Lok Sabha Question No. 1170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ravneet Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1170

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## National Clean Air Programme

## 1170.   SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU: SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has announced a number of projects for the improvement of air quality in the country and if so, the details thereof and the progress achieved in the implementation of these projects, State/ UT-wise and city-wise including Ludhiana in Punjab;
- (b) the  details  of  the  non-attainment  cities  under  the  National  Clean  Air  Programme (NCAP), State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is taking any measures to ensure the implementation of the air quality improvement projects by all the cities in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the detail of action taken for strict control of air quality management in the country;
- (e) the detail of suggestion given by the commission for Air Quality Management (caqm) to reduce pollution in the country therefor; and
- (f) whether India ranks third in the world in respect to the death due to air pollution and if so, the action taken thereon and time-bound target to improve the air quality in the country in post-covid era?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f)

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched National Clean Air  Programme  (NCAP)  in  January  2019  to  tackle  the  problem  of  air  pollution  in  a comprehensive  manner with  targets  to  achieve  20  to  30  %  reduction  in  PM10  and  PM2.5 concentrations  by  2024.132  non-attainments  (NACs)  and  million  plus  cities  including Ludhiana in Punjab are identified and details are given at Annexure I

City  Specific  Clean  Air  Action  Plans  have  been  prepared  and  rolled  out  for implementation in 132 non-attainments and million plus cities. The city specific Action Plans have  been  prepared  which  inter-alia  include  measures  for  reducing  vehicular/industrial emissions, reducing stubble/bio-mass burning, Solid waste management, construction &demolition waste management, strengthening the monitoring network and increasing public awareness. The details of action plansare available at https://cpcb.nic.in/approved-city-actionplans.

Under NCAP  Centre level Steering Committee, Monitoring Committee and Implementation Committee has been constituted and periodic review of the implementation progress  is  conducted.  Also  a  State  Level  Steering  Committee  and  Monitoring  Committee Chaired  by  Chief  Secretary  and  Principal  Secretary,  Environment  Department  respectively and  City/  District  level  Implementation  Committee  chaired  by  Municipal  Commissioner/ District Magistrate is constituted and periodically review the status of progress of implementation of actions under NCAP.  Improvement in air quality is assessed in reference to the base line value defined for the year 2019-20 and achieved values in 2020-21. The detail of comparison values is attached as Annexure - II . Government has taken several steps for mitigation of air pollution and the details are enclosed Annexure-III .

There  is  no  conclusive  data  available  to  establish  a  direct  correlation  of  death/disease exclusively with air pollution. Air pollution is one of the many factors affecting respiratory ailments and associated diseases. Health is impacted by a number of factors which includes food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc., of the individuals apart from the environment.

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## List of 132 Non-Attainment and Million Plus Cities

| State               |   S.No. | City           |
|---------------------|---------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       1 | Guntur         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       2 | Kurnool        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       3 | Nellore        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       4 | Vijayawada     |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       5 | Vishakhapatnam |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       6 | Anantapur      |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       7 | Chitoor        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       8 | Eluru          |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       9 | Kadapa         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |      10 | Ongole         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |      11 | Rajahmundry    |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |      12 | Srikakulam     |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |      13 | Vizianagaram   |
| Assam (05)          |      14 | Guwahati       |
| Assam (05)          |      15 | Nagaon         |
| Assam (05)          |      16 | Nalbari        |
| Assam (05)          |      17 | Sibsagar       |
| Assam (05)          |      18 | Silchar        |
| Bihar (03)          |      19 | Patna          |
| Bihar (03)          |      20 | Gaya           |
| Bihar (03)          |      21 | Muzaffarpur    |
| Chandigarh (01)     |      22 | Chandigarh     |
| Chhattisgarh (03)   |      23 | Bhilai         |
| Chhattisgarh (03)   |      24 | Korba          |
| Chhattisgarh (03)   |      25 | Raipur         |
| Delhi (01)          |      26 | Delhi          |
| Gujarat (03)        |      27 | Surat          |
| Gujarat (03)        |      28 | Ahmedabad      |
| Gujarat (03)        |      29 | Vadodara       |
| Gujarat (03)        |      30 | Baddi          |
| Gujarat (03)        |      31 | Damtal         |
| Gujarat (03)        |      32 | Kala Amb       |
| Himachal Pradesh    |      33 | Nalagarh       |
| Gujarat (03)        |      34 | Paonta Sahib   |
| Gujarat (03)        |      35 | Parwanoo       |
| Gujarat (03)        |      36 | Sunder Nagar   |
| Jammu &Kashmir (2)  |      37 | Jammu          |
| Jammu &Kashmir (2)  |      38 | Srinagar       |
| Jharkhand (01)      |      39 | Dhanbad        |
| Karnataka (04)      |      40 | Bangalore      |
| Karnataka (04)      |      41 | Devanagere     |

