Lok Sabha Question No. 92 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Air Quality Index
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 92

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Air Quality Index

## 92. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

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

- (a) the details of the Air Quality Index of the country including Rajasthan during the last three years;
- (b) whether it is getting worse year after year and if so, the reasons therefor and the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) whether the Government has set any target in this regard and if so, the details thereof along with its current status?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b)& (c): The details of Air Quality Index of the country including Rajasthan during last three years are provided at Annexure I .

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launchedNational Clean Air Program (NCAP) in January 2019 and is a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to improve the air quality across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20% to 30%  reduction  in  Particulate  Matter  (PM) concentration.  Government  of  India  has  taken several measures for air quality management which are enclosed at Annexure II .

There has been an overall improvement in Particulate Matter10 (PM10) concentration in 95 citiesincluding 20 cities  conforming to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the year  2021-22  compared  to  2017.  Details  of  air  quality  of  132  non-attainment  cities areenclosed at Annexure III .

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## Details of Air Quality Index (AQI) of cities of the country during 2019 to 2021

|                   |                   | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs         | City              | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Amaravati         | 278                    | 21                                             | 347                    | 11                                             | 350                    | 8                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Rajamahendravaram | 308                    | 20                                             | 334                    | 15                                             | 342                    | 9                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Tirupati          | 343                    | 0                                              | 357                    | 1                                              | 337                    | 2                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada        | 181                    | 0                                              | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam     | 189                    | 25                                             | 309                    | 23                                             | 321                    | 21                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun        | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 102                    | 2                                              |
| Assam             | Guwahati          | 250                    | 46                                             | 273                    | 86                                             | 273                    | 91                                             |
| Bihar             | Araria            | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 3                      | 11                                             |
| Bihar             | Arrah             | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 3                      | 12                                             |
| Bihar             | Bettiah           | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 26                     | 28                                             |
| Bihar             | Bhagalpur         | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 3                      | 36                                             |
| Bihar             | Bihar Sharif      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 13                     | 28                                             |

## Annexure- I

|             | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| City        | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Buxar       | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 2                      | 17                                             |
| Chhapra     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 2                      | 30                                             |
| Darbhanga   | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 22                     | 44                                             |
| Gaya        | 232                    | 94                                             | 308                    | 37                                             | 325                    | 35                                             |
| Hajipur     | NA                     | NA                                             | 226                    | 19                                             | 219                    | 99                                             |
| Katihar     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 3                      | 33                                             |
| Kishanganj  | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 6                      | 30                                             |
| Manguraha   | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 0                      | 0                                              |
| Motihari    | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 22                     | 37                                             |
| Munger      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 5                      | 31                                             |
| Muzaffarpur | 107                    | 120                                            | 226                    | 122                                            | 222                    | 132                                            |
| Patna       | 168                    | 157                                            | 271                    | 95                                             | 224                    | 140                                            |
| Purnia      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 2                      | 31                                             |
| Rajgir      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 5                      | 16                                             |

| State/UTs    |             | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|--------------|-------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs    | City        | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Bihar        | Saharsa     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 2                      | 27                                             |
| Bihar        | Sasaram     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 10                     | 35                                             |
| Bihar        | Siwan       | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 1                      | 30                                             |
| Chandigarh   | Chandigarh  | 80                     | 23                                             | 361                    | 3                                              | 348                    | 13                                             |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 28                     | 0                                              |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur    | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 96                     | 0                                              |
| Delhi        | Delhi       | 182                    | 183                                            | 227                    | 139                                            | 197                    | 168                                            |
| Gujarat      | Ahmedabad   | 277                    | 58                                             | 331                    | 15                                             | 323                    | 38                                             |
| Gujarat      | Ankleshwar  | 261                    | 25                                             | 273                    | 23                                             | 189                    | 102                                            |
| Gujarat      | Gandhinagar | 285                    | 1                                              | 323                    | 0                                              | 341                    | 1                                              |
| Gujarat      | Nandesari   | NA                     | NA                                             | 181                    | 29                                             | 201                    | 17                                             |
| Gujarat      | Vapi        | 240                    | 51                                             | 204                    | 87                                             | 282                    | 44                                             |
| Gujarat      | Vatva       | 257                    | 31                                             | 306                    | 37                                             | 263                    | 86                                             |
| Haryana      | Ambala      | 271                    | 65                                             | 264                    | 74                                             | 279                    | 68                                             |

