Lok Sabha Question No. 5104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Funds for NCAP
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5104

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Funds for NCAP

## 5104.   DR. T. SUMATHY(A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  utilized  till  date  by  each  city  out  of  total  Rs.  375.44  crores released for initiating actions at city level for 114 non-attainment cities from 20182019 to 2020-2021 along with the activities undertaken, city-wise;
- (b) the details of any under-utilization of funds along with reasons for the same;
- (c) whether the Government monitors the activities undertaken using the said funds and if so, the details of monitoring mechanism for the same and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of share of fund transferred to Urban Local Bodies for activities enlisted under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP); and
- (e) the  details  of  other  sources  of  funding  for  nonattainment  cities  to  combat  air pollution?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) & (b):

City-wise  details  of  funds  utilized  till  date  is  given  at Annexure  -I. The  funds  are released  to  support  the  implementation  of  City  Specific  action  plans  (CAPs)  for  the improvement of Air Quality. These CAPs include activities such as expansion of monitoring network, construction and demolition waste management facilities, non-motorised transport infrastructure, green buffers zone, use of mechanical street sweepers, composting units etc.

## (c)

Under  National  Clean  Air  Program  (NCAP),  the  Centrallevel  Steering  Committee, Monitoring Committee and Implementation Committee have been constituted and periodic review of the implementation progress is conducted. Also, State Level Steering Committee Chaired  by  Chief  Secretary  ;  Monitoring  Committee  chaired    by  Principal  Secretary Environment  Department;    City/  District  level  Implementation  Committee  chaired  by Municipal  Commissioner/  District  Magistrate  have  been  constituted  which  periodically reviews the status of progress of implementation of actions under NCAP.

## (d)

15 th Finance  Commission  (XV-FC)  has  identified  42  Urban  Agglomerations  (UAs) with  million  plus  population  for  performance  based  grants  based  on  improvement  in  air quality  for  period  FY  2020-21  to  2025-26  under  Million-Plus  Cities  Challenge  Fund (MPCCF) and Rs. 12,139 crore has been allocated for the said purpose.  Funds to the tune of Rs. 4400 crore in 2020-21 and  Rs. 1833 crore in 2021-22have been disbursed to these cities for implementing the activites enlisted under NCAP. The details of the funds transferred to the urban local bodies is given at Annexure- II. Further, under NCAPfunds to the tune of Rs. 472.06 crore have been released to the Non-attainment cites.

## (e)

City  Action  Plans  of  132  Non-Attainment  cities  are to  be  implemented  by  the coordinated action of the state government and its agencies at the state and city levels. The funding for implementation of these plans is also to be mobilized through the convergence of resources from various schemes of Central Government such as Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Atal Mission  For  Rejuvenation  And  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT),  Smart  City  Mission, Sustainable  Alternative  Towards  Affordable  Transportation  (SATAT,  Faster  Adoption  and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicle - II (FAME) etc. and resources from State/UT Governments  and  its agencies such as Municipal Corporations,  Urban  Development authorities  and  industrial  development  authorities  etc.  Funding  from  NCAP/XV-FC  is  a performance-based supplemental grant for funding of unfunded critical gap of action plans.

