Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Implementation of National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 763

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2018

## Implementation of National Clean Air Programme

## 763. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  implementing  or  proposes  to  implement  National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) at national level for reduction in air pollution  levels  at both regional and urban scales and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Union Government has invited comments  on NCAP  from  various stakeholders/States/UTs in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the response/comments received from various stakeholders/States/UTs in this regard along with the total cost for implementation of NCAP?

## 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. 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. 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  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) 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. The mechanism of consultation involves uploading the draft NCAP document on Ministry's website, sharing with major stakeholders viz.

State Government, Resident Commissioners, relevant Ministries, industry associations etc. and extensive  stakeholder  consultation  workshops.  In  addition  to  significant  inputs  from  State Governments,  various  international  best  practices  were  also  shared  by  international  experts during these consultation workshops which have also been taken into account for finalization of NCAP.

(c) The responses of the stakeholders mainly revolve around sectoral integration, mainstreaming of NCAP in existing policies of government of India including national action plan  on  climate  change,  some  additional  cities  in  the  list  of  non-attainment  cities,  target  for reduction, timelines, enforcement mechanism, mechanism for involvement of states and cities in implementation  etc.  The  total  budget  proposed  for  implementation  of  NCAP  for  the  financial year 2018-19 and 2019-20 is Rs.300 crore.

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