                    |                                                    |                                                       | Indore (01)                                                     |                                                         | Shimla                                                                                |
| 07.                                                | Amritsar (01)                                      |                                                    |                                                       | Gwalior (03)                                                    |                                                         | Thiruvananthapuram                                                                    |
| 08.                                                | Jodhpur (01)                                       |                                                    |                                                       | Jabalpur (01)                                                   | (3 Nos.)                                                | Guwahati                                                                              |
| 09.                                                | Jaipur (01)                                        |                                                    |                                                       | Pimpri-Chinchwad (02)                                           |                                                         | Itanagar                                                                              |
| 10.                                                | Lucknow (03)                                       |                                                    |                                                       | Navi Mumbai (01)                                                |                                                         | Agartala (01)                                                                         |
| 11.                                                | Agra (01)                                          |                                                    |                                                       | Raipur (01)                                                     |                                                         | Shillong (01)                                                                         |
| 12.                                                | Kanpur (01)                                        |                                                    |                                                       | Madurai (02)                                                    |                                                         | Gangtok                                                                               |
| 13.                                                | Varanasi (01)                                      |                                                    |                                                       | Surat (01)                                                      |                                                         | Imphal                                                                                |
| 14.                                                | Kolkata (01)                                       |                                                    |                                                       | Rajkot (02)                                                     |                                                         | Aizawl                                                                                |
| 15.                                                | Patna (01)                                         |                                                    |                                                       | Vadodara (02)                                                   |                                                         | Kohima                                                                                |
| 16.                                                | Ahmedabad (01)                                     |                                                    |                                                       | Thane (02)                                                      |                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                            |
| 17.                                                | Faridabad (01)                                     |                                                    | * Common with CPAs                                    | Kota (02)                                                       |                                                         | Puducherry                                                                            |
| 18.                                                | Bengaluru (05)                                     |                                                    |                                                       |                                                                 |                                                         | Daman                                                                                 |
| 19.                                                | Chennai (04)                                       |                                                    | (03 Nos.)                                             | (17Nos.)                                                        |                                                         | Port Blair                                                                            |
| 20.                                                | Hyderabad (01)                                     |                                                    |                                                       |                                                                 |                                                         | Silvassa                                                                              |
| 21.                                                | Delhi (06)                                         |                                                    |                                                       |                                                                 |                                                         | Kavaratti                                                                             |
| 22.                                                | Ghaziabad * (01)                                   |                                                    |                                                       |                                                                 |                                                         | (Out of 21 Nos., 04 state capitals are proposed under CPSUs Project)                  |
| 23.                                                | Vijayawada (01)                                    |                                                    |                                                       |                                                                 |                                                         |                                                                                       |
|                                                    | * Common with CPAs                                 |                                                    |                                                       | + 04 state capitals are also proposed                           |                                                         |                                                                                       |
|                                                    | (23 Nos.)                                          |                                                    |                                                       | under this Project)                                             |                                                         |                                                                                       |
| Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals    | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals              | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals      | Total 46 Million -plus Cities State / UTs Capitals                                    |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARA  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1584  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  25.07.2017  REGARDING AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS BY SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, DR. SHASHI THAROOR, DR. A. SAMPATH, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

## Details of Payment Released to Various Monitoring Agencies under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

|   S.No. | Name of Monitoring Agency   | 2014-15 (Amount in Rs.)   | 2015-16 (Amount in Rs.)   | 2016-17 (Amount in Rs.)   | 2017-18 (Amount in Rs.) Jan. to June 2017   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh SPCB         | 7666250                   | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh           | -                         | -                         | -                         | 3005334                                     |
|       3 | Assam SPCB                  | 7842500                   | -                         | -                         | 11208000                                    |
|       4 | Chandigarh PCC              | -                         | -                         | 4113833                   | -                                           |
|       5 | Chattisgarh ECB             | -                         | 1526250                   | -                         | -                                           |
|       6 | Gujarat SPCB                | -                         | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|       7 | Goa SPCB                    | 7125000                   | 7789333                   | -                         | -                                           |
|       8 | Jharkhand SPCB              | -                         | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh SEP & PCB  | -                         | 10128333                  | -                         | -                                           |
|      10 | Karnataka SPCB              | 354167                    | 6749583                   | -                         | -                                           |
|      11 | Kerala SPCB                 | 6474167                   | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|      12 | Maharashtra SPCB            | -                         | -                         | 16316919                  | -                                           |
|      13 | Meghalaya SPCB              | -                         | 7845833                   | -                         | 9173333                                     |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh SPCB         | -                         | -                         | 7984417                   | -                                           |
|      15 | Mizoram SPCB                | 1765000                   | 5413333                   | 4253333                   | 2706667                                     |
|      16 | Nagaland SPCB               | 906667                    | -                         | 3658667                   | 1717333                                     |
|      17 | Orissa SPCB                 | 5734583                   | -                         | 5872500                   | -                                           |
|      18 | Punjab SPCB                 | 7795417                   | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|      19 | Puducherry                  | -                         | -                         | 5110333                   | -                                           |
|      20 | Rajasthan SPCB              | -                         | 4218750                   | -                         | -                                           |
|      21 | Tamil Nadu SPCB             | 2358333                   | -                         | -                         | -                                           |
|      22 | Uttar Pradesh SPCB          | -                         | 7263333                   | -                         | -                                           |
|      23 | Uttarakhand EP&PCB          | -                         | 4085833                   | -                         | -                                           |
|      24 | NEERI                       | 7047000                   | 13612000                  | 22288000                  | -                                           |
|      25 | IIT Kanpur                  | 3709378                   | -                         | -                         | -                                           |

Note:-  SPCB  -  State  Pollution  Control  Board,  SEP&PCB  -  State  Environment  Protection  &  Pollution  Control Board,  EP&  PCB  -  Environment  Protection  &  Pollution  Control  Board,  PCC  -  Pollution  Control  Committee. NEERI is at present monitoring in 6 cities in 5 different states/Union territories namely Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Annexure-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (e) & (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1584 DUE FOR REPLY ON 25.07.2017 REGARDING  AMBIENT  AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING  STATIONS  BY  SHRI RAMDAS  C.  TADAS,  DR.  SHASHI  THAROOR,  DR.  A.  SAMPATH,  HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

(₹in Crore)

| S. No.   | Scheme /   | State            | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released                 |
|----------|------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
|          | Activity   |                  | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2017-18 (till 15 th July,2017) |
| 1.       | AAP        | Chandigarh       | ---              | 0.4425           | 0.9513           | ---                            |
| 2.       | AAP        | Himachal Pradesh | 0.50             | ---              | ---              | ---                            |
| 3.       | AAP        | Manipur          | 0.3816           | 0.4752           | 0.3999           | 0.4175                         |
| 4.       | AAP        | Mizoram          | 1.8532           | 0.3969           | 0.4172           | ---                            |
| 5.       | AAP        | Tripura          | ---              | 0.1978           | ---              | ---                            |
| 6.       | CETP       | Andhra Pradesh   | ---              | ---              | 0.20             | ---                            |
| 7.       | CETP       | Gujarat          | 8.40             | 11.06            | ---              | ---                            |
| 8.       | CETP       | Punjab           | ---              | ---              | 1.50             | ---                            |

AAP:  Assistance  for  Abatement  of  Pollution;  CETP:  Common  Effluent  Treatment Plants;