|              | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|--------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| City         | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Bahadurgarh  | 241                    | 108                                            | 233                    | 82                                             | 198                    | 146                                            |
| Ballabgarh   | 145                    | 142                                            | 230                    | 100                                            | 214                    | 124                                            |
| Bhiwani      | 261                    | 81                                             | 258                    | 48                                             | 268                    | 60                                             |
| CharkhiDadri | NA                     | NA                                             | 80                     | 63                                             | 235                    | 93                                             |
| Dharuhera    | 218                    | 93                                             | 220                    | 92                                             | 180                    | 126                                            |
| Faridabad    | 186                    | 128                                            | 219                    | 139                                            | 186                    | 177                                            |
| Fatehabad    | 250                    | 71                                             | 213                    | 71                                             | 250                    | 86                                             |
| Gurugram     | 211                    | 138                                            | 259                    | 107                                            | 215                    | 150                                            |
| Hisar        | 213                    | 118                                            | 253                    | 104                                            | 195                    | 146                                            |
| Jind         | 224                    | 101                                            | 228                    | 102                                            | 207                    | 130                                            |
| Kaithal      | 264                    | 50                                             | 312                    | 45                                             | 269                    | 69                                             |
| Karnal       | 207                    | 116                                            | 262                    | 65                                             | 266                    | 69                                             |
| Kurukshetra  | 273                    | 77                                             | 267                    | 89                                             | 244                    | 102                                            |
| Mandikhera   | 216                    | 50                                             | 309                    | 43                                             | 288                    | 34                                             |

|                   |             | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------------|-------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs         | City        | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Haryana           | Manesar     | 217                    | 124                                            | 263                    | 80                                             | 163                    | 144                                            |
| Haryana           | Narnaul     | 248                    | 45                                             | 243                    | 53                                             | 205                    | 104                                            |
| Haryana           | Palwal      | 203                    | 126                                            | 254                    | 48                                             | 289                    | 27                                             |
| Haryana           | Panchkula   | 350                    | 11                                             | 312                    | 26                                             | 312                    | 23                                             |
| Haryana           | Panipat     | 223                    | 103                                            | 223                    | 110                                            | 224                    | 84                                             |
| Haryana           | Rohtak      | 253                    | 100                                            | 267                    | 86                                             | 223                    | 118                                            |
| Haryana           | Sirsa       | 250                    | 83                                             | 293                    | 39                                             | 292                    | 53                                             |
| Haryana           | Sonipat     | 228                    | 89                                             | 268                    | 61                                             | 212                    | 113                                            |
| Haryana           | Yamunanagar | 36                     | 22                                             | 242                    | 94                                             | 218                    | 122                                            |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar    | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 292                    | 7                                              |
| Jharkhand         | Jorapokhar  | 239                    | 42                                             | 225                    | 20                                             | 88                     | 2                                              |
| Karnataka         | Bagalkot    | NA                     | NA                                             | 234                    | 2                                              | 317                    | 0                                              |
| Karnataka         | Bengaluru   | 365                    | 0                                              | 366                    | 0                                              | 365                    | 0                                              |
| Karnataka         | Bidar       | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 175                    | 2                                              |

|                | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|----------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| City           | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Chamarajanagar | NA                     | NA                                             | 18                     | 0                                              | 302                    | 0                                              |
| Chikkaballapur | 308                    | 1                                              | 323                    | 0                                              | 335                    | 0                                              |
| Chikkamagaluru | NA                     | NA                                             | 273                    | 0                                              | 316                    | 0                                              |
| Davanagere     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 226                    | 0                                              |
| Gadag          | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 194                    | 1                                              |
| Hassan         | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 237                    | 0                                              |
| Hubballi       | 186                    | 2                                              | 281                    | 1                                              | 329                    | 6                                              |
| Kalaburagi     | 282                    | 12                                             | 194                    | 8                                              | 231                    | 9                                              |
| Kolar          | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 209                    | 0                                              |
| Koppal         | NA                     | NA                                             | 12                     | 0                                              | 317                    | 0                                              |
| Mangalore      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 238                    | 0                                              |
| Madikeri       | NA                     | NA                                             | 52                     | 0                                              | 336                    | 0                                              |
| Mysuru         | 102                    | 1                                              | 264                    | 0                                              | 305                    | 0                                              |
| Raichur        | NA                     | NA                                             | 13                     | 0                                              | 285                    | 3                                              |