## Annexure I

## Details of Grants released under NCAP during the Financial Year 2019-20 & 2020-21 (In Rs. crore)

|   S. No. | State            | City          |   Total fund released upto 31.03.2021 (In ₹ Crore) | Funds Utilized till 30.03.2022 (In ₹ Crore)   |
|----------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vijayawada    |                                               6    | 6.00                                          |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh   | Guntur        |                                               0.88 | 0.88                                          |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool       |                                               0.82 | 0.82                                          |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh   | Nellore       |                                               0.82 | 0.82                                          |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh   | Visakhapatnam |                                               0.12 | 0.12                                          |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh   | Srikakulam    |                                               2    | 1.83                                          |
|        7 | Andhra Pradesh   | Chittoor      |                                               2    | 2.00                                          |
|        8 | Andhra Pradesh   | Ongole        |                                               2    | 1.58                                          |
|        9 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vizianagaram  |                                               2    | 1.83                                          |
|       10 | Andhra Pradesh   | Eluru         |                                               2    | 1.83                                          |
|       11 | Andhra Pradesh   | Rajahmundry   |                                               2    | 2.00                                          |
|       12 | Andhra Pradesh   | Anantapur     |                                               2    | 2.00                                          |
|       13 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa        |                                               1    | 1.00                                          |
|       14 | Assam            | Guwahati      |                                               5.12 | 0.11                                          |
|       15 | Assam            | Nagaon        |                                               2.06 | 0.10                                          |
|       16 | Assam            | Nalbari       |                                               1.06 | 0.11                                          |
|       17 | Assam            | Sibsagar      |                                               2.06 | 0.06                                          |
|       18 | Assam            | Silchar       |                                               2.06 | 0.06                                          |
|       19 | Bihar            | Patna         |                                              10    | 9.47                                          |
|       20 | Bihar            | Gaya          |                                               2.1  | 1.87                                          |
|       21 | Bihar            | Muzaffarpur   |                                               5.1  | 3.86                                          |
|       22 | Chandigarh       | Chandigarh    |                                              13.28 | 10.83                                         |
|       23 | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur        |                                               6    | * 1.18                                        |
|       24 | Chhattisgarh     | Bhillai       |                                               6    |                                               |
|       25 | Chhattisgarh     | Korba         |                                               1.06 |                                               |
|       26 | Gujarat          | Surat         |                                               6    | 0.00                                          |
|       27 | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad     |                                               6    | 0.00                                          |
|       28 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi         |                                               3.06 | 1.95                                          |
|       29 | Himachal Pradesh | Nalagarh      |                                               0.06 | 0.06                                          |
|       30 | Himachal Pradesh | Paonta Sahib  |                                               1.06 | 0.68                                          |
|       31 | Himachal Pradesh | Sunder Nagar  |                                               1.06 | 0.71                                          |
|       32 | Himachal Pradesh | Kala Amb      |                                               3    | 1.80                                          |
|       33 | Himachal Pradesh | Damtal        |                                               1    | 0.61                                          |
|       34 | Himachal Pradesh | Parwanoo      |                                               1    | 0.61                                          |

|   35. | Jammu &Kashmir   | Jammu &Kashmir        |   3.12 |   1.94 |
|-------|------------------|-----------------------|--------|--------|
|    36 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Srinagar              |   5    |   3.2  |
|    37 | Jharkhand        | Dhanbad               |   6    |   0    |
|    38 | Karnataka        | Bangalore             |   6    |   5.03 |
|    39 | Karnataka        | Gulburga              |   0.5  |   0.89 |
|    40 | Karnataka        | Hubli-Dharwad         |   0.5  |   0.8  |
|    41 | Karnataka        | Devanagere            |   0.82 |   0.67 |
|    42 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhopal                |  10    |  10.37 |
|    43 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior               |  10    |  13.01 |
|    44 | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore                |   0.2  |   0.23 |
|    45 | Madhya Pradesh   | Ujjain                |   0.58 |   0.57 |
|    46 | Madhya Pradesh   | Sagar                 |   0.86 |   0.86 |
|    47 | Madhya Pradesh   | Dewas                 |   0.48 |   0.45 |
|    48 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai                |   9.5  |   5.94 |
|    49 | Maharashtra      | Nagpur                |   9.45 |   5.54 |
|    50 | Maharashtra      | Navi Mumbai           |   9.45 |   3.88 |
|    51 | Maharashtra      | Pune                  |   9.45 |   5.72 |
|    52 | Maharashtra      | Amravati              |   1.34 |   0.83 |
|    53 | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad            |   0.2  |   0.12 |
|    54 | Maharashtra      | Nashik                |   0.2  |   0.02 |
|    55 | Maharashtra      | Kolhapur              |   0.96 |   0.02 |
|    56 | Maharashtra      | Sangli                |   0.96 |   0.59 |
|    57 | Maharashtra      | Solapur               |   0.58 |   0.37 |
|    58 | Maharashtra      | Ulhasnagar            |   2.1  |   0.75 |
|    59 | Maharashtra      | Akola                 |   1.24 |   0.82 |
|    60 | Maharashtra      | Badlapur              |   2    |   1.26 |
|    61 | Maharashtra      | Chandrapur            |   1.24 |   0.1  |
|    62 | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon               |   0.86 |   0.73 |
|    63 | Maharashtra      | Jalna                 |   1.24 |   0.04 |
|    64 | Maharashtra      | Latur                 |   0.48 |   0.33 |
|    65 | Nagaland         | Dimapur               |   3.06 |   3.06 |
|    66 | Nagaland         | Kohima                |   3.06 |   3.06 |
|    67 | Odisha           | Bhubaneshwar& Cuttack |   6    |   3.44 |
|    68 | Odisha           | Balasore              |   0.82 |   0.06 |
|    69 | Odisha           | Rourkela              |   1.2  |   0.06 |
|    70 | Odisha           | Angul&Talcher         |   1.2  |   0.06 |
|    71 | Odisha           | Kalinga Nagar         |   3    |   0    |
|    72 | Punjab           | Ludhiana              |   6    |   0.53 |
|    73 | Punjab           | Amritsar              |   6    |   0.45 |
|    74 | Punjab           | Jalandhar             |   4.12 |   0    |
|    75 | Punjab           | Khanna                |   1.96 |   0    |
|    76 | Punjab           | Gobindgarh            |   3.06 |   0    |
|    77 | Punjab           | NayaNangal            |   1.06 |   0    |
|    78 | Punjab           | Pathankot/DeraBaba    |   0.82 |   0.21 |

