Lok Sabha Question No. 134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Progress made under National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## Progress made under National Clean Air Programme

## 134.  SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  a  National  Clean  Air  Programme  as  a national level strategy outlining to reduce air pollution levels at city and regional level in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of cities identified for implementation of city specific action plans    under the said programme; and
- (c) whether the progress made so far in respect of the said programme is in    accordance with the target 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):

Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January, 2019 which is a long-term, 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 (PM) 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 of PM concentrations by 2025-26. Cities are provided with funds to support implementation  of  City  Action  Plans  for  taking  measures  to  improve  air  quality.  All  131 cities/ULBs have prepared the City Action Plans under NCAP.

90  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 cities along with air quality targets and achievement in FY 2022-23 of 131 cities are enclosed at Annexure-I .

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## Annexure - I

## Details of air quality target and achievement in 131 cities under NCAP in terms of PM10 concentrations

| States         |   S. No. | Cities             |   Average concentrati on (F.Y.) ofPM 10 in FY 2017 -18 (µg/m 3 ) | Target for red uction of PM 1 0 concentratio ns for FY 202 1-22 to 2022-2 3 (µg/m 3 )   |   Average co ncentration (F.Y.) of P M10 in FY 2022- 23 (µg/m 3 ) |   Percentage i mprovement inPM 10 conc entrations wi th respect to base year 201 7 - 18 (%) |
|----------------|----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |        1 | Anantpur           |                                                               78 | 54                                                                                      |                                                                57 |                                                                                       26.92 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        2 | Chittur            |                                                               70 | 48                                                                                      |                                                                52 |                                                                                       25.71 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        3 | Eluru              |                                                               72 | 58                                                                                      |                                                                66 |                                                                                        8.33 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        4 | Guntur             |                                                               66 | 52                                                                                      |                                                                60 |                                                                                        9.09 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        5 | Kadapa             |                                                               75 | 43                                                                                      |                                                                57 |                                                                                       24    |
| Andhra Pradesh |        6 | Kurnool            |                                                               79 | 52                                                                                      |                                                                64 |                                                                                       18.99 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        7 | Nellore            |                                                               64 | 61                                                                                      |                                                                56 |                                                                                       12.5  |
| Andhra Pradesh |        8 | Ongole             |                                                               65 | 54                                                                                      |                                                                51 |                                                                                       21.54 |
| Andhra Pradesh |        9 | Rajamahendravar am |                                                               85 | 54                                                                                      |                                                                68 |                                                                                       20    |
| Andhra Pradesh |       10 | Srikakulam         |                                                               69 | 59                                                                                      |                                                                71 |                                                                                       -2.9  |
| Andhra Pradesh |       11 | Vijayawada         |                                                               91 | 46                                                                                      |                                                                90 |                                                                                        1.1  |
| Andhra Pradesh |       12 | Visakhapatnam      |                                                               76 | 67                                                                                      |                                                               116 |                                                                                      -52.63 |
| Andhra Pradesh |       13 | Vizhianagaram      |                                                               72 | 61                                                                                      |                                                                75 |                                                                                       -4.17 |
| Assam          |       14 | Guwahati           |                                                              103 | 94                                                                                      |                                                               106 |                                                                                       -2.91 |
| Assam          |       15 | Nagaon             |                                                               82 | 79                                                                                      |                                                               121 |                                                                                      -47.56 |
| Assam          |       16 | Nalbari            |                                                               87 | 68                                                                                      |                                                               128 |                                                                                      -47.13 |
| Assam          |       17 | Silchar            |                                                               49 | 40                                                                                      |                                                                49 |                                                                                        0    |
| Assam          |       18 | Sivasagar          |                                                               73 | -                                                                                       |                                                                42 |                                                                                       42.47 |
| Bihar          |       19 | Patna              |                                                              172 | 116                                                                                     |                                                               193 |                                                                                      -12.21 |
| Bihar          |       20 | Gaya               |                                                               79 | 71                                                                                      |                                                               150 |                                                                                      -89.87 |
| Bihar          |       21 | Muzaffarpur        |                                                              147 | 109                                                                                     |                                                               175 |                                                                                      -19.05 |
| Chandigarh     |       22 | Chandigarh         |                                                              114 | 79                                                                                      |                                                               116 |                                                                                       -1.75 |
|                |       23 | Korba              |                                                               57 | 48                                                                                      |                                                                70 |                                                                                      -22.81 |
| Chhattisgar h  |       24 | Durg Bhilainagar   |                                                               86 | 54                                                                                      |                                                                70 |                                                                                       18.6  |
| Chhattisgar h  |       25 | Raipur             |                                                               70 | 47                                                                                      |                                                                78 |                                                                                      -11.43 |
| Delhi          |       26 | Delhi              |                                                              241 | 151                                                                                     |                                                               209 |                                                                                       13.28 |
|                |       27 | Ahmedabad          |                                                              164 | 82                                                                                      |                                                                91 |                                                                                       44.51 |
| Gujarat        |       28 | Rajkot             |                                                              150 | 82                                                                                      |                                                                92 |                                                                                       38.67 |
| Gujarat        |       29 | Surat              |                                                              130 | 80                                                                                      |                                                               118 |                                                                                        9.23 |
| Gujarat        |       30 | Vadodara           |                                                              133 | 77                                                                                      |                                                               104 |                                                                                       21.8  |
| Haryana        |       31 | Faridabad*         |                                                              229 | 157                                                                                     |                                                               212 |                                                                                        7.42 |

