Lok Sabha Question No. 2679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Monitoring of Air Quality
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2017

## Monitoring of Air Quality

## 2679. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allocated  funds  for  pollution  control  including  air  quality testing/monitoring in the cities of the country
- (b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, scheme/Statewise including Bihar;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  considering  the  proposal  forwarded  by  the  United  States  of America for monitoring air quality in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) & (b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing a number of Schemes for control and prevention of pollution which include National River Conservation Programme  (NRCP),  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority  (NGRBA),  National  Plan  for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA), Assistance for Abatement of Pollution (AAP), Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Creation of Management Structure for Hazardous Substances  (CMSHS)  and  World  Bank  Aided  Capacity  Building  and  Industrial  Pollution Management  (CBIPM)  project  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  State implementing agencies. State-wise details of the funds released during the last three years and the current year under above schemes to state implementing agencies including Bihar are given at Annexure I.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is also implementing various projects aimed at control and  prevention  of  water,  air  and  noise  pollution  in  association  with  State  Pollution  Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs). The details of financial assistance provided by CPCB to state implementing agencies under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP) are given at Annexure II and Annexure III respectively.

- (c) & (d) Technical  discussion  have  been  held  with  Environment  Protection  Agency, United States of America regarding air quality management in the country.

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OIH

ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARA (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.08.2017  REGARDING  "MONITORING  OF  AIR  QUALITY"  RAISED  BY SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

| S. No.   | Scheme / Activity   | State             | Funds released (₹in Crore)   | Funds released (₹in Crore)   | Funds released (₹in Crore)   | Funds released (₹in Crore)   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|          |                     |                   | 2014-15                      | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                      | 2017-18 (till 15.07.201 7)   |
| 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                         | ---                          |
| 9.       | CMSHS               | Himachal Pradesh  | ---                          | 0.256                        | 1.28                         | ---                          |
| 10.      | CMSHS               | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.00                         | 0.50                         | 0.47                         | ---                          |
| 11.      | CBIPMP              | Andhra Pradesh    | ---                          | ---                          | 16.20                        | ---                          |
| 12.      | CBIPMP              | Telangana         | ---                          | ---                          | 6.00                         | ---                          |
| 13.      | CBIPMP              | West Bengal       | 0.18                         | 9.82                         | 4.68                         | ---                          |
| 14.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Kerala            | ---                          | 5.00                         | ---                          | ---                          |
| 15.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Gujarat           | 44.00                        | 24.12                        | 71.40                        | ---                          |
| 16.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Maharashtra       | ---                          | 4.99                         | 21.00                        | ---                          |
| 17.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Punjab            | 28.80                        | 17.61                        | ---                          | ---                          |
| 18.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Haryana           | 10.46                        | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          |
| 19.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Uttar Pradesh     | 30.08                        | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          |
| 20.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Uttarakhand       | 3.00                         | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          |
| 21.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Sikkim            | ---                          | 1.00                         | 5.00                         | ---                          |
| 22.      | NRCP &NGRBA*        | Nagaland          | ---                          | 10.00                        | ---                          | ---                          |
| 23.      | NPCA                | Karnataka         | ---                          | ---                          | 2.27                         | ---                          |
| 24.      | NPCA                | Maharashtra       | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          |
| 25.      | NPCA                | Gujarat           | ---                          | 1.59                         | ---                          | ---                          |
| 26.      | NPCA                | Haryana           | 0.63                         | 0.29                         | 0.65                         | ---                          |
| 27.      | NPCA                | Himachal Pradesh  | ---                          | ---                          | 0.87                         | ---                          |
| 28.      | NPCA                | Jammu and Kashmir | ---                          | 15.00                        | ---                          | ---                          |
| 29.      | NPCA                | Madhya Pradesh    | 2.50                         | 4.90                         | 12.00                        | 0.05                         |
| 30.      | NPCA                | Manipur           | 0.60                         | 0.47                         | 1.03                         | ---                          |
| 31.      | NPCA                | Mizoram           | 0.79                         | 1.08                         | 0.59                         | ---                          |
| 32.      | NPCA                | Odisha            | ---                          | ---                          | 0.40                         | 0.05                         |
| 33.      | NPCA                | Puducherry        | ---                          | 0.42                         | 0.10                         | ---                          |
| 34.      | NPCA                | Punjab            | ---                          | 1.52                         | ---                          | ---                          |
| 35.      | NPCA                | Rajasthan         | 25.66                        | 10.95                        | 13.56                        | ---                          |
| 36.      | NPCA                | Sikkim            | ---                          | 0.78                         | 0.72                         | ---                          |
| 37.      | NPCA                | Tamil Nadu        | 0.31                         | ---                          | ---                          | ---                          |
| 38.      | NPCA                | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.07                         | 1.24                         | 26.17                        | ---                          |
| 39.      | NPCA                | West Bengal       | ---                          | 0.92                         | 1.01                         | ---                          |
| 40.      | NPCA                | Nagaland          | 1.11                         | ---                          | 0.42                         | ---                          |