*City wise UC not available

| 79.       | Punjab        | Patiala     | 4.06   | 0.00   |
|-----------|---------------|-------------|--------|--------|
| 80.       | Punjab        | DeraBassi   | 0.44   | 0.00   |
| 81.       | Rajasthan     | Jaipur      | 6.00   | * 2.82 |
| 82.       | Rajasthan     | Jodhpur     | 6.00   | * 2.82 |
| 83.       | Rajasthan     | Kota        | 6.00   | * 2.82 |
| 84.       | Rajasthan     | Alwar       | 1.96   | * 2.82 |
| 85.       | Rajasthan     | Udaipur     | 1.96   | * 2.82 |
| 86.       | Telangana     | Hyderabad   | 10.80  | 7.17   |
| 87.       | Telangana     | Nalgonda    | 0.48   | 0.48   |
| 88.       | Telangana     | Patencheru  | 0.48   | 0.48   |
| 89.       | Telangana     | Sangareddy  | 2.00   | 1.28   |
| 90.       | Uttar Pradesh | Agra        | 9.45   | 2.38   |
| 91.       | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   | 9.45   | 3.86   |
| 92.       | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur      | 9.45   | 1.96   |
| 93.       | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     | 9.45   | 3.96   |
| 94.       | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi    | 9.47   | 4.31   |
| 95.       | Uttar Pradesh | Muradabad   | 2.10   | *0.064 |
| 96.       | Uttar Pradesh | Bareily     | 2.10   | *0.064 |
| 97.       | Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad   | 2.10   | *0.064 |
| 98.       | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi      | 1.34   | *0.064 |
| 99.       | Uttar Pradesh | Khurja      | 2.00   | *0.064 |
| 100.      | Uttar Pradesh | Anpara      | 1.24   | *0.064 |
| 101.      | Uttar Pradesh | Gajraula    | 1.24   | *0.064 |
| 102.      | Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli   | 1.24   | *0.064 |
| 103.      | Uttarakhand   | Kashipur    | 3.06   | 3.12   |
| 104.      | Uttarakhand   | Rishikesh   | 5.06   | 2.83   |
| 105.      | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun    | 3.00   | 2.18   |
| 106.      | West Bengal   | Kolkata     | 6.00   | *4.95  |
| 107.      | West Bengal   | Howrah      | 5.00   | *4.95  |
|           | West Bengal   | Haldia      | 3.00   | *4.95  |
| 108.      | West Bengal   | Durgapur    | 3.00   | *4.95  |
| 109. 110. | West Bengal   | Barrackpore | 2.00   | *4.95  |
| 111.      | Meghalaya     | Byrnihat    | 3.00   | 1.97   |
| 112.      | Tamil Nadu    | Tuticorin   | 3.06   | 0.00   |
|           |               | Total       |        | 176.59 |

