Lok Sabha Question No. 1029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA, BHARAT SINGH, L.R. Shivaramegowda, ANJU BALA, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.1029

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## National Clean Air Programme

## 1029. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI L.R. SHIVARAME GOWDA:

SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to tackle the increasing air pollution problem across the country recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, including its objectives, funds allocated and salient features;
- (c) whether  NCAP  will  be  launched  in  the  43  smart  cities  falling  in  the  list  of  102  nonattainment  cities,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  cities  chosen  under  the programme, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes tentative national level target of 20 per cent - 30 per cent reduction of PM 2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024, if so, the details thereof along with the names of the cities which have recorded high levels of PM 2.5; and
- (e) whether  city  specific  action  plans  are  being  formulated  for  102  non-attainment  cities identified for implementing mitigation actions under NCAP and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b) In order to address the increasing air pollution across the  country in a comprehensive  manner,  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has launched a National Clean Air Program (NCAP) as a pan India time bound national level strategy.

Overall  objective  of  the  NCAP  is  comprehensive  management  plan  for  prevention, control  and  abatement  of  air  pollution  besides  augmenting  the  air  quality  monitoring network across the country.  A budgetary allocation of Rs.150 crore has been made under NCAP during the financial year 2019-20.

The NCAP focuses on collaborative and participatory approach covering all sources of pollution and coordination between relevant Central Ministries, State Governments, local bodies and other stakeholders.

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, technology support, public participation on planning and implementation, source apportionment studies, guidelines for Indoor Air Pollution, setting up of Rural Monitoring stations etc.

- (c) Smart cities framework is being used to launch NCAP in 43 smart cities falling in the list of 102 non-attainment cities. State wise list of cities is enclosed as Annexure I .
- (d) Taking  into  account  the  available  international  experiences  and  national  scientific  and technical  studies,  mid-term  target  for  reduction  of  PM2.5  and  PM10  concentration  by 2024 forms an integral component of the NCAP. This is keeping 2017 as the base year for comparison of concentration. Analysis of ambient air quality data for PM2.5 for the year  2017  reveals  that  32  cities  exceed  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standard  of 40µg/m 3 . List of cities is enclosed as Annexure II .
- (e) CPCB has identified 102 non-attainment cities, based on data for the period 2011 - 2015 and WHO report 2014/2018. City specific action plans are being formulated for 102 nonattainment cities identified for implementing mitigation actions under NCAP. Till date, 63 action plans have been received.

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ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1029 DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.02.2019 REGARDING 'NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME'  BY SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI,  SHRI  BHARAT  SINGH,  SHRI  L.R. SHIVARAME GOWDA, SHRIMATI ANJU BALA, SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV AND KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE,  HON'BLE MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

Annexure I List of Smart cities as well as non-attainment cities of India

|   S.No. | State          | City           |
|---------|----------------|----------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Vishakhapatnam |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati      |
|       3 | Assam          | Guwahati       |
|       4 | Bihar          | Patna          |
|       5 | Bihar          | Muzaffarpur    |
|       6 | Chandigarh     | Chandigarh     |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh   | Raipur         |
|       8 | Delhi          | New Delhi      |
|       9 | Gujarat        | Surat          |
|      10 | Gujarat        | Ahmedabad      |
|      11 | Haryana        | Faridabad      |
|      12 | Jammu &Kashmir | Srinagar       |
|      13 | Jammu &Kashmir | Jammu          |
|      14 | Karnataka      | Davangere      |
|      15 | Karnataka      | Hubli-Dharwad  |
|      16 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru      |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore         |
|      18 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal         |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain         |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior        |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar          |
|      22 | Maharashtra    | Pune           |
|      23 | Maharashtra    | Solapur        |
|      24 | Maharashtra    | Nagpur         |
|      25 | Maharashtra    | Nashik         |
|      26 | Maharashtra    | Aurangabad     |
|      27 | Odisha         | Bhubaneswar    |
|      28 | Odisha         | Rourkela       |
|      29 | Punjab         | Ludhiana       |
|      30 | Punjab         | Amritsar       |

|   31 | Punjab        | Jalandhar   |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|   32 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      |
|   33 | Rajasthan     | Udaipur     |
|   34 | Rajasthan     | Kota        |
|   35 | Tamil Nadu    | Thootukkudi |
|   36 | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi      |
|   37 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |
|   38 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |
|   39 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra        |
|   40 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur      |
|   41 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi    |
|   42 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly    |
|   43 | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |

## Annexure II

## Ambient air quality in cities with respect to PM2.5 during 2017

| Sl. No.   | State / UT           | Sl. No   | City                   | Average No. of monitoring days   | Annual average of PM2.5 in µg/m 3   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------|------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Bihar                | 1.       | Begusarai              | 104                              | 68*                                 |
|           |                      | 2.       | Muzaffarpur            | 103                              | 89*                                 |
| 2.        | Chandigarh           | 3.       | Chandigarh             | 135                              | 64*                                 |
| 3.        | Chattisgarh          | 4.       | Raigarh                | 12                               | 45                                  |
| 4.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 5.       | Silvassa               | 95                               | 33                                  |
| 5.        | Daman & Diu          | 6.       | Daman                  | 95                               | 32                                  |
| 6.        | Delhi                | 7.       | Delhi                  | 71                               | 106*                                |
| 7.        |                      | 8.       | Amona                  | 105                              | 22                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 9.       | Assanora               | 105                              | 17                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 10.      | Bicholim               | 105                              | 20                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 11.      | Codli                  | 105                              | 21                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 12.      | Cuncolim               | 104                              | 45*                                 |
| 7.        |                      | 13.      | Curchorem              | 104                              | 28                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 14.      | Honda                  | 105                              | 27                                  |
| 7.        | Goa                  | 15.      | Kundaim                | 105                              | 18                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 16.      | Margao                 | 105                              | 19                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 17.      | Panaji                 | 28                               | 47                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 18.      | Ponda                  | 105                              | 23                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 19.      | Sanguem                | 103                              | 29                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 20.      | Tilamol                | 104                              | 32                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 21.      | Tuem                   | 105                              | 18                                  |
| 7.        |                      | 22.      | Usgao                  | 105                              | 24                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 23.      | Ahmedabad              | 95                               | 38                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 24.      | Anklesvar              | 104                              | 35                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 25.      | Jamnagar               | 99                               | 36                                  |
| 8.        | Gujarat              | 26.      | Rajkot                 | 95                               | 37                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 27.      | Surat                  | 104                              | 36                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 28.      | Vadodara               | 99                               | 36                                  |
| 8.        |                      | 29.      | Vapi                   | 89                               | 36                                  |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh     | 30.      | Manali                 | 88                               | 23                                  |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh     | 31.      | Parwanoo               | 95                               | 20                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 32. 33.  | Sunder Nagar Bagalkote | 96 78                            | 41* 37                              |
| 10.       |                      | 34.      | Bangalore              | 66                               | 46*                                 |
| 10.       |                      | 35.      | Belgaum                | 64                               | 53*                                 |
| 10.       |                      | 36.      | Bijapur                | 65                               | 39                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 37.      | Chitradurga            | 46                               | 20                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 38.      | Devanagere             | 35                               | 22                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 39.      | Hassan                 | 50                               | 29                                  |
| 10.       | Karnataka            | 40.      | Hubli-Dharwad          | 95                               | 35                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 41.      | Karwar                 | 10                               | 28                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 42.      | Kolar                  | 18                               | 42                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 43.      | Mandya                 | 29                               | 25                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 44.      | Mangalore              | 47                               | 50                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 45.      | Mysore                 | 31                               | 27                                  |
| 10.       |                      | 46.      | Raichur                | 115                              | 39                                  |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 48. 49.  | Timukuru Amlai         | 25 88                            | 58 30                               |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 50.      | Bhopal                 | 70                               | 41*                                 |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 51.      | Chhindwara             | 98                               | 41*                                 |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 52.      | Gwalior                | 96                               | 47*                                 |
| 11.       | Pradesh              | 53.      | Indore                 | 64                               | 43*                                 |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 54.      | Jabalpur               | 99                               | 23                                  |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 55.      | Katni                  | 100                              | 41*                                 |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 56.      | Nagda                  | 82                               | 33                                  |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 57.      | Prithampur             | 62                               | 44*                                 |
| 11.       | Madhya               | 58.      | Sagar                  | 99                               | 25                                  |

| Sl. No.   | State / UT    |   Sl. No | City          |   Average No. of monitoring days | Annual average of PM2.5 in µg/m 3   |
|-----------|---------------|----------|---------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|           |               |       59 | Satna         |                               81 | 31                                  |
|           |               |       60 | Singrauli     |                               94 | 50*                                 |
|           |               |       61 | Ujjain        |                               66 | 37                                  |
| 12.       | Maharashtra   |       62 | Mumbai        |                               83 | 40                                  |
| 13.       |               |       63 | Angul         |                              100 | 45*                                 |
|           |               |       64 | Balasore      |                              103 | 45*                                 |
|           |               |       65 | Berhampur     |                              101 | 35                                  |
|           |               |       66 | Bhubneshwar   |                               51 | 36                                  |
|           |               |       67 | Cuttack       |                              103 | 43*                                 |
|           |               |       68 | Jharsuguda    |                               69 | 47*                                 |
|           |               |       69 | Kalinga Nagar |                               71 | 57*                                 |
|           | Odisha        |       70 | Konark        |                               69 | 36                                  |
|           |               |       71 | Paradeep      |                               86 | 40                                  |
|           |               |       72 | Puri          |                               26 | 25                                  |
|           |               |       73 | Rayagada      |                              105 | 34                                  |
|           |               |       74 | Rourkela      |                               67 | 42*                                 |
|           |               |       75 | Sambalpur     |                              107 | 46*                                 |
|           |               |       76 | Talcher       |                              100 | 45*                                 |
| 14.       |               |       77 | Chennai       |                               83 | 32                                  |
|           | Tamilnadu     |       78 | Coimbatore    |                               94 | 34                                  |
|           |               |       79 | Madurai       |                               38 | 30                                  |
| 15.       |               |       80 | Adilabad      |                               91 | 31                                  |
|           |               |       81 | Hyderabad     |                               85 | 54*                                 |
|           |               |       82 | Khammam       |                               27 | 27                                  |
|           | Telangana     |       83 | Nalgonda      |                               87 | 36                                  |
|           |               |       84 | Nizamabad     |                               86 | 29                                  |
|           |               |       85 | Patencheru    |                               68 | 31                                  |
|           |               |       86 | Sangareddy    |                               94 | 37                                  |
| 16.       | Tripura       |       87 | Agartala      |                               69 | 40                                  |
| 17.       | Uttar Pradesh |       88 | Agra          |                              106 | 124*                                |
|           |               |       89 | Lucknow       |                               74 | 102*                                |
| 18.       |               |       90 | Asansol       |                              104 | 67*                                 |
|           |               |       91 | Barrackpore   |                              104 | 44*                                 |
|           |               |       92 | Darjeeling    |                               54 | 21                                  |
|           |               |       93 | Durgapur      |                              103 | 69*                                 |
|           | West Bengal   |       94 | Haldia        |                              104 | 35                                  |
|           |               |       95 | Howrah        |                              104 | 64*                                 |
|           |               |       96 | Kalyani       |                              103 | 46*                                 |
|           |               |       97 | Kolkata       |                              105 | 71*                                 |
|           |               |       98 | Siliguri      |                              103 | 24                                  |

NB:No.  of  monitoring  days≥  50  have  been  considered  as  adequate.  '*'  cities  exceeding  NAAQS  w.r.t PM2.5, Alwar  in  Rajasthan  (Aravali  Hills),  Agra,  Firozabad,  Mathura  in  Uttar  Pradesh  (Taj-Trapezium), Dehradun  in  Uttarakhand  (Doon  valley)  are  cities  in  Ecologically  sensitive  area.  The  rest  fall  under Residential  / industrial / rural / other areas, NAAQS (annual): PM2.5=40 µg/m 3 , (Residential  / industrial / rural / other areas and Ecologically sensitive area)