| State/UTs      |                    | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|----------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs      | City               | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Karnataka      | Ramanagara         | 77                     | 0                                              | 319                    | 0                                              | 277                    | 2                                              |
| Karnataka      | Shivamogga         | NA                     | NA                                             | 48                     | 0                                              | 305                    | 1                                              |
| Karnataka      | Udupi              | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 131                    | 24                                             |
| Karnataka      | Vijayapura         | NA                     | NA                                             | 232                    | 0                                              | 275                    | 0                                              |
| Karnataka      | Yadgir             | 201                    | 32                                             | 184                    | 0                                              | 333                    | 1                                              |
| Kerala         | Eloor              | 208                    | 0                                              | 341                    | 0                                              | 294                    | 0                                              |
| Kerala         | Ernakulam          | NA                     | NA                                             | 258                    | 0                                              | 293                    | 0                                              |
| Kerala         | Kannur             | NA                     | NA                                             | 292                    | 1                                              | 326                    | 1                                              |
| Kerala         | Kochi              | NA                     | NA                                             | 271                    | 2                                              | 256                    | 2                                              |
| Kerala         | Kollam             | NA                     | NA                                             | 161                    | 6                                              | 333                    | 2                                              |
| Kerala         | Kozhikode          | NA                     | NA                                             | 297                    | 0                                              | 334                    | 2                                              |
| Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram | 324                    | 0                                              | 364                    | 0                                              | 361                    | 1                                              |
| Kerala         | Thrissur           | NA                     | NA                                             | 78                     | 0                                              | 264                    | 0                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal             | 65                     | 33                                             | 324                    | 19                                             | 316                    | 44                                             |

|        |           | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|--------|-----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        | City      | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Madhya | Damoh     | 230                    | 18                                             | 314                    | 11                                             | 274                    | 23                                             |
| Madhya | Dewas     | 341                    | 11                                             | 347                    | 8                                              | 318                    | 19                                             |
| Madhya | Gwalior   | NA                     | NA                                             | 252                    | 78                                             | 289                    | 71                                             |
| Madhya | Indore    | 89                     | 10                                             | 341                    | 17                                             | 311                    | 45                                             |
| Madhya | Jabalpur  | 62                     | 35                                             | 328                    | 28                                             | 302                    | 53                                             |
| Madhya | Katni     | 42                     | 58                                             | 285                    | 72                                             | 251                    | 109                                            |
| Madhya | Maihar    | 282                    | 0                                              | 329                    | 0                                              | 153                    | 4                                              |
| Madhya | Mandideep | 293                    | 64                                             | 340                    | 19                                             | 312                    | 19                                             |
| Madhya | Pithampur | 343                    | 20                                             | 352                    | 10                                             | 340                    | 23                                             |
| Madhya | Ratlam    | 266                    | 9                                              | 291                    | 10                                             | 306                    | 9                                              |
| Madhya | Sagar     | NA                     | NA                                             | 287                    | 8                                              | 322                    | 9                                              |
| Madhya | Satna     | 316                    | 11                                             | 337                    | 0                                              | 336                    | 0                                              |
| Madhya | Singrauli | 132                    | 144                                            | 226                    | 116                                            | 194                    | 153                                            |
| Madhya | Ujjain    | 326                    | 28                                             | 316                    | 41                                             | 316                    | 41                                             |