Annexure -II Amount sanctioned as per recommendations of XV Finance Commission 2020-21 (Rs. Cr)

| State          |   S.No. | U.A                   |   Amount Sanctioned | State wise Amount Sanctioned   |
|----------------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |       1 | Vijayawada U.A        |                  62 | 135                            |
| Andhra Pradesh |       2 | Visakhapatnam         |                  73 | 135                            |
| Bihar          |       3 | Patna U.A.            |                 204 | 204                            |
| Bihar          |       4 | Durg Bhilainagar U.A. |                  52 | 107                            |
| Chhattisgarh   |       5 | Raipur U.A.           |                  55 | 107                            |
| Gujarat        |       6 | Ahmadabad U.A.        |                 182 | 405                            |
| Gujarat        |       7 | Rajkot U.A.           |                  40 | 405                            |
| Gujarat        |       8 | Surat U.A.            |                 131 | 405                            |
| Gujarat        |       9 | Vadodara U.A.         |                  52 | 405                            |
| Haryana        |      10 | Faridabad             |                  48 | 48                             |
| Jharkhand      |      11 | Dhanbad U.A.          |                  52 |                                |
|                |      12 | Jamshedpur U.A.       |                  58 | 159                            |
|                |      13 | Ranchi U.A.           |                  49 | 159                            |
| Karnataka      |      14 | Bruhat Bangalore U.A. |                 279 | 279                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      15 | Bhopal U.A.           |                  88 | 299                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      16 | Gwalior U.A.          |                  51 | 299                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      17 | Indore U.A.           |                 101 | 299                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      18 | Jabalpur U.A.         |                  59 | 299                            |
| Maharashtra    |      19 | Aurangabad U.A.       |                  32 | 793                            |
| Maharashtra    |      20 | Greater Mumbai U.A.   |                 488 | 793                            |
| Maharashtra    |      21 | Nagpur U.A.           |                  66 | 793                            |
| Maharashtra    |      22 | Nashik U.A.           |                  41 | 793                            |
| Maharashtra    |      23 | Pune U.A.             |                 134 | 793                            |
| Maharashtra    |      24 | Vasai-Virar City      |                  32 | 793                            |
|                |      25 | Amritsar U.A.         |                  38 |                                |
| Punjab         |      26 | Ludhiana              |                  52 | 90                             |
|                |      27 | Jodhpur U.A.          |                  62 |                                |
|                |      28 | Jaipur                |                 165 | 281                            |
| Rajasthan      |      29 | Kota                  |                  54 |                                |
|                |      30 | Chennai U.A.          |                 181 |                                |
|                |      31 | Madurai U.A.          |                  31 | 233                            |
| Tamil Nadu     |      32 | Tiruchirappalli U.A.  |                  21 |                                |
| Telangana      |      33 | Hyderabad U.A.        |                 234 | 234                            |
|                |      34 | Agra U.A.             |                  90 |                                |
|                |      35 | Allahabad U.A.        |                  62 |                                |
|                |      36 | Ghaziabad U.A.        |                 121 |                                |
|                |      37 | Kanpur U.A.           |                 148 | 714                            |
|                |      38 | Lucknow U.A.          |                 148 |                                |
| Uttar Pradesh  |      39 | Meerut U.A.           |                  72 |                                |

| State            | S.No.            | U.A              |   Amount Sanctioned | State wise Amount Sanctioned   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|                  | 40               | Varanasi U.A.    |                  73 |                                |
|                  | 41               | Asansol U.A.     |                  34 | 419                            |
| West Bengal      | 42               | Kolkata U.A.     |                 385 | 419                            |
| Total (in Rs Cr) | Total (in Rs Cr) | Total (in Rs Cr) |                4400 | 4400                           |