| State               | S.No.   | City          |
|---------------------|---------|---------------|
|                     | 43.     | Hubli-Dharwad |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 44.     | Bhopal        |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 45.     | Dewas         |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 46.     | Indore        |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 47.     | Sagar         |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 48.     | Ujjain        |
| Madhya Pradesh (06) | 49.     | Gwalior       |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 50.     | Akola         |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 51.     | Amravati      |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 52.     | Aurangabad    |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 53.     | Badlapur      |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 54.     | Chandrapur    |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 55.     | Jalgaon       |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 56.     | Jalna         |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 57.     | Kolhapur      |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 58.     | Latur         |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 59.     | Mumbai        |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 60.     | Nagpur        |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 61.     | Nashik        |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 62.     | Navi Mumbai   |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 63.     | Pune          |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 64.     | Sangli        |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 65.     | Solapur       |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 66.     | Ulhasnagar    |
| Maharashtra (18)    | 67.     | Thane         |
| Meghalaya (01)      | 68.     | Byrnihat      |
| Nagaland (02)       | 69.     | Dimapur       |
| Orissa (07)         | 70.     | Kohima        |
|                     | 71.     | Angul         |
|                     | 72.     | Balasore      |
|                     | 73.     | Bhubaneswar   |
|                     | 74.     | Cuttack       |
|                     | 75.     | Rourkela      |
|                     | 76.     | Talcher       |
| Punjab (09)         | 78.     | DeraBassi     |
| Punjab (09)         | 79.     | Gobindgarh    |
| Punjab (09)         | 80.     | Jalandhar     |
| Punjab (09)         | 81.     | Khanna        |
| Punjab (09)         | 82.     | Ludhiana      |
| Punjab (09)         |         |               |

| State              |   S.No. | City                |
|--------------------|---------|---------------------|
|                    |      83 | NayaNangal          |
|                    |      84 | Pathankot/Dera Baba |
|                    |      85 | Patiala             |
|                    |      86 | Amritsar            |
|                    |      87 | Alwar               |
|                    |      88 | Jaipur              |
| Rajasthan (05)     |      89 | Jodhpur             |
|                    |      90 | Kota                |
|                    |      91 | Udaipur             |
|                    |      92 | Thoothukudi         |
| Tamilnadu(03)      |      93 | Trichy              |
|                    |      94 | Madurai             |
|                    |      95 | Hyderabad           |
|                    |      96 | Nalgonda            |
| Telangana (04)     |      97 | Patancheruvu        |
|                    |      98 | Sangareddy          |
|                    |      99 | Agra                |
|                    |     100 | Allahabad           |
|                    |     101 | Anpara              |
|                    |     102 | Bareily             |
|                    |     103 | Firozabad           |
|                    |     104 | Gajraula            |
|                    |     105 | Ghaziabad           |
|                    |     106 | Jhansi              |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |     107 | Kanpur              |
|                    |     108 | Khurja              |
|                    |     109 | Lucknow             |
|                    |     110 | Moradabad           |
|                    |     111 | Noida               |
|                    |     112 | Raebareli           |
|                    |     113 | Varanasi            |
|                    |     114 | Gorakhpur           |
|                    |     115 | Kashipur            |
| Uttarakhand(03)    |     116 | Rishikesh           |
|                    |     117 | Dehradun            |
|                    |     118 | Kolkata             |
| West Bengal (07)   |     119 | Asansol             |
|                    |     120 | Barrackpore         |
|                    |     121 | Durgapur            |
|                    |     122 | Haldia              |