| States            |   S. No. | Cities                |   Average concentrati on (F.Y.) ofPM 10 in FY 2017 -18 (µg/m 3 ) | Target for red uction of PM 1 0 concentratio ns for FY 202 1-22 to 2022-2 3 (µg/m 3 )   |   Average co ncentration (F.Y.) of P M10 in FY 2022- 23 (µg/m 3 ) |   Percentage i mprovement inPM 10 conc entrations wi th respect to base year 201 7 - 18 (%) |
|-------------------|----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Himachal Pra desh |       33 | Damtal                |                                                               55 | -                                                                                       |                                                                64 |                                                                                      -16.36 |
| Himachal Pra desh |       34 | Kala Amb              |                                                              118 | -                                                                                       |                                                                93 |                                                                                       21.19 |
| Himachal Pra desh |       35 | Nalagarh              |                                                              146 | 101                                                                                     |                                                                78 |                                                                                       46.58 |
| Himachal Pra desh |       36 | Paonta Sahib          |                                                               84 | 70                                                                                      |                                                               103 |                                                                                      -22.62 |
| Himachal Pra desh |       37 | Parwanoo              |                                                               66 | -                                                                                       |                                                                47 |                                                                                       28.79 |
| Himachal Pra desh |       38 | Sunder Nagar          |                                                               78 | 62                                                                                      |                                                                46 |                                                                                       41.03 |
| Jammu& Kashmir    |       39 | Jammu                 |                                                              157 | 126                                                                                     |                                                               158 |                                                                                       -0.64 |
| Jammu& Kashmir    |       40 | Srinagar*             |                                                              132 | 107                                                                                     |                                                                88 |                                                                                       33.33 |
| Jharkhand         |       41 | Dhanbad               |                                                              315 | 153                                                                                     |                                                               203 |                                                                                       35.56 |
| Jharkhand         |       42 | Jamshedpur            |                                                              135 | 100                                                                                     |                                                               126 |                                                                                        6.67 |
| Jharkhand         |       43 | Ranchi                |                                                              141 | 78                                                                                      |                                                               107 |                                                                                       24.11 |
| Karnataka         |       44 | Bengaluru             |                                                               92 | 51                                                                                      |                                                                68 |                                                                                       26.09 |
| Karnataka         |       45 | Devangere             |                                                               74 | 57                                                                                      |                                                                61 |                                                                                       17.57 |
| Karnataka         |       46 | Gulburga / Kalab urgi |                                                               55 | 74                                                                                      |                                                                74 |                                                                                      -34.55 |
| Karnataka         |       47 | Hubli-Dharwad         |                                                               79 | 68                                                                                      |                                                                76 |                                                                                        3.8  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       48 | Bhopal                |                                                              112 | 100                                                                                     |                                                               124 |                                                                                      -10.71 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       49 | Dewas                 |                                                               83 | 79                                                                                      |                                                               105 |                                                                                      -26.51 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       50 | Gwalior               |                                                              126 | 98                                                                                      |                                                               145 |                                                                                      -15.08 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       51 | Indore                |                                                               82 | 62                                                                                      |                                                               109 |                                                                                      -32.93 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       52 | Jabalpur              |                                                              101 | 71                                                                                      |                                                               125 |                                                                                      -23.76 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       53 | Sagar                 |                                                               73 | 65                                                                                      |                                                                83 |                                                                                      -13.7  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |       54 | Ujjain                |                                                               93 | 79                                                                                      |                                                               111 |                                                                                      -19.35 |
|                   |       55 | Aurangabad            |                                                               75 | 55                                                                                      |                                                               107 |                                                                                      -42.67 |
|                   |       56 | Akola                 |                                                              111 | 61                                                                                      |                                                                62 |                                                                                       44.14 |
|                   |       57 | Amravati              |                                                              102 | 79                                                                                      |                                                                68 |                                                                                       33.33 |
|                   |       58 | Badlapur              |                                                              160 | 74                                                                                      |                                                               146 |                                                                                        8.75 |
|                   |       59 | Chandrapur            |                                                              118 | 80                                                                                      |                                                               121 |                                                                                       -2.54 |
|                   |       60 | Greater Mumbai        |                                                              161 | 74                                                                                      |                                                               116 |                                                                                       27.95 |
|                   |       61 | Jalgaon               |                                                               70 | 51                                                                                      |                                                                66 |                                                                                        5.71 |
| Maharashtra       |       62 | Jalna                 |                                                               99 | 85                                                                                      |                                                                93 |                                                                                        6.06 |
|                   |       63 | Kolhapur              |                                                               89 | 80                                                                                      |                                                                80 |                                                                                       10.11 |
|                   |       64 | Latur                 |                                                               82 | 74                                                                                      |                                                                53 |                                                                                       35.37 |
|                   |       65 | Nagpur                |                                                              100 | 56                                                                                      |                                                                97 |                                                                                        3    |
|                   |       66 | Nashik                |                                                               82 | 46                                                                                      |                                                                62 |                                                                                       24.39 |
|                   |       67 | Navi Mumbai           |                                                               88 | 74                                                                                      |                                                               102 |                                                                                      -15.91 |
|                   |       68 | Pune                  |                                                              102 | 57                                                                                      |                                                                96 |                                                                                        5.88 |
|                   |       69 | Sangli                |                                                               87 | 61                                                                                      |                                                                69 |                                                                                       20.69 |

