Lok Sabha Question No. 3031 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Reports on Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh, Manoj Rajoria

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

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION N0. 3031

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## Reports on Pollution

## 3031.   SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

- (a) whether as per reports of the World Health Organisation and other agencies/organisations  several  Indian  cities  are  included  amongst  the  top  ten  most polluted cities on the basis of presence of particulate matter 2.5;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the roadmap proposed and special mechanism put in place to deal with the situation;
- (c) the amount that has been set aside to deal with the issue of air pollution since 2000; and
- (d) whether any credible study has been conducted to examine the causes of air pollution and recommend solutions and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b) The government is aware that several private institution and universities, while adapting different methodologies, different data set and giving different weightages to the  parameters  are  ranking  the  countries.    The  data  used  for  ranking  is  extracted primarily from satellite imageries, which are not validated by proper ground truthing. Further, the methodology for ranking needs to be peer reviewed.

On the analysis of last five-year ambient air quality data (2014-2018), across the country, it is observed that most of the cities were within the National Standards with respect to parameters of SO2 and NO2. With respect to PM10 and PM2.5, 18 and 12 cities respectively showed decreasing trend. In reference to Delhi, there has been an overall improvement in air quality of Delhi in 2019 as compared to that of 2016. The number of 'Good to 'Moderate' days has increased to 175 in 2019 as compared to 108 in 2016.

Further,  the  Central  Government  launched  National  Clean  Air  Programme (NCAP) as a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20 % to 30 % reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as the base year  for  the  comparison  of  concentration.  Under  NCAP,  102  non-attainment  cities have been identified based on ambient air quality data for the period 2011 - 2015 and WHO  report  2014/2018.  The  city  specific  Action  Plans  have  been  prepared  and approved for ground implementation for all 102 non-attainment cities.

- (c) State-wise details of funds released to various Agencies since last ten years for ambient  air  quality  monitoring  under  National  Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme (NAMP) is given at Annexure-I.
- (d) Several  studies  have  been  conducted  to  identify  major  air  pollution  sources and their contributions to ambient air pollution levels in the country and it reveals that Transport, Industries, Agriculture Burning, Residential, Dust [Soil, Road & Construction], etc. are the main contributors to PM10 andPM2.5 concentrations.

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## Annexure-I

| S l N o .   | 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.)   | 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.)   | 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.)   |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S l N o .   | Name of Monitoring Agency                    | 2008- 09                                                                                             | 2009- 10                                                                                             | 2010- 11                                                                                             | 2011- 12                                                                                             | 2012- 13                                                                                             | 2013- 14                                                                                             | 2014- 15                                                                                             | 2015- 16                                                                                             | 2016- 17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                                              |
| 1.          | Andaman & Nicobar SPCB                       | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 1046 000                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh SPCB                          | 9335 917                                                                                             | 4158 333                                                                                             | 3862 500                                                                                             | 27100 00                                                                                             | 9365 000                                                                                             | 84500 00                                                                                             | 7666 250                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 275555 00                                                                                            | -                                                                                                    |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh SPCB                       | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    |                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 410933 4                                                                                             | 147200 0                                                                                             |
| 4.          | Assam SPCB                                   | 7186 667                                                                                             | 3577 500                                                                                             | 9945 833                                                                                             | 11608 333                                                                                            | 2920 000                                                                                             | 86900 00                                                                                             | 7842 500                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 359120 00                                                                                            | 177626 67                                                                                            |
| 5.          | Bihar SPCB                                   | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 7366 67                                                                                              | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 221666 5                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    |
| 6.          | Chandigarh PCC                               | 1117 500                                                                                             | 1988 000                                                                                             |                                                                                                      | 45941 67                                                                                             | 2483 33                                                                                              | 19866 67                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 41138 33                                                                                             | 325333 3                                                                                             | 195200 0                                                                                             |
| 7.          | Chattisgarh ECB                              | 6825 00                                                                                              | -                                                                                                    | 1586 250                                                                                             | 22250 00                                                                                             | 1373 750                                                                                             |                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                    | 152625 0                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | 446533 3                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    |
| 8.          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli PCC and Daman & Diu PCC | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 349233 3                                                                                             | 346133 3                                                                                             |
| 9.          | Gujarat SPCB                                 | 2110 000                                                                                             | 3412 500                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | 43875 00                                                                                             | 8050 00                                                                                              | 38095 83                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    |
| 10.         | Goa SPCB                                     | 1065 833                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | 3225 000                                                                                             | 76475 00                                                                                             | 9248 000                                                                                             | 88825 00                                                                                             | 7125 000                                                                                             | 778933 3                                                                                             | -                                                                                                    | 244106 67                                                                                            | -                                                                                                    |
| 11.         | Haryana SPCB                                 | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | 1180 2000                                                                                            | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                    |

|   12. | Himachal Pradesh SEP & PCB   | 3573 611   | 3404 167   | 4932 500   | 58133 33   | 3480 000   | 55783 33   | -        | 101283 33   | -         | 293093 34   | 139333 34   |
|-------|------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
|    13 | Jammu & Kashmir SPCB         | -          | -          | -          | 14625 00   | -          | -          | -        | -           | -         | 452800 0    | 193600 0    |
|    14 | Jharkhand SPCB               | 1185 833   | -          | -          | 52916 67   | 1960 000   | -          | -        | -           | -         | 148931 67   | -           |
|    15 | Karnataka SPCB               | 1625 417   | 3565 333   | 2237 667   | 40958 34   | 2867 500   | -          | 3541 67  | 674958 3    | -         | 211346 67   | -           |
|    16 | Kerala SPCB                  | 1922 916   | 3056 250   | 2712 916   | 72866 66   | 3808 333   | -          | 6474 167 | -           | -         | 223200 00   | -           |
|    17 | Lakshdweep PCC               | -          | -          | 7010 00    | -          | -          | -          | -        | -           | -         | -           | -           |
|    18 | Madhya Pradesh SPCB          | 2155 695   | 3072 500   | 3218 389   | 36800 00   | 5153 583   | -          | -        | -           | 79844 17  | 135666 66   | 115773 33   |
|    19 | Maharashtra SPCB             | 5132 583   | 6986 917   | 9185 000   | 57729 17   | 9428 750   | 74670 83   | -        | -           | 16316 919 | 305440 01   | 112706 67   |
|    20 | Meghalaya SPCB               | 8976 67    | 5860 00    | 1984 500   | 30825 00   | 2496 667   | 22975 00   | -        | 784583 3    | -         | 144853 33   | 354133 3    |
|    21 | Manipur SPCB                 | -          | -          |            | -          | -          | -          | -        | -           | -         | -           | -           |
|    22 | Mizoram SPCB                 | 8100 00    | -          | 4404 000   | 94500 0    | 4725 00    | 59316 67   | 1765 000 | 541333 3    | 42533 33  | 734666 7    | 464000 0    |
|    23 | Nagaland SPCB                | 6233 34    | 2833 33    | 2466 348   | 15866 67   | 7933 33    | 13600 00   | 9066 67  | -           | 36586 67  | 306133 3    | 134400 0    |
|    24 | Odisha SPCB                  | 1867 084   | 5230 000   | 3102 083   | 41200 00   | 3956 417   | -          | 5734 583 | -           | 58725 00  | 170800 01   | -           |
|    25 | Punjab SPCB                  | 5860 00    | -          |            | 12179 583  | -          | -          | 7795 417 | -           | -         | 203610 83   | 456533 3    |
|    26 | Puducherry                   | 4050 00    | -          | 1260 000   | 11700 00   | 1266 000   | -          | -        | -           | 51103 33  | 343200 0    | 211200 0    |
|    27 | Rajasthan SPCB               | 2510 000   | -          | 3543 750   | 26212 50   | 4788 750   | -          | -        | 421875 0    | -         | 134346 67   | -           |

| 28.   | Sikkim SPCB        | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 2689 000                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 614933 4                                                                                                                            | 757866 7                                                                                                                            |
|-------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 29.   | Tamil Nadu SPCB    | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 4903 750                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 5327 000                                                                                                                            | 43991 66                                                                                                                            | 2358 333                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 168133 33                                                                                                                           | 754933 3                                                                                                                            |
| 30.   | Telangana SPCB     | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 179850 00                                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                                                   |
| 31.   | Tripura SPCB       | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 896000                                                                                                                              | 597333                                                                                                                              |
| 32.   | Uttar Pradesh SPCB | 9416 445                                                                                                                            | 3309 583                                                                                                                            | 6855 417                                                                                                                            | 31595 83                                                                                                                            | 4150 000                                                                                                                            | 95866 67                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 726333 3                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 313906 67                                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                                                   |
| 33.   | Uttarakhand EP&PCB | 3683 33                                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 43066 67                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 36943 34                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 408583 3                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 145440 00                                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                                                   |
| 34.   | West Bengal SPCB   | 1960 416                                                                                                                            | 4069 000                                                                                                                            | 7243 750                                                                                                                            | 58737 50                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 194399 17                                                                                                                           | -                                                                                                                                   |
| 35.   | NEERI              | -                                                                                                                                   | 9534 300                                                                                                                            | 2673 000                                                                                                                            | 26730 00                                                                                                                            | 4860 000                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | 7047 000                                                                                                                            | 136120 00                                                                                                                           | 22288 000                                                                                                                           | 216000 00                                                                                                                           | 140400 00                                                                                                                           |
| 36.   | IIT Kanpur         | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | --                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                   | 4583 66                                                                                                                             | 45000 0                                                                                                                             | 3709 378                                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                   | 804017 7                                                                                                                            | 194192 0                                                                                                                            |
|       | Total              | 5653 8751                                                                                                                           | 5623 3716                                                                                                                           | 9631 7320                                                                                                                           | 10829 3417                                                                                                                          | 7922 7282                                                                                                                           | 72583 5000                                                                                                                          | 5877 8462                                                                                                                           | 6,86,32, 581                                                                                                                        | 6,95,9 8,002                                                                                                                        | 45,77,7 0,512                                                                                                                       | 11,12,7 5,253                                                                                                                       |
|       | Grand total        | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). | Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and forty eight rupees only). |