| State/UTs   |              | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------|--------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs   | City         | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad   | 297                    | 4                                              | 300                    | 0                                              | 236                    | 2                                              |
| Maharashtra | Chandrapur   | 326                    | 5                                              | 361                    | 1                                              | 347                    | 16                                             |
| Maharashtra | Kalyan       | 161                    | 5                                              | 246                    | 44                                             | 204                    | 79                                             |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai       | 336                    | 26                                             | 346                    | 20                                             | 326                    | 39                                             |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur       | 258                    | 18                                             | 250                    | 0                                              | 183                    | 1                                              |
| Maharashtra | Nashik       | 313                    | 7                                              | 327                    | 3                                              | 312                    | 6                                              |
| Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai  | 326                    | 22                                             | 309                    | 33                                             | 286                    | 71                                             |
| Maharashtra | Pune         | 314                    | 25                                             | 309                    | 7                                              | 359                    | 6                                              |
| Maharashtra | Solapur      | 316                    | 3                                              | 257                    | 0                                              | 167                    | 1                                              |
| Maharashtra | Thane        | 274                    | 17                                             | 286                    | 21                                             | 183                    | 97                                             |
| Meghalaya   | Shillong     | 39                     | 0                                              | 261                    | 0                                              | 172                    | 0                                              |
| Mizoram     | Aizawl       | NA                     | NA                                             | 190                    | 0                                              | 315                    | 1                                              |
| Nagaland    | Kohima       | NA                     | NA                                             | 109                    | 0                                              | 310                    | 7                                              |
| Odisha      | Brajrajnagar | 212                    | 52                                             | 203                    | 25                                             | 228                    | 10                                             |

| State/UTs   |                 | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------|-----------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs   | City            | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Odisha      | Talcher         | 151                    | 82                                             | 262                    | 35                                             | 328                    | 9                                              |
| Puducherry  | Puducherry      | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 335                    | 0                                              |
| Punjab      | Amritsar        | 313                    | 29                                             | 306                    | 32                                             | 311                    | 32                                             |
| Punjab      | Bathinda        | 308                    | 22                                             | 281                    | 27                                             | 254                    | 24                                             |
| Punjab      | Jalandhar       | 327                    | 30                                             | 335                    | 28                                             | 315                    | 42                                             |
| Punjab      | Khanna          | 318                    | 22                                             | 332                    | 25                                             | 332                    | 25                                             |
| Punjab      | Ludhiana        | 289                    | 35                                             | 326                    | 32                                             | 306                    | 44                                             |
| Punjab      | MandiGobindgarh | 265                    | 60                                             | 258                    | 68                                             | 270                    | 57                                             |
| Punjab      | Patiala         | 319                    | 29                                             | 338                    | 25                                             | 317                    | 39                                             |
| Punjab      | Rupnagar        | 305                    | 24                                             | 256                    | 27                                             | 264                    | 28                                             |
| Rajasthan   | Ajmer           | 350                    | 6                                              | 341                    | 8                                              | 341                    | 7                                              |
| Rajasthan   | Alwar           | 335                    | 7                                              | 350                    | 3                                              | 357                    | 5                                              |
| Rajasthan   | Bhiwadi         | 138                    | 192                                            | 192                    | 154                                            | 142                    | 213                                            |
| Rajasthan   | Jaipur          | 346                    | 19                                             | 353                    | 12                                             | 330                    | 34                                             |

| State/UTs     |               | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|---------------|---------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs     | City          | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Rajasthan     | Jodhpur       | 257                    | 97                                             | 291                    | 61                                             | 275                    | 84                                             |
| Rajasthan     | Kota          | 336                    | 24                                             | 341                    | 15                                             | 299                    | 57                                             |
| Rajasthan     | Pali          | 335                    | 16                                             | 356                    | 4                                              | 337                    | 23                                             |
| Rajasthan     | Udaipur       | 332                    | 17                                             | 351                    | 4                                              | 331                    | 24                                             |
| Tamil Nadu    | Chennai       | 352                    | 12                                             | 365                    | 0                                              | 365                    | 0                                              |
| Tamil Nadu    | Coimbatore    | 124                    | 0                                              | 229                    | 0                                              | 70                     | 0                                              |
| Tamil Nadu    | Gummidipoondi | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 193                    | 5                                              |
| Tamil Nadu    | Thoothukudi   | NA                     | NA                                             | 46                     | 0                                              | 324                    | 0                                              |
| Telangana     | Hyderabad     | 365                    | 0                                              | 366                    | 0                                              | 365                    | 0                                              |
| Tripura       | Agartala      | 0                      | 0                                              | 42                     | 8                                              | 284                    | 44                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra          | 271                    | 69                                             | 238                    | 108                                            | 218                    | 124                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh | Baghpat       | 173                    | 176                                            | 100                    | 89                                             | 169                    | 170                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bulandshahr   | 149                    | 137                                            | 195                    | 156                                            | 190                    | 169                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad     | 0                      | 0                                              | 0                      | 0                                              | 102                    | 57                                             |