| States     |   S. No. | Cities            |   Average concentrati on (F.Y.) ofPM 10 in FY 2017 -18 (µg/m 3 ) |   Target for red uction of PM 1 0 concentratio ns for FY 202 1-22 to 2022-2 3 (µg/m 3 ) |   Average co ncentration (F.Y.) of P M10 in FY 2022- 23 (µg/m 3 ) |   Percentage i mprovement inPM 10 conc entrations wi th respect to base year 201 7 - 18 (%) |
|------------|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|            |       70 | Solapur           |                                                               81 |                                                                                      77 |                                                                76 |                                                                                        6.17 |
|            |       71 | Thane             |                                                              138 |                                                                                      74 |                                                               115 |                                                                                       16.67 |
|            |       72 | Ulhasnagar        |                                                              153 |                                                                                      74 |                                                               128 |                                                                                       16.34 |
|            |       73 | Vasai virar*      |                                                               99 |                                                                                      86 |                                                               155 |                                                                                      -56.57 |
| Meghalaya  |       74 | Byrnihat          |                                                              175 |                                                                                      87 |                                                               131 |                                                                                       25.14 |
|            |       75 | Dimapur           |                                                              142 |                                                                                      75 |                                                                91 |                                                                                       35.92 |
| Nagaland   |       76 | Kohima            |                                                              127 |                                                                                      72 |                                                                72 |                                                                                       43.31 |
| Odisha     |       77 | Angul             |                                                               97 |                                                                                      85 |                                                                98 |                                                                                       -1.03 |
|            |       78 | Balasore          |                                                               84 |                                                                                      77 |                                                                82 |                                                                                        2.38 |
|            |       79 | Bhubneshwar       |                                                               85 |                                                                                      87 |                                                               118 |                                                                                      -38.82 |
|            |       80 | Cuttack           |                                                               93 |                                                                                      90 |                                                               105 |                                                                                      -12.9  |
|            |       81 | Kalinga Nagar     |                                                              109 |                                                                                      92 |                                                               104 |                                                                                        4.59 |
|            |       82 | Rourkela          |                                                               99 |                                                                                      97 |                                                               126 |                                                                                      -27.27 |
|            |       83 | Talcher           |                                                              113 |                                                                                      95 |                                                                93 |                                                                                       17.7  |
|            |       84 | Amritsar          |                                                              189 |                                                                                      74 |                                                               120 |                                                                                       36.51 |
| Punjab     |       85 | Dera Baba Nana k  |                                                               79 |                                                                                      64 |                                                                58 |                                                                                       26.58 |
| Punjab     |       86 | Dera Bassi        |                                                               88 |                                                                                      88 |                                                               104 |                                                                                      -18.18 |
| Punjab     |       87 | Jalandhar         |                                                              178 |                                                                                     104 |                                                               126 |                                                                                       29.21 |
| Punjab     |       88 | Khanna            |                                                              142 |                                                                                      94 |                                                               103 |                                                                                       27.46 |
| Punjab     |       89 | Ludhiana          |                                                              168 |                                                                                      80 |                                                               163 |                                                                                        2.98 |
| Punjab     |       90 | Mandi Gobindga rh |                                                              148 |                                                                                     111 |                                                               131 |                                                                                       11.49 |
