Lok Sabha Question No. 2061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, M. UDHAYAKUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.2061

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## National Clean Air Programme

## 2061.   SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA: SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed a target of reducing air pollution by 2024 under the National Clean Air Programme and if so, the details and the salient features of the programme;
- (b) whether the Government intends to carry out the programme in a phased manner and if so, the details thereof along with the various domestic and international stakeholders consulted in this regard; and
- (c)   the details of fund allocated/spent for combating pollution during the last three years and the current year along with the success achieved as a result thereof, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)  In  order  to  address  the  increasing  air  pollution  across  the  country  in  a  comprehensive manner,  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  finalized  the  National Clean Air Program (NCAP) as a pan India time bound national level strategy to tackle the increasing air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner. Taking into account  the  available  international  experiences  and  national  studies,  mid  term  target  for reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024 is part of the NCAP. This is keeping 2017 as the base year for comparison of concentration.

Overall  objective  of  the  NCAP  is  comprehensive  mitigationactions  for  prevention,  control and abatement of air pollution besides augmenting the air quality monitoring network across the  country.  The  main  components  of  NCAP  include  City  specific  air  pollution  abatement action plan for 102 polluting cities of the country, increasing number of monitoring stations, creation of Technical Assessment Cell, technology support, public participation on planning and implementation, setting up of certification agencies for monitoring equipment, setting up of  Air  Information  Centre  for  data  analysis,  resource  apportionment  studies,  setting  up  of national  inventory,  guidelines  for  Indoor  Air  Pollution  and  setting  up  of  Rural  Monitoring stations etc.

(b)  NCAP will be mid-term five (5)  years  action plan to begin with keeping 2019 as base year.  However,  the  international  experiences  and  national  studies  indicate  that  significant outcome  in  terms  of  air  pollution  initiatives  are  visible  only  in  long-term  and  hence  the programme is  further extendable to  20-25  years  in  long-term  after  mid-term  review  of  the outcomes.

Since Collaborative and participatory approach with focus on all sources of pollution form crux of the Programme, extensive consultation with all the relevant stakeholders forms the foundation for formulation of NCAP. The NCAP has been finalized after due consultation with various stakeholders which inter-alia include general public, State Government, Central Ministries, local bodies, industries, civil societies etc.

(c) State-wise details of funds released to various Monitoring Agencies during last three years and  current  year  for  ambient  air  quality  monitoring  as  operational  and  maintenance  cost under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) is given at Annexure-I

Continuous Ambient Air Quality  Monitoring System (CAAQMS) data has indicated some improvement in air quality of Delhi in 2018 (Jan- Dec 11, 2018) compared to 2017 (Jan Dec 11, 2017), such as increase in number of 'Good' to 'Moderate' days to 158 from 151 in 2017, and reduction in number of 'Poor' to 'Severe' days from 194 in 2017 to 187 in 2018, despite  usual  seasonal  pattern  wherein  minimum  pollutant  levels  are  observed  during monsoon, moderate levels during summers and high concentration of pollutants in winters.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2061 due for  reply  on  21.12.2018  regarding  'National  Clean  Air  Programme'  by Shri Prabhakar Reddy Kotha, Shrimati Poonamben Maadam and Adv. M. Udhayakumar, Hon'ble Members of Lok Sabha

Annexure I Details of Funds Released to Various Monitoring Agencies under National Air

## Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Agency                  | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Agency                  | 2015-16                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                             | 2018-19 till Nov 2018                                                                               |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh SPCB                        | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 27555500                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh SPCB                     | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 4109334                                                                                             | 858667                                                                                              |
| 3.       | Assam SPCB                                 | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 35912000                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 4.       | Bihar SPCB                                 | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 2216665                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   |
| 5.       | Chandigarh PCC                             | -                                                                                                   | 4113833                                                                                             | 3253333                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   |
| 6.       | Chattisgarh ECB                            | 1526250                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 4465333                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   |
| 7.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli PCC and Daman& Diu PCC | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 3492333                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   |
| 8.       | Goa SPCB                                   | 7789333                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 24410667                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh SEP& PCB                  | 10128333                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   | 29309334                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 10.      | Jammu& Kashmir SPCB                        | -                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | 4528000                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   |
| 11.      | Jharkhand SPCB                             | -                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | 14893167                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 12.      | Karnataka SPCB                             | 6749583                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 21134667                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 13.      | Kerala SPCB                                | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 22320000                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh SPCB                        | -                                                                                                   | 7984417                                                                                             | 13566666                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 15.      | Maharashtra SPCB                           | -                                                                                                   | 16316919                                                                                            | 30544001                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |
| 16.      | Meghalaya SPCB                             | 7845833                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 14485333                                                                                            | 3541333                                                                                             |
| 17.      | Mizoram SPCB                               | 5413333                                                                                             | 4253333                                                                                             | 7346667                                                                                             | 3093333                                                                                             |

| 18.                | Nagaland SPCB   | -           | 3658667     | 3061333      | 1344000   |
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------|
| 19. Odisha SPCB    | -               | 5872500     | 17080001    | -            |           |
| 20. Punjab SPCB    | -               | -           |             | 20361083     | -         |
| Puducherry         | -               |             | 5110333     | 3432000      | -         |
| 22. Rajasthan SPCB | 4218750         |             | -           | 13434667     | -         |
| 23. Sikkim SPCB    |                 | -           | -           | 6149334      | -         |
| 24.                | Tamil Nadu SPCB | -           | -           | 16813333     | -         |
| Telangana SPCB     |                 | -           | -           | 17985000     | -         |
| Tripura SPCB       |                 | -           | -           | 896000       | -         |
| Uttar Pradesh SPCB | 7263333         |             | -           | 31390667     | -         |
| Uttarakhand EP&PCB | 4085833         |             | -           | 14544000     | -         |
| West Bengal SPCB   | -               |             | -           | 19439917     | -         |
| NEERI              | 13612000        |             | 22288000    | 21600000     | -         |
| IIT Kanpur         | -               |             | -           | 8040177      | -         |
|                    | Total           | 6,86,32,581 | 6,95,98,002 | 45,77,70,512 | 88,37,333 |

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.

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