|               | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|---------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| City          | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| Ghaziabad     | 147                    | 216                                            | 204                    | 161                                            | 163                    | 202                                            |
| Gorakhpur     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 145                    | 28                                             |
| Greater Noida | 149                    | 184                                            | 209                    | 129                                            | 184                    | 180                                            |
| Hapur         | 110                    | 128                                            | 309                    | 49                                             | 243                    | 84                                             |
| Kanpur        | 220                    | 103                                            | 243                    | 116                                            | 270                    | 95                                             |
| Loni_Dehat    | 100                    | 83                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             |
| Lucknow       | 211                    | 153                                            | 237                    | 129                                            | 240                    | 124                                            |
| Meerut        | 28                     | 68                                             | 227                    | 136                                            | 191                    | 174                                            |
| Moradabad     | 135                    | 132                                            | 89                     | 91                                             | 160                    | 141                                            |
| Muzaffarnagar | 163                    | 133                                            | 223                    | 96                                             | 203                    | 122                                            |
| Noida         | 179                    | 186                                            | 225                    | 140                                            | 204                    | 159                                            |
| Prayagraj     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 160                    | 49                                             |
| Varanasi      | 130                    | 197                                            | 232                    | 106                                            | 243                    | 114                                            |
| Vrindavan     | NA                     | NA                                             | NA                     | NA                                             | 94                     | 52                                             |

|             |          | 2019                   | 2019                                           | 2020                   | 2020                                           | 2021                   | 2021                                           |
|-------------|----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs   | City     | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) | GOOD DAYS (AQI: 0-200) | BAD DAYS (Poor/ Very- Poor/Severe) (AQI: >200) |
| West Bengal | Asansol  | 266                    | 87                                             | 173                    | 62                                             | 267                    | 61                                             |
| West Bengal | Durgapur | 115                    | 0                                              | 6                      | 9                                              | 177                    | 116                                            |
| West Bengal | Haldia   | 247                    | 1                                              | 31                     | 1                                              | 300                    | 22                                             |
| West Bengal | Howrah   | 258                    | 107                                            | 273                    | 92                                             | 266                    | 98                                             |
| West Bengal | Kolkata  | 264                    | 99                                             | 292                    | 74                                             | 282                    | 83                                             |
| West Bengal | Siliguri | 280                    | 58                                             | 215                    | 64                                             | 258                    | 75                                             |

* NA: Data not available. * Good days: Good (AQI: 0-50)/ Satisfactory (AQI: 51-100) /Moderate (AQI: 101-200) * Poor: AQI: 201-300 * Very-Poor: AQI: 301-400 *Severe: AQI: >400

## Measures taken by the Government for Air Quality management

## Vehicular Emission

-  Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards since 1st April, 2018 in NCT of Delhi and from 1st April, 2020 for the rest of the country.
-  Introduction of BS VI compliant vehicles across the country since April, 2020.
-  Development  of  Expressways  and  Highways  to  reduce  fuel  consumption  and pollution.
-  Eastern  Peripheral  Expressway  &  Western  Peripheral  Expressway  have  been operationalized to divert non destined traffic from Delhi.
-  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.
-  Promotion  of  public  transport  and  improvements  in  roads  and  building  of  more bridges to ease congestion on roads.
-  Network  of  metro  rails  for  public  transport  are  enhanced  and  more  cities  are covered.
-  Ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old vehicles in Delhi NCR.
-  Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) -2 schemes 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

-  Ban on use of pet coke and furnace oil in NCR, use of pet coke in processes in cement plants, lime kilns and calcium carbide manufacturing units.
-  Stringent emission norms for Coal based Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).
-  Shifting of industrial units to PNG/cleaner fuel  in Delhi
-  Installation  of  online  continuous  emission  monitoring  devices  in  highly  polluting industries.
-  Shifting of brick kilns in Delhi-NCR to zigzag 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, ewaste, 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.