AAP:  Assistance  for  Abatement  of  Pollution;  CETP:  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants;  CBIPMP: Capacity  Building  and  Industrial  Pollution  Management  Project;  CMSHS:  Creation  of  Management Structure for Hazardous Substances; NRCP: National River Conservation Programme; NGRBA: National Ganga River Basin Authority; NPCA: National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems.

*  includes  funds  released  for  Ganga  &  its  tributaries  till  end  of  July,  2014  after  which  NGRBA programme has been transferred to M/o Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARA (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.08.2017  REGARDING  "MONITORING  OF  AIR  QUALITY"  RAISED  BY SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA, HON'BLE MEMBER 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 | Odisha 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 III

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARA (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2679  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.08.2017  REGARDING  "MONITORING  OF  AIR  QUALITY"  RAISED  BY SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## Details of Payment Released to Various Monitoring Agencies under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP)

| STATE / UT                     | 2014-15   |   2015-16 | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh                 | ---       |   3882166 | ---       | ---       |
| Assam                          | ---       |   2360670 | ---       | ---       |
| Bihar                          | ---       |   2819870 | ---       | ---       |
| Chhattisgarh                   | ---       |   1318635 | ---       | ---       |
| Goa                            | ---       |    141540 | ---       | ---       |
| Gujarat                        | ---       |   1513411 | ---       | ---       |
| Haryana                        | ---       |     66028 | ---       | ---       |
| Himachal Pradesh               | ---       |   7548835 | ---       | ---       |
| Jharkhand                      | ---       |    410130 | ---       | ---       |
| Karnataka                      | ---       |   2994174 | ---       | ---       |
| Kerala                         | ---       |   6632332 | ---       | ---       |
| Madhya Pradesh                 | ---       |   2192562 | ---       | ---       |
| Maharashtra                    | ---       |   8320446 | ---       | ---       |
| Meghalaya                      | ---       |   3576450 | ---       | ---       |
| Mizoram                        | ---       |   2530015 | ---       | ---       |
| Nagaland                       | ---       |    140040 | ---       | ---       |
| Odisha                         | ---       |   5156268 | ---       | ---       |
| Punjab                         | ---       |   1278046 | ---       | ---       |
| Rajasthan                      | ---       |   2360211 | ---       | ---       |
| Tamil Nadu                     | ---       |   2830933 | ---       | ---       |
| Tripura                        | ---       |    220090 | ---       | ---       |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | ---       |   2067707 | ---       | ---       |
| Uttaranchal                    | ---       |    699055 | ---       | ---       |
| West Bengal                    | ---       |   7075405 | ---       | ---       |
| Chandigarh                     | ---       |    106440 | ---       | ---       |
| Lakshadweep                    | ---       |    474825 | ---       | ---       |
| Pondicherry                    | ---       |    176910 | ---       | ---       |
| Daman, Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli | ---       |     38595 | ---       | ---       |
| TOTAL :-                       | ---       |  68931789 | ---       | ---       |