Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: National Ambient Air Quality Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 206

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## National Ambient Air Quality Programme

## 206.    DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY

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

- (a) the salient features of the National Ambient Air Quality Programme;
- (b) the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under this programme, so far, State-wise;
- (c) the details and number of the cities and towns covered under this programme across the country;
- (d) whether the Government has planned to set up monitoring stations of this programme across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has set any target to achieve reduction by 2025-26; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the achievements made so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

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

Under National Environment Monitoring Programme (NEMP) of Control of Pollution Scheme, Central  Pollution  Control  Board  and  State  Pollution  Control  Boards/Pollution  Control Committees are provided financial assistance for carrying out air quality monitoring, water quality monitoring and noise level monitoring activities.

Under the component NEMP, a sub-component of National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme  (NAMP)  is  implemented  to  monitor  air  quality  in  the  country.  Air  quality  is monitored through a network of 1429 ambient air quality monitoring stations covering 511 cities/towns in 28 States and 7 UTs.

In  the  financial  year  2022-23,  an  amount  of  103.74  crore  has  been  sanctioned  under Environmental  Monitoring  Programme  out  of  which  an  amount  of  70.37  crore  has  been allocated for National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP).

Details of State-wise funds sanctioned and utilisation under NAMP are provided at AnnexureI .

## (e) & (f):

National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has been launched in January, 2019 which is a longterm, time-bound national level strategy for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. Under NCAP, it has been envisaged to achieve targets of 20 to 30% reduction in Particulate Matter concentrations by 2024 in 131 cities of 24 States/UTs with respect to base year 2017. Subsequently, the target has been revised to achieve up to 40% reduction or achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in terms PM concentrations by 2025-26.

90 cities out of 131 cities have shown improvement in air quality in terms of annual PM10 concentrations in FY 2022-23 with respect to the baseline of FY 2017-18. 15 cities have met National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards  (NAAQS)  for  PM10  (60  µg/m3)  in  FY  2022-23. Details of air quality of 131 cities are enclosed at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure-I

## Details of State-wise funds sanctioned and utilisation under NAMP

| S. No.   | Name of State                      |   Funds sanctioned in FY 2022-2023 (₹) |   Fund Utilized till 31.03.2023 (₹) |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar                   |                                2800000 |                                   0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                4785335 |                             1445335 |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                               46980000 |                            19805000 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                               27449666 |                            27449666 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                2900000 |                                   0 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                                2352000 |                             2352000 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                9982666 |                             3742666 |
| 8        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                9001000 |                             7601000 |
| 9        | Gujarat                            |                               17240667 |                            13990667 |
| 10       | Goa                                |                               41690917 |                            23650917 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                          |                               57394000 |                            28184000 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                               27050959 |                            18380959 |
| 13       | Haryana                            |                                 700000 |                                   0 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                  |                               12390000 |                                   0 |
| 15       | Lakshadweep                        |                                      0 |                                   0 |
| 16       | Ladakh                             |                                      0 |                                   0 |
| 17       | Karnataka                          |                               46287667 |                            11197667 |
| 18       | Kerala                             |                                8813333 |                             6443333 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        |                               16670667 |                            13070667 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                          |                               16518000 |                            16518000 |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                3425000 |                                   0 |
| 22       | Mizoram                            |                               12510667 |                            12510667 |
| 23       | Manipur                            |                                6858000 |                             6858000 |
| 24       | Nagaland                           |                                7110667 |                             7110667 |
| 25       | Orissa                             |                               21092960 |                            18102960 |
| 26       | Punjab                             |                               52876666 |                            52876666 |
| 27       | Pondicherry                        |                                4752000 |                             4752000 |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |                                9592000 |                             7392000 |
| 29       | Sikkim                             |                               13100000 |                             5560000 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                         |                               33702001 |                            15837001 |
| 31       | Telangana                          |                               20543333 |                            20543333 |
| 32       | Tripura                            |                                1756000 |                             1056000 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                               70944314 |                            22864314 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                        |                               22268667 |                             5698667 |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |                               72187666 |                            72187666 |
| Total    |                                    |                              703726818 |                           447181818 |