## 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.

## Monitoring the Implementation of NCAP

-  Government has launched NCAP as a national level as a national-level strategy outlining  the  actions  for  reducing  the  levels  of  air  pollution  at  city  and  regional scales in India. City specific air action plans have been rolled out for implementation in 132 NACs and MPCs
-  Rs. 472.06 crore have been sanctioned to 82 non-attainment cities under NCAP to provide support for critical gap funding. The funds are disbursed based upon the performance of the cities as per the NCAP operational guidelines.
-  Further,  15th  Finance  Commission  (XV-FC)  has  provided  a  special  grant  of  Rs 4,400 crore to 42 million plus cities/urban agglomerations which covers 50 NonAttainment Cities for FY 2020-21.
-  The  performance  based  incentive  grant  of  Rs.12,139  crore  for  FY  2020-21  to 2025-26  have  been  allocated  for  improvement  in  air  quality  of  42  million  plus cities/urban  agglomerations  under  Million-Plus  Cities  Challenge  Fund  (MPCCF). MoEF&CC  is the nodal agency for monitoring ambient air quality and recommending DoE for disbursing grants to 42 Million -plus cities.
-  For  FY  2021-22  for  42  MPCs,  Rs  2025  Cr  have  been  released  by  DoE  to  42 cities/UAs on the basis of their performance assessment made by MoEF&CC.
-  City specific action plans are regularly monitored by committees at Central: Apex, Steering, Monitoring and implementation committee; at State: Steering,implementation committee and at City level Implementation and Monitoring Committee.
-  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).
-  PRANA a portal for monitoring implementation of NCAP has been launched.

## Annexure III

| States           |   Sl. No. | Cities            | Annual Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), CY; Manual data; 132 cities (2017)   |   Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), FY; Integrated data; 132 cities (2021-2022) |
|------------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |         1 | Anantpur          | 78                                                                                 |                                                                                   52 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         2 | Chittur           | 69                                                                                 |                                                                                   49 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         3 | Eluru             | 74                                                                                 |                                                                                   65 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         4 | Guntur            | 69                                                                                 |                                                                                   58 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         5 | Kadapa            | 74                                                                                 |                                                                                   54 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         6 | Kurnool           | 82                                                                                 |                                                                                   61 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         7 | Nellore           | 65                                                                                 |                                                                                   55 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         8 | Ongole            | 65                                                                                 |                                                                                   52 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         9 | Rajamahendravaram | 65                                                                                 |                                                                                   68 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        10 | Srikakulam        | 70                                                                                 |                                                                                   75 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        11 | Vijayawada        | 99                                                                                 |                                                                                   67 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        12 | Visakhapatnam     | 73                                                                                 |                                                                                   98 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        13 | Vizhianagaram     | 72                                                                                 |                                                                                   71 |
| Assam            |        14 | Guwahati          | 106                                                                                |                                                                                  103 |
| Assam            |        15 | Nagaon            | 75                                                                                 |                                                                                  104 |
| Assam            |        16 | Nalbari           | 95                                                                                 |                                                                                   99 |
| Assam            |        17 | Silchar           | 49                                                                                 |                                                                                   45 |
| Assam            |        18 | Sivasagar         | 81                                                                                 |                                                                                   47 |
| Bihar            |        19 | Gaya              | 77                                                                                 |                                                                                   98 |
| Bihar            |        20 | Muzafarpur        | 167                                                                                |                                                                                  153 |
| Bihar            |        21 | Patna             | 156                                                                                |                                                                                  145 |
| Chandigarh       |        22 | Chandigarh        | 109                                                                                |                                                                                   97 |
| Chattisgarh      |        23 | Durg Bhilainagar  | 97                                                                                 |                                                                                   58 |
| Chattisgarh      |        24 | Korba             | 58                                                                                 |                                                                                   61 |
| Chattisgarh      |        25 | Raipur            | 103                                                                                |                                                                                   61 |
| Delhi            |        26 | Delhi             | 241                                                                                |                                                                                  196 |
| Gujarat          |        27 | Ahmedabad         | 120                                                                                |                                                                                  113 |
| Gujarat          |        28 | Rajkot            | 106                                                                                |                                                                                  116 |
| Gujarat          |        29 | Surat             | 106                                                                                |                                                                                  100 |
| Gujarat          |        30 | Vadodara          | 108                                                                                |                                                                                  121 |
| Haryana          |        31 | Faridabad         |                                                                                    |                                                                                  209 |
| Himachal Pradesh |        32 | Baddi             | 173                                                                                |                                                                                  132 |
| Himachal Pradesh |        33 | Damtal            | 62                                                                                 |                                                                                   64 |
| Himachal Pradesh |        34 | Kala Amb          | 119                                                                                |                                                                                  114 |
| Himachal         |        35 | Nalagarh          | 147                                                                                |                                                                                   84 |

