Lok Sabha Question No. 882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Funds allocated for Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 882

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Funds allocated for Air Pollution

## 882. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has allocated funds in the General Budget 2021 to address the  problem  of  air  pollution  in  major  cities  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  of funds allocated and spent in this regard;
- (b) the details of work done to address the problem of air pollution, State-wise and citywise; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to include polluted districts of Rajasthan also in the said category in the budget of next financial year and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

Government of India has allocated Rs.2217 crore for FY 2021-22, under Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC)Million Plus Cities Challenge Fund (MPCCF)to 42 Million Plus Cities for  air  quality  management.  Details  of  allocation  &  expenditure  of  funds  are  annexed  at Annexure I .

Details of works undertaken by the cities have been submitted by the cities under NCAP as part of annual action plan for FY 2021-22 and are uploaded at PRANA  portal https://prana.cpcb.gov.in.

5  non-attainment  cities  of  Rajasthan  State  have  been  coveredunder  National  Clean  Air Programme.  3  cities  namely,  Jaipur,  Jodhpur  and  Kota  have  been  covered  under  XV  FC MPCCF  and  2  cities  namely,  Alwar  and  Udaipur  are  covered  under  National  Clean  Air Programme (NCAP) funding by MoEFCC. Rs.166.29 crore in FY 2022-23 has been allocated to 5 cities of Rajasthan to take measures to improve air quality.

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## Annexure I Details of funds provided to Million Plus Cities covered under XV FC grant

## During FY 2021-22

| State          |   S.No. | U.A                   |   Fund allocation FY 2021-22 (amount in Rs crore) | Expenditure FY 2021-22 (amount in Rs crore)   |
|----------------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |       1 | Vijayawada U.A        |                                                31 | NA                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh |       2 | Visakhapatnam         |                                                37 | NA                                            |
| Bihar          |       3 | Patna U.A.            |                                               103 | 117.4                                         |
| Chhattisgarh   |       4 | Durg Bhilainagar U.A. |                                                26 | NA                                            |
| Chhattisgarh   |       5 | Raipur U.A.           |                                                28 | NA                                            |
| Gujarat        |       6 | Ahmadabad U.A.        |                                                92 | 0                                             |
| Gujarat        |       7 | Rajkot U.A.           |                                                20 | 0.38                                          |
| Gujarat        |       8 | Surat U.A.            |                                                66 | 12.8                                          |
| Gujarat        |       9 | Vadodara U.A.         |                                                26 | NA                                            |
| Haryana        |      10 | Faridabad             |                                                25 | 8.535                                         |
| Jharkhand      |      11 | Dhanbad U.A.          |                                                26 | NA                                            |
| Jharkhand      |      12 | Jamshedpur U.A.       |                                                29 | 5.41                                          |
| Jharkhand      |      13 | Ranchi U.A.           |                                                25 | NA                                            |
| Karnataka      |      14 | Bruhat Bangalore U.A. |                                               140 | NA                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      15 | Bhopal U.A.           |                                                44 | NA                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      16 | Gwalior U.A.          |                                                26 | NA                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      17 | Indore U.A.           |                                                51 | NA                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh |      18 | Jabalpur U.A.         |                                                30 | NA                                            |
| Maharashtra    |      19 | Aurangabad U.A.       |                                                16 | 0.47                                          |
|                |      20 | Greater Mumbai U.A.   |                                               246 | 3.19                                          |
|                |      21 | Nagpur U.A.           |                                                33 | 0                                             |
|                |      22 | Nashik U.A.           |                                                21 | 0.76                                          |
|                |      23 | Pune U.A.             |                                                68 | 1.03                                          |
|                |      24 | Vasai-Virar City      |                                                16 | 0                                             |
|                |      25 | Amritsar U.A.         |                                                19 | 8.69                                          |
| Punjab         |      26 | Ludhiana              |                                                26 | 10.18                                         |
|                |      27 | Jodhpur U.A.          |                                                31 | 1.58                                          |
| Rajasthan      |      28 | Jaipur                |                                                83 | 11.83                                         |
| Rajasthan      |      29 | Kota                  |                                                27 | 3.52                                          |
|                |      30 | Chennai U.A.          |                                                91 | 91                                            |
|                |      31 | Madurai U.A.          |                                                15 | 6.63                                          |
| Tamil Nadu     |      32 | Tiruchirappalli U.A.  |                                                11 | 9.76                                          |

| Telangana     | 33    | Hyderabad UA   |   118 |        |
|---------------|-------|----------------|-------|--------|
|               | 34    | Agra U.A.      |    45 |  35.82 |
|               | 35    | Allahabad U.A. |    31 |  48.79 |
|               | 36    | Ghaziabad U.A. |    61 |  39.78 |
|               | 37    | Kanpur U.A.    |    75 |  72.42 |
|               | 38    | Lucknow U.A.   |    75 | 128.8  |
|               | 39    | Meerut U.A.    |    36 |  20.66 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 40    | Varanasi U.A.  |    37 |  12.58 |
| West Bengal   | 41    | Asansol U.A.   |    17 |  12.56 |
|               | 42    | Kolkata U.A.   |   194 | 239.8  |
| TOTAL         | TOTAL | TOTAL          |  2217 | 904.38 |

NA: Data not available. * funds unspent during previous financial  year have also been utilised during the financial year 2021-22.