Lok Sabha Question No. 1853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Air Pollution in Metropolitan Cities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao, Sunil Kumar Singh, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Ranjeeta Koli, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Sumedhanand Saraswati

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1853

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Air Pollution in metropolitan Cities

1853:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made a provision in the General Budget 2021 to address the issue of air pollution in 42 cities of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  for  the  said  purpose  in  the  General  Budget  2021 including the amount of funds utilized, State-wise including the above said 42 cities;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to include the districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar under the said category in the coming years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)

Government has made a provision of Rs 2217 crore in the General Budget 2021 for Ambient Air Quality Grant for the 42 million plus cities/UAs of the country. The list of cities, State wise with the fund allocated for 2021-2022 is provided in Annexure I .

(c) & (d)

42 million plus cities/UAs of all the states have been included to receive funds for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 based on improvement in air quality which includes all the million plus cities in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar.

These million cities are Durg Bhilainagar and Raipur in Chhattisgarh; Dhanbad, Jamshedpur and  Ranchi  in  Jharkhand;  Ahmedabad,  Rajkot,  Vadodara  and  Surat  in  Gujarat;  Jodhpur, Jaipur and Kota in Rajasthan and Patna in Bihar.

Annexure I XV-FC Recommended Million Plus City Fund for the year award FY 2021-22 to FY

2025-26

| State S. No   | City S. No   | States/UA        |   2021-22 |
|---------------|--------------|------------------|-----------|
| 1.            |              | Andhra Pradesh   |        68 |
|               | 1            | Vijaywada        |        31 |
|               | 2            | Visakapatnam     |        37 |
| 2             |              | Bihar            |       103 |
|               | 3            | Patna            |       103 |
| 3             |              | Chhattisgarh     |        54 |
|               | 4            | Durg Bhilainagar |        26 |
|               | 5            | Raipur           |        28 |
| 4             |              | Gujarat          |       204 |
|               | 6            | Ahmedabad        |        92 |
|               | 7            | Rajkot           |        20 |
| `             | 8            | Surat            |        66 |
|               | 9            | Vadodara         |        26 |
| 5             |              | Haryana          |        25 |
|               | 10           | Faridabad        |        25 |
| 6             |              | Jharkhand        |        80 |
|               | 11           | Dhanbad          |        26 |
|               | 12           | Jamshedpur       |        29 |
|               | 13           | Ranchi           |        25 |
| 7             |              | Karnataka        |       140 |
|               | 14           | Bangalore        |       140 |
| 8             |              | Madhya Pradesh   |       151 |
|               | 15           | Bhopal           |        44 |
|               | 16           | Gwalior          |        26 |

|    | 17   | Indore         |   51 |
|----|------|----------------|------|
|    | 18   | Jabalpur       |   30 |
| 9  |      | Maharashtra    |  400 |
|    | 19   | Aurangabad     |   16 |
|    | 20   | Greater Mumbai |  246 |
|    | 21   | Nagpur         |   33 |
|    | 22   | Nashik         |   21 |
|    | 23   | Pune           |   68 |
|    | 24   | Vasai-virar    |   16 |
| 10 |      | Punjab         |   45 |
|    | 25   | Amritsar       |   19 |
|    | 26   | Ludhiana       |   26 |
| 11 |      | Rajasthan      |  141 |
|    | 27   | Jodhpur        |   31 |
|    | 28   | Jaipur         |   83 |
|    | 29   | Kota           |   27 |
| 12 |      | Tamil Nadu     |  117 |
|    | 30   | Chennai        |   91 |
|    | 31   | Madurai        |   15 |
|    | 32   | Trichy         |   11 |
| 13 |      | Telangana      |  118 |
|    | 33   | Hyderabad      |  118 |
| 14 |      | Uttar Pradesh  |  360 |
|    | 34   | Agra           |   45 |
|    | 35   | Allahabad      |   31 |
|    | 36   | Ghaziabad      |   61 |
|    | 37   | Kanpur         |   75 |
|    | 38   | Lucknow        |   75 |
|    | 39   | Meerut         |   36 |

|    | 40   | Varanasi    |   37 |
|----|------|-------------|------|
| 15 |      | West Bengal |  211 |
|    | 41   | Asansol     |   17 |
|    | 42   | Kolkata     |  194 |
|    |      | Total       | 2217 |