| State                                                                                     | S.No.                                                                                     | City                                                                                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                           | 123.                                                                                      | Howrah                                                                                    |
|                                                                                           | 124.                                                                                      | Raniganj                                                                                  |
| Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Financial commission | Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Financial commission | Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Financial commission |
| Gujarat (1)                                                                               | 125.                                                                                      | Rajkot                                                                                    |
| Haryana (1)                                                                               | 126.                                                                                      | Faridabad                                                                                 |
| Jharkhand (2)                                                                             | 127.                                                                                      | Jamshedpur                                                                                |
|                                                                                           | 128.                                                                                      | Ranchi                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh (1)                                                                        | 129.                                                                                      | Jabalpur                                                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh (1)                                                                         | 130.                                                                                      | Meerut                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra (1)                                                                           | 131.                                                                                      | Vasai-Virar                                                                               |
| Tamilnadu (1)                                                                             | 132.                                                                                      | Chennai                                                                                   |

## Comparison for Air Quality Improvement in reference to Baseline 2019-20 and achieved in 2020-21

| S. No.   | recommendations for Cities   | Improvement of Air Quality PM 10 Concentration (µg/m Annual Average   | Improvement of Air Quality PM 10 Concentration (µg/m Annual Average   |
|----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | recommendations for Cities   | 2019-20                                                               | 2020-21                                                               |
| 1        | Chennai                      | 56                                                                    | 55                                                                    |
| 2        | Trichy*                      | 60                                                                    | 43 ^                                                                  |
| 3        | Raipur*                      | 61 ^                                                                  | 50                                                                    |
| 4        | Nashik                       | 63                                                                    | 56                                                                    |
| 5        | Vijayawada                   | 63                                                                    | 56                                                                    |
| 6        | Madurai*                     | 68                                                                    | 58 ^                                                                  |
| 7        | Bengaluru                    | 71                                                                    | 59                                                                    |
| 8        | Durg Bhilainagar*            | 73 ^                                                                  | 59                                                                    |
| 9        | Aurangabad                   | 76                                                                    | 64                                                                    |
| 10       | Nagpur                       | 78                                                                    | 66                                                                    |
| 11       | Pune                         | 79                                                                    | 64                                                                    |
| 12       | Hyderabad                    | 86                                                                    | 88                                                                    |
| 13       | Indore                       | 86                                                                    | 92                                                                    |
| 14       | Visakhapatnam                | 93                                                                    | 96                                                                    |
| 15       | Kolkata                      | 96                                                                    | 95                                                                    |
| 16       | Jabalpur                     | 98                                                                    | 100                                                                   |
| 17       | Kota                         | 100                                                                   | 96                                                                    |
| 18       | Amritsar                     | 102                                                                   | 106                                                                   |
| 19       | Mumbai                       | 103                                                                   | 96                                                                    |
| 20       | Vadodara*                    | 107 ^                                                                 | 96                                                                    |
| 21       | Surat*                       | 107 ^                                                                 | 96                                                                    |
| 22       | Ranchi*                      | 109 ^                                                                 | 105                                                                   |
| 23       | Ludhiana                     | 111                                                                   | 121                                                                   |
| 24       | Ahmedabad                    | 113                                                                   | 116                                                                   |
| 25       | Rajkot*                      | 114 ^                                                                 | 95                                                                    |
| 26       | Vasai virar #                | 119 ^                                                                 | 85 ^                                                                  |
| 27       | Asansol                      | 120                                                                   | 107                                                                   |
| 28       | Jaipur                       | 122                                                                   | 109                                                                   |
| 29       | Gwalior                      | 135                                                                   | 120                                                                   |
| 30       | Jamshedpur                   | 138                                                                   | 102                                                                   |
| 31       | Bhopal                       | 138                                                                   | 109                                                                   |
| 32       | Agra                         | 152                                                                   | 158                                                                   |
| 33       | Jodhpur                      | 159                                                                   | 148                                                                   |
| 34       | Patna                        | 161                                                                   | 137                                                                   |

| Table 1: 42 Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration identified under XV-FC recommendations for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 1: 42 Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration identified under XV-FC recommendations for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 1: 42 Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration identified under XV-FC recommendations for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 1: 42 Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration identified under XV-FC recommendations for Improvement of Air Quality   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                       | Cities                                                                                                                       | PM 10 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) - Annual Average                                                                               | PM 10 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) - Annual Average                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                              | 2019-20                                                                                                                      | 2020-21                                                                                                                      |
| 36                                                                                                                           | Kanpur                                                                                                                       | 196                                                                                                                          | 158                                                                                                                          |
| 37                                                                                                                           | Meerut                                                                                                                       | 206                                                                                                                          | 194                                                                                                                          |
| 38                                                                                                                           | Dhanbad                                                                                                                      | 212                                                                                                                          | 197                                                                                                                          |
| 39                                                                                                                           | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                    | 213                                                                                                                          | 212                                                                                                                          |
| 40                                                                                                                           | Lucknow                                                                                                                      | 215                                                                                                                          | 198                                                                                                                          |
| 41                                                                                                                           | Allahabad                                                                                                                    | 226                                                                                                                          | 174                                                                                                                          |
| 42                                                                                                                           | Faridabad                                                                                                                    | 217                                                                                                                          | 216                                                                                                                          |

| Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/                                                                                                                 | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         |
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/                                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                     | Gorakhpur                                                                                                             | 280                                                                                                                   | 167                                                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                                                     | Moradabad                                                                                                             | 247                                                                                                                   | 202                                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                                     | Khurja                                                                                                                | 236                                                                                                                   | 175                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                     | Gajraula                                                                                                              | 211                                                                                                                   | 152                                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                                     | Firozabad                                                                                                             | 205                                                                                                                   | 191                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                     | Noida                                                                                                                 | 203                                                                                                                   | 188                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                     | Bareily                                                                                                               | 178                                                                                                                   | 166                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                     | Delhi                                                                                                                 | 178                                                                                                                   | 182                                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                                     | Anpara                                                                                                                | 171                                                                                                                   | 149                                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                                                                                    | Dehradun                                                                                                              | 166                                                                                                                   | 134                                                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                                                    | Raebareli                                                                                                             | 152                                                                                                                   | 98                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                    | Jammu                                                                                                                 | 146                                                                                                                   | 180                                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                                    | Rishikesh                                                                                                             | 135                                                                                                                   | 76                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                    | Baddi                                                                                                                 | 133                                                                                                                   | 122                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                    | Udaipur                                                                                                               | 130                                                                                                                   | 109                                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                                    | Durgapur                                                                                                              | 129                                                                                                                   | 101                                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                                    | Gobindgarh                                                                                                            | 127                                                                                                                   | 125                                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                                    | Kashipur                                                                                                              | 126                                                                                                                   | 118                                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                                                    | Alwar                                                                                                                 | 125                                                                                                                   | 107                                                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                                                    | Muzaffarpur $                                                                                                         | 134^                                                                                                                  | 159^                                                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                                                    | Srinagar                                                                                                              | 122                                                                                                                   | 144                                                                                                                   |
| 22                                                                                                                    | Jalandhar                                                                                                             | 118                                                                                                                   | 139                                                                                                                   |

| Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/ Town                                                                                                            | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         |
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/ Town                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                    | Nalagarh                                                                                                              | 115                                                                                                                   | 87                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                    | Rourkela                                                                                                              | 110                                                                                                                   | 92                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                    | Talcher                                                                                                               | 107                                                                                                                   | 94                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                    | Khanna                                                                                                                | 106                                                                                                                   | 95                                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                                    | Guwahati                                                                                                              | 106                                                                                                                   | 103                                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                                    | Kalinga Nagar*                                                                                                        | 96^                                                                                                                   | 106                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                    | Jhansi                                                                                                                | 102                                                                                                                   | 93                                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                                    | Cuttack                                                                                                               | 102                                                                                                                   | 83                                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                                    | NayaNangal                                                                                                            | 99                                                                                                                    | 93                                                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                                                    | DeraBassi                                                                                                             | 99                                                                                                                    | 105                                                                                                                   |
| 33                                                                                                                    | Patiala                                                                                                               | 98                                                                                                                    | 95                                                                                                                    |
| 34                                                                                                                    | Byrnihat                                                                                                              | 98                                                                                                                    | 125                                                                                                                   |
| 35                                                                                                                    | Bhubaneswar                                                                                                           | 98                                                                                                                    | 81                                                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                                                    | Jalna                                                                                                                 | 95                                                                                                                    | 90                                                                                                                    |
| 37                                                                                                                    | Angul                                                                                                                 | 95                                                                                                                    | 89                                                                                                                    |
| 38                                                                                                                    | Chandrapur                                                                                                            | 90                                                                                                                    | 97                                                                                                                    |
| 39                                                                                                                    | Kolhapur                                                                                                              | 90                                                                                                                    | 77                                                                                                                    |
| 40                                                                                                                    | Dewas                                                                                                                 | 89                                                                                                                    | 91                                                                                                                    |
| 41                                                                                                                    | Ujjain                                                                                                                | 88                                                                                                                    | 100                                                                                                                   |
| 42                                                                                                                    | Amravati*                                                                                                             | 91^                                                                                                                   | 57                                                                                                                    |
| 43                                                                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                                                            | 88                                                                                                                    | 86                                                                                                                    |
| 44                                                                                                                    | Nagaon                                                                                                                | 88                                                                                                                    | 89                                                                                                                    |
| 45                                                                                                                    | Solapur                                                                                                               | 86                                                                                                                    | 73                                                                                                                    |
| 46                                                                                                                    | Balasore                                                                                                              | 86                                                                                                                    | 79                                                                                                                    |
| 47                                                                                                                    | Sangareddy                                                                                                            | 85                                                                                                                    | 76                                                                                                                    |
| 48                                                                                                                    | Thoothukudi*                                                                                                          | 84                                                                                                                    | 88^                                                                                                                   |
| 49                                                                                                                    | Dimapur                                                                                                               | 83                                                                                                                    | 80                                                                                                                    |
| 50                                                                                                                    | Gulburga                                                                                                              | 82                                                                                                                    | 82                                                                                                                    |
| 51                                                                                                                    | Latur                                                                                                                 | 82                                                                                                                    | 54                                                                                                                    |
| 52                                                                                                                    | Kohima                                                                                                                | 80                                                                                                                    | 83                                                                                                                    |
| 53                                                                                                                    | Gaya                                                                                                                  | 79                                                                                                                    | 69                                                                                                                    |
| 54                                                                                                                    | Paonta Sahib                                                                                                          | 78                                                                                                                    | 77                                                                                                                    |
| 55                                                                                                                    | Hubli-Dharwad                                                                                                         | 76                                                                                                                    | 64                                                                                                                    |
| 56                                                                                                                    | Nalbari                                                                                                               | 75                                                                                                                    | 52                                                                                                                    |
| 57                                                                                                                    | Sagar                                                                                                                 | 72                                                                                                                    | 62                                                                                                                    |
| 58                                                                                                                    | Haldia                                                                                                                | 71                                                                                                                    | 94                                                                                                                    |
| 59                                                                                                                    | Pathankot/Dera Baba $                                                                                                 | 69^                                                                                                                   | 66^                                                                                                                   |

| Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   | Table 2: 82 Non-Attainment Cities being funded under Nation Clean Air Program (NCAP) for Improvement of Air Quality   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/                                                                                                                 | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )                                                                                         |
| S. No.                                                                                                                | City/                                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                               |
| 60                                                                                                                    | Sunder Nagar                                                                                                          | 68                                                                                                                    | 60                                                                                                                    |
| 61                                                                                                                    | Vizianagaram                                                                                                          | 67                                                                                                                    | 62                                                                                                                    |
| 62                                                                                                                    | Akola                                                                                                                 | 67                                                                                                                    | 54                                                                                                                    |
| 63                                                                                                                    | Sangli                                                                                                                | 67                                                                                                                    | 68                                                                                                                    |
| 64                                                                                                                    | Nellore                                                                                                               | 67                                                                                                                    | 57                                                                                                                    |
| 65                                                                                                                    | Srikakulam                                                                                                            | 65                                                                                                                    | 64                                                                                                                    |
| 66                                                                                                                    | Eluru                                                                                                                 | 64                                                                                                                    | 58                                                                                                                    |
| 67                                                                                                                    | Devanagere                                                                                                            | 63                                                                                                                    | 66                                                                                                                    |
| 68                                                                                                                    | Ongole                                                                                                                | 60                                                                                                                    | 49                                                                                                                    |
| 69                                                                                                                    | Anantapur                                                                                                             | 60                                                                                                                    | 56                                                                                                                    |
| 70                                                                                                                    | Nalgonda                                                                                                              | 59                                                                                                                    | 57                                                                                                                    |
| 71                                                                                                                    | Parwanoo                                                                                                              | 59                                                                                                                    | 44                                                                                                                    |
| 72                                                                                                                    | Rajahmundry                                                                                                           | 59                                                                                                                    | 66                                                                                                                    |
| 73                                                                                                                    | Guntur                                                                                                                | 57                                                                                                                    | 56                                                                                                                    |
| 74                                                                                                                    | Jalgaon                                                                                                               | 56                                                                                                                    | 52                                                                                                                    |
| 75                                                                                                                    | Kurnool                                                                                                               | 56                                                                                                                    | 53                                                                                                                    |
| 76                                                                                                                    | Sibsagar                                                                                                              | 55                                                                                                                    | 49                                                                                                                    |
| 77                                                                                                                    | Korba                                                                                                                 | 52                                                                                                                    | 45                                                                                                                    |
| 78                                                                                                                    | Chitoor                                                                                                               | 52                                                                                                                    | 40                                                                                                                    |
| 79                                                                                                                    | Damtal                                                                                                                | 50                                                                                                                    | 59                                                                                                                    |
| 80                                                                                                                    | Kala Amb                                                                                                              | 50                                                                                                                    | 62                                                                                                                    |
| 81                                                                                                                    | Kadapa                                                                                                                | 47                                                                                                                    | 50                                                                                                                    |
| 82                                                                                                                    | Silchar                                                                                                               | 44                                                                                                                    | 40                                                                                                                    |

## Table 3:

## 8 Non-Attainment Cities part of Urban Agglomerations identified under XV-FC recommendations for Improvement of Air Quality

| S. No.   | City/ Town   | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )   | Annual AveragePM 10 (µg/m 3 )   |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | City/ Town   | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         |
| 1        | Raniganj     | 174                             | 106                             |
| 2        | Howrah       | 136                             | 116                             |
| 3        | Barrackpore  | 106                             | 77                              |
| 4        | Badlapur     | 89                              | 66                              |
| 5        | Patancheruvu | 87                              | 76                              |
| 6        | Ulhasnagar   | 85                              | 64                              |
| 7        | Thane        | 74                              | 96                              |
| 8        | Navi Mumbai  | 51                              | 51                              |

- $ Two quarter data for assessment
- # Two quarter data for assessment in 2019-20 & one quarter data for 2020-21

## Measures taken by the Government for Air Quality Management

## Vehicular Emission

-  Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI norms for fuel and vehicles since April, 2020.
-  Network of metro rails for public transport are enhanced and more cities are covered.
-  Development of Expressway and Highways are also reducing the fuel consumption and pollution.
-  Eastern Peripheral Expressway & Western Peripheral Expressway have been operationalised to divert non destined traffic from Delhi.
-  Ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in Delhi NCR.
-  Environment protection charges (EPC) have been imposed on diesel vehicles with engine capacity of 2000cc and above in Delhi NCR.
-  Introduction of cleaner/alternate fuels like CNG, LPG, ethanol blending in petrol.
-  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  Electric  Vehicles  (FAME)  -2  scheme  has  been rolled out.
-  Permit requirement for electric vehicles has been exempted.
-  Promotion of public transport and improvements in roads and building of more bridges to ease congestion on roads.