U.A - Urban Agglomerate

Release of Ambient Air Quality Grant to Millions Plus Cities (MPCs)/Urban Agglomeration (UA) during 2021-22.

| State S. No.   | Name of State   | Amount of Ambient Air quality Grant released for the States* (Rs. In crore)   |   City S. No. | Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration   |   MPC/UA wise grant distribution* (Rs. In crore) |
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh  | 58.75                                                                         |             1 | Vijayawada U.A                             |                                            31    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |             2 | Visakhapatnam                              |                                            27.75 |
| 2              | Bihar           | 77.25                                                                         |             3 | Patna U.A.                                 |                                            77.25 |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh    | 54.00                                                                         |             4 | Durg Bhilainagar U.A.                      |                                            26    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |             5 | Raipur U.A.                                |                                            28    |
| 4              | Gujarat         | 197.50                                                                        |             6 | Ahmadabad U.A.                             |                                            92    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |             7 | Rajkot U.A.                                |                                            20    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |             8 | Surat U.A.                                 |                                            66    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |             9 | Vadodara U.A.                              |                                            19.5  |
| 5              | Haryana         | 6.25                                                                          |            10 | Faridabad                                  |                                             6.25 |
| 6              | Jharkhand       | 60.50                                                                         |            11 | Dhanbad U.A.                               |                                             6.5  |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            12 | Jamshedpur U.A.                            |                                            29    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            13 | Ranchi U.A.                                |                                            25    |
| 7              | Karnataka       | 140                                                                           |            14 | Bruhat Bangalore U.A.                      |                                           140    |
| 8              | Madhya Pradesh  | 131.5                                                                         |            15 | Bhopal U.A.                                |                                            44    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            16 | Gwalior U.A.                               |                                             6.5  |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            17 | Indore U.A.                                |                                            51    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            18 | Jabalpur U.A.                              |                                            30    |
| 9              | Maharashtra     | 400.00                                                                        |            19 | Aurangabad U.A.                            |                                            16    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            20 | Greater Mumbai U.A.                        |                                           246    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            21 | Nagpur U.A.                                |                                            33    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            22 | Nashik U.A.                                |                                            21    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            23 | Pune U.A.                                  |                                            68    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            24 | Vasai-Virar City                           |                                            16    |
| 10             | Punjab          | 33.75                                                                         |            25 | Amritsar U.A.                              |                                            14.25 |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            26 | Ludhiana                                   |                                            19.5  |
| 11             | Rajasthan       | 111.00                                                                        |            27 | Jodhpur U.A.                               |                                             7.75 |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            28 | Jaipur                                     |                                            83    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            29 | Kota                                       |                                            20.25 |
| 12             | Tamil Nadu      | 117.00                                                                        |            30 | Chennai U.A.                               |                                            91    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            31 | Madurai U.A.                               |                                            15    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            32 | Tiruchirappalli U.A.                       |                                            11    |
| 13             | Telangana       | 118.00                                                                        |            33 | Hyderabad U.A.                             |                                           118    |
| 14             | Uttar Pradesh   | 169.25                                                                        |            34 | Agra U.A.                                  |                                            11.25 |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            35 | Allahabad U.A                              |                                            31    |
|                |                 |                                                                               |            36 | Ghaziabad U.A                              |                                            15.25 |

|    |             | 37   | Kanpur U.A.   |   56.25 |
|----|-------------|------|---------------|---------|
|    |             | 38   | Lucknow U.A.  |   18.75 |
|    |             | 39   | Meerut U.A.   |    9    |
|    |             | 40.  | Varanasi U.A. |   27.75 |
| 15 | West Bengal | 41   | Asansol U.A.  |   12.75 |
|    |             | 42   | Kolkata U.A.  |  145.5  |
|    |             |      | Total         | 1833    |

(*) Ambient Air Quality grant distribution is based on the performance assessment of each MPC/UA at various levels and subsequent recommendations from the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. on India