Lok Sabha Question No. 4094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Assessment of Cities’ Performance
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4094

Answered on Monday the 28 th March, 2022/Chaitra 7, 1944(Saka)

## Assessment of Cities' Performance

## 4094.  DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the detailed criteria for assessing cities'  performance  under  the  15 th Finance Commission's grants on improving air quality;
- (b) the manner in which the selected cities have performed in this assessment each year since its inception;
- (c) the details of funds allocation for each of the selected cities each year since 2020; and
- (d) the  details  of  fund  utilization  for  each  of  the  selected    cities  each  year  since  2020 specifically the cities of  Gujarat?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE

## (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The 15 th Finance Commission has recommended that during the first year 2021-22 of the award period 2021-22 to 2025-26, the relative weightage for assessment of city performance on air quality will be based on four parameters as given below:
- (i)Strengthening of the pollution monitoring mechanism;
- (ii)Source-wise cause analysis for air pollution;
- (iii)Progress on action plans and compliance of statutory guidelines;
- (iv)Quantification of air quality improvement.

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After  2021-22,  for  all  the  remaining  four  years  of  the  award  period,  the entire weightage will be on the fourth parameter of quantification of improvement in air quality.  Quantification of improvement in air quality has two parts, namely, reduction in particulate matter (PM10) and increase in the good days according to improvement  in  the  air  quality  index  (AQI)  from  the  base  year  2019-20. Management of open waste burning and combustion at landfill sites will constitute an integral part of the air quality improvement index. The performance of the 42 Million-Plus  City/agglomeration  (Cities/UAs)  are  assessed  and  funds  awarded based on the parameters fixed by the 15 th Finance Commission in Annexure 7.8, 7.8 A and 7.8 B of Chapter -7, Volume-II of the Final Report.  15% and above reduction in the concentration of Particulate  Matter (PM10) and 15% increase in the good days according to improvement in the air quality index in a year over the base year  2019-20 makes  Cities/UAs entitled for the full grant and any decrease in  the  performance  factor  gets  reflected  in  the  fund  allocation  in  a  manner prescribed by the 15 th Finance Commission.

- (b) During the Interim Award year of 2020-21, 15 th Finance Commission recommended Ambient air quality grant was released to the States for air quality improvement  measures  including  capacity  building  in  the  recommended  42 Million Plus Cities/UAs as well as for meeting the additional needs of the State Pollution  Control  Boards  to  appropriately  assist  the  local  bodies  in  monitoring ambient air quality.  However, due to spread of COVID-19 Pandemic, activities envisioned  got  disrupted  and  subsequently  delayed.  Performance  Assessment  of the year 2020-21(extended upto 31 st August, 2021) has been completed for all the recommended  Cities/UAs.    Out  of  42  recommended  Cities/UAs,  24  Cities/UAs have  shown  performance  of  15%  and  above  over  the  base  year  or  are  equal  or below  the National Air quality Standards and have  secured full grant as recommended by the 15 th Finance Commission for the year 2021-22.  Remaining Cities/UAs  have achieved below 15% performance and secured less grants in the proportion as recommended by the 15 th Finance Commission.

(c)  to  (d)  15 th Finance  Commission  recommended  Ambient  air  quality  grant allocated  for the 42  Million Plus Cities/UAs for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 along  with  funds  utilized  on  release  upto  27-3-2022  to  all  these  Cities/UAs including to the Cities/UAs  of the State of Gujarat is given in the Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4094 for answer on 28.03.2022.

| FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   | FC-XV Recommended City-wise Ambient Air quality Grant for the years 2020-21 and 2021- 22.   |
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| State No. S.                                                                                | City No.                                                                                    |                                                                                             | Rs. in crore                                                                                | Rs. in crore                                                                                | Rs. in crore                                                                                | Rs. in crore                                                                                |
| State No. S.                                                                                | City No.                                                                                    |                                                                                             | Allocation                                                                                  | Released                                                                                    | Allocation                                                                                  | Released                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                           | City No.                                                                                    | States/ U.A Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 2020-21 135                                                                                 | 2020-21 135                                                                                 | 2021-22 68                                                                                  | 2021-22 58.75                                                                               |
|                                                                                             | 1                                                                                           | Vijayawada U.A                                                                              | 62                                                                                          | 62                                                                                          | 31                                                                                          | 31                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 2                                                                                           | Visakhapatnam                                                                               | 73                                                                                          | 73                                                                                          | 37                                                                                          | 27.75                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                       | 204                                                                                         | 204                                                                                         | 103                                                                                         | 77.25                                                                                       |
|                                                                                             | 3                                                                                           | Patna U.A.                                                                                  | 204                                                                                         | 204                                                                                         | 103                                                                                         | 77.25                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 107                                                                                         | 107                                                                                         | 54                                                                                          | 54                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 4                                                                                           | Durg Bhilainagar U.A.                                                                       | 52                                                                                          | 52                                                                                          | 26                                                                                          | 26                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 5                                                                                           | Raipur U.A.                                                                                 | 55                                                                                          | 55                                                                                          | 28                                                                                          | 28                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                                     | 405                                                                                         | 405                                                                                         | 204                                                                                         | 197.5                                                                                       |
|                                                                                             | 6                                                                                           | Ahmadabad U.A.                                                                              | 182                                                                                         | 182                                                                                         | 92                                                                                          | 92                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 7                                                                                           | Rajkot U.A.                                                                                 | 40                                                                                          | 40                                                                                          | 20                                                                                          | 20                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 8                                                                                           | Surat U.A.                                                                                  | 131                                                                                         | 131                                                                                         | 66                                                                                          | 66                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 9                                                                                           | Vadodara U.A.                                                                               | 52                                                                                          | 52                                                                                          | 26                                                                                          | 19.5                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Haryana                                                                                     | 48                                                                                          | 48                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          | 6.25                                                                                        |
|                                                                                             | 10                                                                                          | Faridabad                                                                                   | 48                                                                                          | 48                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          | 6.25                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                   | 159                                                                                         | 159                                                                                         | 80                                                                                          | 60.5                                                                                        |
|                                                                                             | 11                                                                                          | Dhanbad U.A.                                                                                | 52                                                                                          | 52                                                                                          | 26                                                                                          | 6.5                                                                                         |
|                                                                                             | 12                                                                                          | Jamshedpur U.A.                                                                             | 58                                                                                          | 58                                                                                          | 29                                                                                          | 29                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 13                                                                                          | Ranchi U.A.                                                                                 | 49                                                                                          | 49                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          | 25                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                   | 279                                                                                         | 279                                                                                         | 140                                                                                         | 140                                                                                         |
|                                                                                             | 14                                                                                          | Bruhat Bangalore U.A.                                                                       | 279                                                                                         | 279                                                                                         | 140                                                                                         | 140                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 299                                                                                         | 299                                                                                         | 151                                                                                         | 131.5                                                                                       |
|                                                                                             | 15                                                                                          | Bhopal U.A.                                                                                 | 88                                                                                          | 88                                                                                          | 44                                                                                          | 44                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 16                                                                                          | Gwalior U.A.                                                                                | 51                                                                                          | 51                                                                                          | 26                                                                                          | 6.5                                                                                         |
|                                                                                             | 17                                                                                          | Indore U.A.                                                                                 | 101                                                                                         | 101                                                                                         | 51                                                                                          | 51                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 18                                                                                          | Jabalpur U.A.                                                                               | 59                                                                                          | 59                                                                                          | 30                                                                                          | 30                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                           |                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                 | 793                                                                                         | 793                                                                                         | 400                                                                                         | 400                                                                                         |
|                                                                                             | 19                                                                                          | Aurangabad U.A.                                                                             | 32                                                                                          | 32                                                                                          | 16                                                                                          | 16                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 20                                                                                          | Greater Mumbai U.A.                                                                         | 488                                                                                         | 488                                                                                         | 246                                                                                         | 246                                                                                         |
|                                                                                             | 21                                                                                          | Nagpur U.A.                                                                                 | 66                                                                                          | 66                                                                                          | 33                                                                                          | 33                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 22                                                                                          | Nashik U.A.                                                                                 | 41                                                                                          | 41                                                                                          | 21                                                                                          | 21                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 23                                                                                          | Pune U.A.                                                                                   | 134                                                                                         | 134                                                                                         | 68                                                                                          | 68                                                                                          |
|                                                                                             | 24                                                                                          | Vasai-Virar City                                                                            | 32                                                                                          | 32                                                                                          | 16                                                                                          | 16                                                                                          |

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|              |             |                      | Rs. in crore       | Rs. in crore     | Rs. in crore       | Rs. in crore     |
|--------------|-------------|----------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| State S. No. | City S. No. | States/ U.A          | Allocation 2020-21 | Released 2020-21 | Allocation 2021-22 | Released 2021-22 |
| 10           |             | Punjab               | 90                 | 90               | 45                 | 33.75            |
|              | 25          | Amritsar U.A.        | 38                 | 38               | 19                 | 14.25            |
|              | 26          | Ludhiana             | 52                 | 52               | 26                 | 19.5             |
| 11           |             | Rajasthan            | 281                | 281              | 141                | 111              |
|              | 27          | Jodhpur U.A.         | 62                 | 62               | 31                 | 7.75             |
|              | 28          | Jaipur               | 165                | 165              | 83                 | 83               |
|              | 29          | Kota                 | 54                 | 54               | 27                 | 20.25            |
| 12           |             | Tamil Nadu           | 233                | 233              | 117                | 117              |
|              | 30          | Chennai U.A.         | 181                | 181              | 91                 | 91               |
|              | 31          | Madurai U.A.         | 31                 | 31               | 15                 | 15               |
|              | 32          | Tiruchirappalli U.A. | 21                 | 21               | 11                 | 11               |
| 13           |             | Telangana            | 234                | 234              | 118                | 118              |
|              | 33          | Hyderabad U.A.       | 234                | 234              | 118                | 118              |
| 14           |             | Uttar Pradesh        | 714                | 714              | 360                | 169.25           |
|              | 34          | Agra U.A.            | 90                 | 90               | 45                 | 11.25            |
|              | 35          | Allahabad U.A.       | 62                 | 62               | 31                 | 31               |
|              | 36          | Ghaziabad U.A.       | 121                | 121              | 61                 | 15.25            |
|              | 37          | Kanpur U.A.          | 148                | 148              | 75                 | 56.25            |
|              | 38          | Lucknow U.A.         | 148                | 148              | 75                 | 18.75            |
|              | 39          | Meerut U.A.          | 72                 | 72               | 36                 | 9                |
|              | 40          | Varanasi U.A.        | 73                 | 73               | 37                 | 27.75            |
| 15           |             | West Bengal          | 419                | 419              | 211                | 158.25           |
|              | 41          | Asansol U.A.         | 34                 | 34               | 17                 | 12.75            |
|              | 42          | Kolkata U.A.         | 385                | 385              | 194                | 145.5            |
|              |             | Total                | 4400               | 4400             | 2217               | 1833             |

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