Lok Sabha Question No. 1749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Objective of NCAP
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Mahendra Singh Solanky

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1749

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## Objective of NCAP

## 1749.   SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

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

- (a) whether there is any National levelCommittee constituted under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to monitor the progress of NCAP's objectives;
- (b) if so, the details of meetings organized to review the progress against targets between January 2021-October 2022;
- (c) the  details  regarding  the  date,  agenda  and  action  items  of  the  last  meeting  of  this National Level Committee; and
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating to put details regarding functioning of the Committee in the public domain?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND

CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

## (a), (b), (c) & (d):

Under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), the following National Level Committees have been set up for coordination, monitoring and evaluation of progress of action plans by various stakeholders to improve air quality in 131 cities:

- (i) Apex Committee
- (ii) Steering Committee
- (iii) Monitoring Committee
- (iv) Implementation Committee

1 Apex Committee, 3 Steering Committee, 5 Monitoring Committee and 6 Implementation Committee  meetings  have  been  convened  during  the  period  of  January,  2021  -  October 2022.

Details of date, agenda, and action items of the last meetings of national level committees are attached as Annexure-I .

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  above-mentioned  Committees  are  made  available  in  public domain and accessible atPRANA portal:https://prana.cpcb.gov.in.

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Annexure I Details of date, agenda, and action items of the last meetings of national level committees constituted under NCAP

|   S. No. | Meetings                | Date                 | Agenda                                                 | Action Items                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | National Apex Committee | 17 th December, 2021 | Provide Overall guidance to implementatio n of NCAP    |  Review of utilization of funds under NCAP  Constitution of State Level Monitoring and Implementation Committee (SLMIC) by States/UTs having cities funded under XVth Finance Commission Million Plus City Challenge Fund  Review of proposal to DoE for recommending release of grants for cities under XVth Finance Commission grants for FY 2021-22.  Review of signing of MoUs between MoEF&CC, State Govt & ULBs as mandated under Operational Guidelines issued by Department of Expenditure.  Review of status of State Action Plans for improving air quality measures.  Review of action plans and progress reports on PRANA portal  Review of meetings conducted by State & City level committees. |
|        2 | Steering Committee      | 29 th July, 2022     | Monitoring of implementatio n of activities under NCAP |  Approval of fund allocation for 82 cities under NCAP for FY 2022-23  Review of guidelines for release and utilization of funds under NCAP for FY 2022-23.  Monitoring of utilization of funds released during FY 2021-22.  Review of organizing meetings of committees constituted at Central, State and City level for implementation of NCAP activities.  Review of preparation of State and City Action Plans  Review of uploading of progress reports on PRANA portal  Review of compilation of best practices.  Review of convergence resources from various Schemes including Nagar Van Yojana and Nagar Van Vatika scheme for greening of open spaces.                                              |
|        3 | Monitoring Committee    | 21 st &22 nd D, 2022 | Monitoring and review of implementatio                 | + 22 nd December, 2022 for 42 MPCs  Monitoring of physical and financing progress of activitiesundertaken by 42 cities as per the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

|    |                           |                     | n of activities under NCAP                            | city action plan identified under XVth Finance Commission grants and as well as resources from convergence of other schemes of Union & State Government  Review of preparation of action plan under SBM 2.0 to MoHUA, performance assessment report from State Level Monitoring and Implementation Committee (SLMICs), submission of Grant Transfer Certificate  Monitoring of activities funded through convergence of various schemes.  Monitoring of preparation and uploading of action plans by cities.  Monitoring of preparation of action plans for Hotspots identification, Public grievance portal and emergency response.  Review of functioning of AQMC, convening of State level and District levelMonitoring and Implementation Committee meetings. 21 st December, 2022 for 82 NACs  Monitoring of utilization of funds and implementation of activities under action plans.  Monitoring of preparation and implementation of annual action plans along with micro detailing, and uploading on PRANA Portal.  Monitoring of preparation and uploading of action plans by cities.  Monitoring of implementation of ranking of cities guidelines and uploading self-assessment report.  Monitoring of implementation of guidelines on Capacity Building and Public Outreach Programmes.  Monitoring of preparation of action plans for Hotspots identification, Public grievance portal and emergency response.  Review of functioning of AQMC, convening of State level and District level Monitoring and   |
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|  4 | Implementa tion Committee | 26 th October, 2022 | Monitoring of implementatio nof activities under NCAP | Implementation Committee meetings  Monitoring of utilization of funds by cities.  Monitoring of activities to be undertaken by various stakeholders under NCAP, viz. CPCB, SPCB, ULBs.  Strengthening of NCAP team at CPCB &SPCBs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |