Lok Sabha Question No. 5203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Emission Inventory Report
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5203

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Emission Inventory Report

## 5203.  SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has details on the development of an Emission Inventory Report of  the  Non-Attainment  Cities  to  quantify  the  level  or  the  nature  of  pollutants discharged into the city's atmosphere;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Ministry is also planning to undertake an assessment study on carrying capacity to address the issue relating to number of people permitted in an area without the risk of degrading the environment there; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

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

Emission  Inventory  Report  for  34  non-attainment  Cities  have  been  prepared  and concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB)/Pollution Control Committees (PCC) have been directed to carry out Emission Inventory Studies in all non-attainment Cities. State-wise details of Cities who have prepared Emission Inventory Report are placed at Annexure-I .

Updated conceptual guidelines and Common Methodology for Air Quality Monitoring, Emission Inventory and Source Apportionment Studies for Indian Cities, and Methodology for Assessment of Carrying Capacity-Air, have been prepared and shared with State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees for enabling SPCB/PCCs to carrying out such studies.

25 non-attainment Cities have been directed to carryout Carrying Capacity and Source Apportionment Studies. Details of the said Cities are placed at Annexure-II .  Carrying Capacity Study has been conducted for Delhi and NCR.

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Annexure-I Status of Emission Inventory completed in non-attainment/million plus cities in India

| State            |   S.No. | City             |
|------------------|---------|------------------|
| Maharashtra      |       1 | Pune             |
| Maharashtra      |       2 | Mumbai           |
| Maharashtra      |       3 | Solapur          |
| Maharashtra      |       4 | Nashik           |
| Maharashtra      |       5 | Navi Mumbai      |
| Maharashtra      |       6 | Amravati         |
| Maharashtra      |       7 | Kolhapur         |
| Maharashtra      |       8 | Aurangabad       |
| Bihar            |       9 | Gaya             |
| Bihar            |      10 | Patna            |
| Bihar            |      11 | Muzaffarpur      |
| Delhi            |      12 | Delhi            |
|                  |      13 | Surat            |
| Gujarat          |      14 | Ahmedabad        |
| Jharkhand        |      15 | Dhanbad          |
| Rajasthan        |      16 | Jaipur           |
| Uttar Pradesh    |      17 | Agra             |
| Uttar Pradesh    |      18 | Kanpur           |
|                  |      19 | Kolkata          |
| West Bengal      |      20 | Howrah           |
| Karnataka        |      21 | Bangalore        |
| Punjab           |      22 | Mandi Gobindgarh |
| Punjab           |      23 | Khanna           |
| Punjab           |      24 | Patiala          |
| Punjab           |      25 | Dera Baba Nanak  |
| Punjab           |      26 | Ludhaina         |
| Punjab           |      27 | Jalandhar        |
|                  |      28 | Baddi            |
| Himachal Pradesh |      29 | Damtal           |
| Himachal Pradesh |      30 | Kala Amb         |
| Himachal Pradesh |      31 | Nalagarh         |
| Himachal Pradesh |      32 | Paonta Sahib     |
| Himachal Pradesh |      33 | Parwanoo         |
| Himachal Pradesh |      34 | Sunder Nagar     |

Annexure I  I Details of non-attainment Cities which have been directed to conduct Carrying Capacity Study

|   S.No. | State            |   S.No | Cities        |
|---------|------------------|--------|---------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   |      1 | Visakhapatnam |
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   |      2 | Rajahmundry   |
|       2 | Assam            |      3 | Gowahati      |
|       3 | Bihar            |      4 | Patna         |
|       4 | Chandigarh       |      5 | Chandigarh    |
|       5 | Gujarat          |      6 | Vadodara      |
|       6 | Himachal Pradesh |      7 | Baddi         |
|       7 | Jharkhand        |      8 | Dhanbad       |
|       8 | Karnataka        |      9 | HubliDharwad  |
|       9 | Madhya Pradesh   |     10 | Ujjain        |
|      10 | Maharashtra      |     11 | Mumbai        |
|      10 | Maharashtra      |     12 | Pune          |
|      11 | Meghalaya        |     13 | Byrnihat      |
|      12 | Nagaland         |     14 | Kohima        |
|      13 | Odisha           |     15 | Bhubaneswar   |
|      13 | Odisha           |     16 | Balasore      |
|      14 | Rajasthan        |     17 | Kota          |
|      15 | Tamilnadu        |     18 | Thoothukudi   |
|      16 | Telengana        |     19 | Nalgonda      |
|      17 | UttarPradesh     |     20 | Noida         |
|      17 | UttarPradesh     |     21 | Moradabad     |
|      17 | UttarPradesh     |     22 | Bareilly      |
|      18 | Uttarakhand      |     23 | Dehradun      |
|      19 | WestBengal       |     24 | Kolkata       |
|      19 | WestBengal       |     25 | Howrah        |