## Industrial Emission

-  Stringent emission norms for Coal based Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).
-  Ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil in NCR with restricted use of pet coke in cement plants, lime kilns and calcium carbide manufacturing units.
-  Shifting of industrial units to PNG.
-  Installation of online continuous  emission  monitoring  devices  in  highly  polluting industries.
-  Shifting of brick kilns to zig-zag technology for reduction of pollution

## Air Pollution due to dust and burning of waste

-  Notifications of 6 waste management rules covering solid waste, plastic waste, e-waste, bio-medical waste, C&D waste and hazardous waste.
-  Setting up infrastructure such as waste processing plants.
-  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic and e-waste management.
-  Ban on burning of biomass/garbage.

## Crop Residue/Parali Management

-  Under Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Promotion  of  Agricultural  Mechanization  for  in-situ management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi',  agricultural  machines  and  equipment  for  in-situ  crop  residue  management  are promoted with 50% subsidy to the individual farmers and 80% subsidy for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres.
-  Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) has been launched as an initiative to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make CBG available in the market for use in automotive fuels.

## Monitoring of Ambient Air Quality

-  Expansion of air quality monitoring network of manual as well as continuous monitoring stations under programmes such as National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP).
-  Initiation  of  pilot  projects  to  assess  alternate  ambient  monitoring  technologies  such  as low-cost sensors and satellite-based monitoring.
-  Implementation of Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, Kanpur and Lucknow. The system provides alerts for taking timely actions.
-  Public Complaints regarding air pollution issues in Delhi NCR are taken through 'Sameer App', 'Emails'(Aircomplaints.cpcb@gov.in) and 'Social Media Networks' (Facebook and Twitter).

## Monitoring implementation of NCAP

-  Government  has  launched  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  as  a  national  level strategy to reduce air pollution levels across the country. City Specific Clean Air Action Plans  have  been  prepared  and  rolled  out  for  implementation  in132  non-attainment  and million plus cities.
-  ₹ 375.44 crores have been sanctioned to non-attainment cities under NCAP for initiating actions  such  as  expansion  of  monitoring  network,  construction  and  demolition  waste management facilities, non-motorised transport infrastructure, green buffers, mechanical street sweepers, composting units etc.
-  As  per  the  Fifteenth  Finance  commission  recommendations  ₹4400  crores  have  been released in the Budget of FY 2020-21 to tackle the burgeoning problem of air pollution for 42 urban centres with a million-plus population. Further, an amount of ₹12,139 crores has been allocated for improvement of air quality for the award period FY 2021-26.
-  City  Specific  Action  Plans  for  improvement  of  air  quality  has  been  prepared  and approved for implementation.
-  Implementation of the city specific action plans are regularly monitored by Committees at Central and State level namely Steering Committee, Monitoring Committee  and Implementation Committee.
-  PRANA a portal for monitoring implementation of NCAP has been launched.

## Steps taken to improve air quality in NCR and adjoining areas

-  A Commission  on Air Quality Management  in  NCR  and  Adjoining  Areas (CAQM) has  been  constituted  by  enactment  of  an  Act  by  Parliament  for  better  coordination, research, identification and resolution of problems surrounding the air quality index and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
-  The  Commission  for  Air  Quality  Management  in  NCR  and  Adjoining  Areas(CAQM) constituteda sub-committee  for  operationalization  of  GRAP  and  issuing  necessary orders to the effect , under which regular meetings are held, and Orders are issued under GRAP for mitigation of air pollution in Delhi-NCR. As on date (24.11.2021), 8 meetings have  been  convened  and  5  Orders  issues  (Copy  of  the  Orders  as  well  as  minutes  is available at www.cpcb.nic.in/winter-action-2021-22/).