Annexure-II Air quality data of 131 cities covered under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

| States         |        | Cities             | 2017-2018                                     | 2022-2023                                     | Percentage improvement in PM10 concentration s with respect to base year 2017 - 18 (%)   |
|----------------|--------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| States         | S. No. |                    | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) |                                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1      | Anantpur           | 78                                            | 57                                            | 26.92                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2      | Chittur            | 70                                            | 52                                            | 25.71                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3      | Eluru              | 72                                            | 66                                            | 8.33                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4      | Guntur             | 66                                            | 60                                            | 9.09                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5      | Kadapa             | 75                                            | 57                                            | 24.00                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6      | Kurnool            | 79                                            | 64                                            | 18.99                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7      | Nellore            | 64                                            | 56                                            | 12.50                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 8      | Ongole             | 65                                            | 51                                            | 21.54                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 9      | Rajamahendravara m | 85                                            | 68                                            | 20.00                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 10     | Srikakulam         | 69                                            | 71                                            | -2.90                                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh | 11     | Vijayawada         | 91                                            | 90                                            | 1.10                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh | 12     | Visakhapatnam      | 76                                            | 116                                           | -52.63                                                                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh | 13     | Vizhianagaram      | 72                                            | 75                                            | -4.17                                                                                    |
| Assam          | 14     | Guwahati           | 103                                           | 106                                           | -2.91                                                                                    |
| Assam          | 15     | Nagaon             | 82                                            | 121                                           | -47.56                                                                                   |
| Assam          | 16     | Nalbari            | 87                                            | 128                                           | -47.13                                                                                   |
| Assam          | 17     | Silchar            | 49                                            | 49                                            | 0.00                                                                                     |
| Assam          | 18     | Sivasagar          | 73                                            | 42                                            | 42.47                                                                                    |
| Bihar          | 19     | Patna              | 172                                           | 193                                           | -12.21                                                                                   |
| Bihar          | 20     | Gaya               | 79                                            | 150                                           | -89.87                                                                                   |
| Bihar          | 21     | Muzaffarpur        | 147                                           | 175                                           | -19.05                                                                                   |
| Chandigarh     | 22     | Chandigarh         | 114                                           | 116                                           | -1.75                                                                                    |
| Chhattisgar h  | 23     | Korba              | 57                                            | 70                                            | -22.81                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgar h  | 24     | Durg Bhilainagar   | 86                                            | 70                                            | 18.60                                                                                    |
| Chhattisgar h  | 25     | Raipur             | 70                                            | 78                                            | -11.43                                                                                   |
| Delhi          | 26     | Delhi              | 241                                           | 209                                           | 13.28                                                                                    |
| Gujarat        | 27     | Ahmedabad          | 164                                           | 91                                            | 44.51                                                                                    |
|                | 28     | Rajkot             | 150                                           | 92                                            | 38.67                                                                                    |
|                | 29     | Surat              | 130                                           | 118                                           | 9.23                                                                                     |
|                | 30     | Vadodara           | 133                                           | 104                                           | 21.80                                                                                    |
| Haryana        | 31     | Faridabad*         | 229                                           | 212                                           | 7.42                                                                                     |
| Himachal       | 32     | Baddi              | 174                                           | 145                                           | 16.67                                                                                    |

|                 |        | Cities               | 2017-2018                                     | 2022-2023                                     | Percentage improvement in PM10 concentration s with respect to base year 2017 - 18 (%)   |
|-----------------|--------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                 | S. No. |                      | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) |                                                                                          |
| Pradesh         | 33     | Damtal               | 55                                            | 64                                            | -16.36                                                                                   |
| Pradesh         | 34     | Kala Amb             | 118                                           | 93                                            | 21.19                                                                                    |
| Pradesh         | 35     | Nalagarh             | 146                                           | 78                                            | 46.58                                                                                    |
| Pradesh         | 36     | Paonta Sahib         | 84                                            | 103                                           | -22.62                                                                                   |
| Pradesh         | 37     | Parwanoo             | 66                                            | 47                                            | 28.79                                                                                    |
| Pradesh         | 38     | Sunder Nagar         | 78                                            | 46                                            | 41.03                                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 39     | Jammu                | 157                                           | 158                                           | -0.64                                                                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 40     | Srinagar*            | 132                                           | 88                                            | 33.33                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand       | 41     | Dhanbad              | 315                                           | 203                                           | 35.56                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand       | 42     | Jamshedpur           | 135                                           | 126                                           | 6.67                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand       | 43     | Ranchi               | 141                                           | 107                                           | 24.11                                                                                    |
| Karnataka       | 44     | Bengaluru            | 92                                            | 68                                            | 26.09                                                                                    |
| Karnataka       | 45     | Devangere            | 74                                            | 61                                            | 17.57                                                                                    |
| Karnataka       | 46     | Gulburga / Kalaburgi | 55                                            | 74                                            | -34.55                                                                                   |
| Karnataka       | 47     | Hubli-Dharwad        | 79                                            | 76                                            | 3.80                                                                                     |
|                 | 48     | Bhopal               | 112                                           | 124                                           | -10.71                                                                                   |
|                 | 49     | Dewas                | 83                                            | 105                                           | -26.51                                                                                   |
|                 | 50     | Gwalior              | 126                                           | 145                                           | -15.08                                                                                   |
|                 | 51     | Indore               | 82                                            | 109                                           | -32.93                                                                                   |
|                 | 52     | Jabalpur             | 101                                           | 125                                           | -23.76                                                                                   |
|                 | 53     | Sagar                | 73                                            | 83                                            | -13.70                                                                                   |
|                 | 54     | Ujjain               | 93                                            | 111                                           | -19.35                                                                                   |
|                 | 55     | Aurangabad           | 75                                            | 107                                           | -42.67                                                                                   |
|                 | 56     | Akola                | 111                                           | 62                                            | 44.14                                                                                    |
|                 | 57     | Amravati             | 102                                           | 68                                            | 33.33                                                                                    |
|                 | 58     | Badlapur             | 160                                           | 146                                           | 8.75                                                                                     |
|                 | 59     | Chandrapur           | 118                                           | 121                                           | -2.54                                                                                    |
|                 | 60     | Greater Mumbai       | 161                                           | 116                                           | 27.95                                                                                    |
|                 | 61     | Jalgaon              | 70                                            | 66                                            | 5.71                                                                                     |
|                 | 62     | Jalna                | 99                                            | 93                                            | 6.06                                                                                     |
|                 | 63     | Kolhapur             | 89                                            | 80                                            | 10.11                                                                                    |
|                 | 64     | Latur                | 82                                            | 53                                            | 35.37                                                                                    |
|                 | 65     | Nagpur               | 100                                           | 97                                            | 3.00                                                                                     |
|                 | 66     | Nashik               | 82                                            | 62                                            | 24.39                                                                                    |
|                 | 67     | Navi Mumbai          | 88                                            | 102                                           | -15.91                                                                                   |
|                 | 68     | Pune                 | 102                                           | 96                                            | 5.88                                                                                     |

| States     |        | Cities           | 2017-2018                                     | 2022-2023                                     | Percentage improvement in PM10 concentration s with respect to base year 2017 - 18 (%)   |
|------------|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| States     | S. No. |                  | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) |                                                                                          |
|            | 69     | Sangli           | 87                                            | 69                                            | 20.69                                                                                    |
|            | 70     | Solapur          | 81                                            | 76                                            | 6.17                                                                                     |
|            | 71     | Thane            | 138                                           | 115                                           | 16.67                                                                                    |
|            | 72     | Ulhasnagar       | 153                                           | 128                                           | 16.34                                                                                    |
|            | 73     | Vasai virar*     | 99                                            | 155                                           | -56.57                                                                                   |
| Meghalaya  | 74     | Byrnihat         | 175                                           | 131                                           | 25.14                                                                                    |
| Nagaland   | 75     | Dimapur          | 142                                           | 91                                            | 35.92                                                                                    |
|            | 76     | Kohima           | 127                                           | 72                                            | 43.31                                                                                    |
| Odisha     | 77     | Angul            | 97                                            | 98                                            | -1.03                                                                                    |
|            | 78     | Balasore         | 84                                            | 82                                            | 2.38                                                                                     |
|            | 79     | Bhubneshwar      | 85                                            | 118                                           | -38.82                                                                                   |
|            | 80     | Cuttack          | 93                                            | 105                                           | -12.90                                                                                   |
|            | 81     | Kalinga Nagar    | 109                                           | 104                                           | 4.59                                                                                     |
|            | 82     | Rourkela         | 99                                            | 126                                           | -27.27                                                                                   |
|            | 83     | Talcher          | 113                                           | 93                                            | 17.70                                                                                    |
|            | 84     | Amritsar         | 189                                           | 120                                           | 36.51                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 85     | Dera Baba Nanak  | 79                                            | 58                                            | 26.58                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 86     | Dera Bassi       | 88                                            | 104                                           | -18.18                                                                                   |
| Punjab     | 87     | Jalandhar        | 178                                           | 126                                           | 29.21                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 88     | Khanna           | 142                                           | 103                                           | 27.46                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 89     | Ludhiana         | 168                                           | 163                                           | 2.98                                                                                     |
| Punjab     | 90     | Mandi Gobindgarh | 148                                           | 131                                           | 11.49                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 91     | Naya Nangal      | 87                                            | 63                                            | 27.59                                                                                    |
| Punjab     | 92     | Patiala          | 106                                           | 103                                           | 2.83                                                                                     |
|            | 93     | Jaipur           | 172                                           | 143                                           | 16.86                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan  | 94     | Alwar            | 152                                           | 116                                           | 23.68                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan  | 95     | Jodhpur          | 189                                           | 146                                           | 22.75                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan  | 96     | Kota             | 139                                           | 128                                           | 7.91                                                                                     |
| Rajasthan  | 97     | Udaipur          | 127                                           | 128                                           | -0.79                                                                                    |
|            | 98     | Chennai          | 66                                            | 66                                            | 0.00                                                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu | 99     | Madurai          | 72                                            | 68                                            | 5.56                                                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu | 100    | Trichy           | 88                                            | 47                                            | 46.59                                                                                    |
|            | 101    | Tuticorin        | 123                                           | 54                                            | 56.10                                                                                    |
|            | 102    | Hyderabad        | 110                                           | 83                                            | 24.55                                                                                    |
| Telangana  | 103    | Nalgonda         | 59                                            | 55                                            | 6.78                                                                                     |
|            | 104    | Patencheru       | 74                                            | 80                                            | -8.11                                                                                    |

|        | Cities      | 2017-2018                                     | 2022-2023                                     | Percentage improvement in PM10 concentration s with respect to base year 2017 - 18 (%)   |
|--------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. |             | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) | Average concentratio n (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) |                                                                                          |
| 105    | Sangareddy  | 85                                            | 86                                            | -1.18                                                                                    |
| 106    | Agra        | 202                                           | 118                                           | 41.58                                                                                    |
| 107    | Allahabad   | 169                                           | 125                                           | 26.04                                                                                    |
| 108    | Ghaziabad   | 285                                           | 198                                           | 30.53                                                                                    |
| 109    | Kanpur      | 227                                           | 143                                           | 37.00                                                                                    |
| 110    | Lucknow     | 253                                           | 149                                           | 41.11                                                                                    |
| 111    | Meerut      | 159                                           | 177                                           | -11.32                                                                                   |
| 112    | Varanasi    | 230                                           | 94                                            | 59.13                                                                                    |
| 113    | Anpara      | 175                                           | 166                                           | 5.14                                                                                     |
| 114    | Bareily     | 207                                           | 110                                           | 46.86                                                                                    |
| 115    | Firozabad   | 247                                           | 106                                           | 57.09                                                                                    |
| 116    | Gajraula    | 204                                           | 194                                           | 4.90                                                                                     |
| 117    | Gorakpur    | 150                                           | 102                                           | 32.00                                                                                    |
| 118    | Jhansi      | 109                                           | 118                                           | -8.26                                                                                    |
| 119    | Khurja      | 195                                           | 150                                           | 23.08                                                                                    |
| 120    | Moradabad   | 222                                           | 116                                           | 47.75                                                                                    |
| 121    | Noida       | 229                                           | 202                                           | 11.79                                                                                    |
| 122    | Raebareli   | 145                                           | 102                                           | 29.66                                                                                    |
| 123    | Dehradun    | 250                                           | 117                                           | 53.20                                                                                    |
| 124    | Kashipur    | 99                                            | 112                                           | -13.13                                                                                   |
| 125    | Rishikesh   | 129                                           | 103                                           | 20.16                                                                                    |
| 126    | Asansol     | 147                                           | 147                                           | 0.00                                                                                     |
| 127    | Barrackpore | 86                                            | 84                                            | 2.33                                                                                     |
| 128    | Durgapur    | 150                                           | 139                                           | 7.33                                                                                     |
| 129    | Haldia      | 92                                            | 91                                            | 1.09                                                                                     |
| 130    | Howrah      | 139                                           | 125                                           | 10.07                                                                                    |
| 131    | Kolkata     | 147                                           | 97                                            | 34.01                                                                                    |

Note: * For air quality data of Faridabad, baseline data of FY 2020-21 was considered as baseline data for FY 2017-18 was not collected.

*For  air  quality  data  of  Srinagar,  baseline  data  of  FY  2018-19  was  considered  as baseline data for FY 2017-18 was not collected

* For air quality data of Vasai-verar, baseline is FY 2019-20 was considered as baseline data for FY 2017-18 was not collected.

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