| States           | Sl. No.   | Cities               | Annual Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), CY; Manual data; 132 cities (2017)   | Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), FY; Integrated data; 132 cities (2021-2022)   |
|------------------|-----------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Pradesh          |           |                      |                                                                                    |                                                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh | 36        | Paonta Sahib         | 84                                                                                 | 90                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh | 37        | Parwanoo             | 65                                                                                 | 35                                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh | 38        | Sunder Nagar         | 73                                                                                 | 47                                                                                   |
| Jammu&Kashmir    | 39        | Jammu                | 149                                                                                | 170                                                                                  |
| Jammu&Kashmir    | 40        | Srinagar             |                                                                                    | 105                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand        | 41        | Dhanbad              | 238                                                                                | 235                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand        | 42        | Jamshedpur           | 131                                                                                | 110                                                                                  |
| Jharkhand        | 43        | Ranchi               | 142                                                                                | 110                                                                                  |
| Karnataka        | 44        | Bengaluru            | 92                                                                                 | 67                                                                                   |
| Karnataka        | 45        | Devanagere           | 87                                                                                 | 57                                                                                   |
| Karnataka        | 46        | Gulburga / Kalaburgi | 54                                                                                 | 84                                                                                   |
| Karnataka        | 47        | Hubli-Dharwad        | 79                                                                                 | 69                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 48        | Bhopal               | 93                                                                                 | 116                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 49        | Dewas                | 75                                                                                 | 81                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 50        | Gwalior              | 110                                                                                | 109                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 51        | Indore               | 80                                                                                 | 103                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 52        | Jabalpur             | 74                                                                                 | 115                                                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 53        | Sagar                | 69                                                                                 | 78                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 54        | Ujjain               | 75                                                                                 | 114                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra      | 55        | Akola                | 127                                                                                | 64                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 56        | Amravati             | 106                                                                                | 66                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 57        | Aurangabad           | 83                                                                                 | 85                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 58        | Badlapur             | 159                                                                                | 94                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 59        | Chandrapur           | 146                                                                                | 105                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra      | 60        | Jalgaon              | 77                                                                                 | 59                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 61        | Jalna                | 101                                                                                | 93                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 62        | Kolhapur             | 90                                                                                 | 81                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 63        | Latur                | 81                                                                                 | 57                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 64        | Mumbai               | 151                                                                                | 106                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra      | 65        | Nagpur               | 102                                                                                | 68                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 66        | Nashik               | 81                                                                                 | 59                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 67        | Navi Mumbai          | 105                                                                                | 97                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 68        | Pune                 | 102                                                                                | 85                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 69        | Sangli               | 76                                                                                 | 60                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 70        | Solapur              | 64                                                                                 | 60                                                                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 71        | Thane                | 125                                                                                | 130                                                                                  |

| States        |   Sl. No. | Cities          | Annual Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), CY; Manual data; 132 cities (2017)   |   Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), FY; Integrated data; 132 cities (2021-2022) |
|---------------|-----------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Maharashtra   |        72 | Ulhasnagar      | 149                                                                                |                                                                                   77 |
| Maharashtra   |        73 | Vasai Virar     |                                                                                    |                                                                                  171 |
| Meghalaya     |        74 | Byrnihat        | 174                                                                                |                                                                                  181 |
| Nagaland      |        75 | Dimapur         | 138                                                                                |                                                                                   84 |
| Nagaland      |        76 | Kohima          | 114                                                                                |                                                                                   69 |
| Odisha        |        77 | Angul           | 94                                                                                 |                                                                                   97 |
| Odisha        |        78 | Balasore        | 83                                                                                 |                                                                                   74 |
| Odisha        |        79 | Bhubneshwar     | 91                                                                                 |                                                                                   95 |
| Odisha        |        80 | Cuttack         | 86                                                                                 |                                                                                   90 |
| Odisha        |        81 | Kalinga Nagar   | 126                                                                                |                                                                                  114 |
| Odisha        |        82 | Rourkela        | 117                                                                                |                                                                                  106 |
| Odisha        |        83 | Talcher         | 96                                                                                 |                                                                                   81 |
| Punjab        |        84 | Amritsar        | 168                                                                                |                                                                                  118 |
| Punjab        |        85 | Dera Baba Nanak | 90                                                                                 |                                                                                   71 |
| Punjab        |        86 | DeraBassi       | 93                                                                                 |                                                                                   98 |
| Punjab        |        87 | Jalandhar       | 223                                                                                |                                                                                  129 |
| Punjab        |        88 | Khanna          | 139                                                                                |                                                                                  106 |
| Punjab        |        89 | Ludhiana        | 162                                                                                |                                                                                  149 |
| Punjab        |        90 | MandiGobindgarh | 136                                                                                |                                                                                  123 |
| Punjab        |        91 | NayaNangal      | 90                                                                                 |                                                                                   70 |
| Punjab        |        92 | Patiala         | 101                                                                                |                                                                                  109 |
| Rajasthan     |        93 | Alwar           | 134                                                                                |                                                                                  111 |
| Rajasthan     |        94 | Jaipur          | 177                                                                                |                                                                                  125 |
| Rajasthan     |        95 | Jodhpur         | 180                                                                                |                                                                                  161 |
| Rajasthan     |        96 | Kota            | 130                                                                                |                                                                                  112 |
| Rajasthan     |        97 | Udaipur         | 126                                                                                |                                                                                  123 |
| Tamil Nadu    |        98 | Chennai         | 62                                                                                 |                                                                                   57 |
| Tamil Nadu    |        99 | Madurai         | 67                                                                                 |                                                                                   53 |
| Tamil Nadu    |       100 | Trichy          | 86                                                                                 |                                                                                   45 |
| Tamil Nadu    |       101 | Tuticorin       | 132                                                                                |                                                                                   91 |
| Telangana     |       102 | Hyderabad       | 108                                                                                |                                                                                   88 |
| Telangana     |       103 | Nalgonda        | 60                                                                                 |                                                                                   70 |
| Telangana     |       104 | Patencheru      | 78                                                                                 |                                                                                   76 |
| Telangana     |       105 | Sangareddy      | 79                                                                                 |                                                                                   83 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       106 | Agra            | 185                                                                                |                                                                                  146 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       107 | Allahabad       | 140                                                                                |                                                                                  119 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       108 | Anpara          | 153                                                                                |                                                                                  154 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       109 | Bareily         | 195                                                                                |                                                                                  175 |

| States        |   Sl. No. | Cities      |   Annual Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), CY; Manual data; 132 cities (2017) |   Average concentration of PM10 (µg/m3), FY; Integrated data; 132 cities (2021-2022) |
|---------------|-----------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |       111 | Gajraula    |                                                                                206 |                                                                                  155 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       112 | Ghaziabad   |                                                                                280 |                                                                                  217 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       113 | Gorakpur    |                                                                                186 |                                                                                  122 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       114 | Jhansi      |                                                                                113 |                                                                                  112 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       115 | Kanpur      |                                                                                224 |                                                                                  170 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       116 | Khurja      |                                                                                208 |                                                                                  173 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       117 | Lucknow     |                                                                                246 |                                                                                  148 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       118 | Meerut      |                                                                                153 |                                                                                  186 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       119 | Moradabad   |                                                                                217 |                                                                                  154 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       120 | Noida       |                                                                                216 |                                                                                  203 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       121 | Raebareli   |                                                                                141 |                                                                                  112 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       122 | Varanasi    |                                                                                244 |                                                                                  114 |
| Uttarakhand   |       123 | Dehradun    |                                                                                248 |                                                                                  146 |
| Uttarakhand   |       124 | Kashipur    |                                                                                111 |                                                                                  119 |
| Uttarakhand   |       125 | Rishikesh   |                                                                                128 |                                                                                  117 |
| West Bengal   |       126 | Asansol     |                                                                                163 |                                                                                  113 |
| West Bengal   |       127 | Barrackpore |                                                                                 90 |                                                                                   85 |
| West Bengal   |       128 | Durgapur    |                                                                                154 |                                                                                  168 |
| West Bengal   |       129 | Haldia      |                                                                                 97 |                                                                                   94 |
| West Bengal   |       130 | Howrah      |                                                                                110 |                                                                                  125 |
| West Bengal   |       131 | Kolkata     |                                                                                119 |                                                                                  105 |
| West Bengal   |       132 | Raniganj    |                                                                                163 |                                                                                  132 |