| Punjab     |       91 | Naya Nangal       |                                                               87 |                                                                                      88 |                                                                63 |                                                                                       27.59 |
| Punjab     |       92 | Patiala           |                                                              106 |                                                                                      87 |                                                               103 |                                                                                        2.83 |
| Rajasthan  |       93 | Jaipur            |                                                              172 |                                                                                      88 |                                                               143 |                                                                                       16.86 |
| Rajasthan  |       94 | Alwar             |                                                              152 |                                                                                     110 |                                                               116 |                                                                                       23.68 |
| Rajasthan  |       95 | Jodhpur           |                                                              189 |                                                                                     115 |                                                               146 |                                                                                       22.75 |
| Rajasthan  |       96 | Kota              |                                                              139 |                                                                                      72 |                                                               128 |                                                                                        7.91 |
| Rajasthan  |       97 | Udaipur           |                                                              127 |                                                                                     113 |                                                               128 |                                                                                       -0.79 |
| Tamil Nadu |       98 | Chennai           |                                                               66 |                                                                                      40 |                                                                66 |                                                                                        0    |
| Tamil Nadu |       99 | Madurai           |                                                               72 |                                                                                      49 |                                                                68 |                                                                                        5.56 |
| Tamil Nadu |      100 | Trichy            |                                                               88 |                                                                                      43 |                                                                47 |                                                                                       46.59 |
| Tamil Nadu |      101 | Tuticorin         |                                                              123 |                                                                                      76 |                                                                54 |                                                                                       56.1  |
|            |      102 | Hyderabad         |                                                              110 |                                                                                      62 |                                                                83 |                                                                                       24.55 |
| Telangana  |      103 | Nalgonda          |                                                               59 |                                                                                      53 |                                                                55 |                                                                                        6.78 |
| Telangana  |      104 | Patencheru        |                                                               74 |                                                                                      62 |                                                                80 |                                                                                       -8.11 |
| Telangana  |      105 | Sangareddy        |                                                               85 |                                                                                      76 |                                                                86 |                                                                                       -1.18 |

| States        |   S. No. | Cities      |   Average concentrati on (F.Y.) ofPM 10 in FY 2017 -18 (µg/m 3 ) |   Target for red uction of PM 1 0 concentratio ns for FY 202 1-22 to 2022-2 3 (µg/m 3 ) |   Average co ncentration (F.Y.) of P M10 in FY 2022- 23 (µg/m 3 ) |   Percentage i mprovement inPM 10 conc entrations wi th respect to base year 201 7 - 18 (%) |
|---------------|----------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh |      106 | Agra        |                                                              202 |                                                                                     110 |                                                               118 |                                                                                       41.58 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      107 | Allahabad   |                                                              169 |                                                                                     163 |                                                               125 |                                                                                       26.04 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      108 | Ghaziabad   |                                                              285 |                                                                                     154 |                                                               198 |                                                                                       30.53 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      109 | Kanpur      |                                                              227 |                                                                                     142 |                                                               143 |                                                                                       37    |
| Uttar Pradesh |      110 | Lucknow     |                                                              253 |                                                                                     155 |                                                               149 |                                                                                       41.11 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      111 | Meerut      |                                                              159 |                                                                                     149 |                                                               177 |                                                                                      -11.32 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      112 | Varanasi    |                                                              230 |                                                                                     126 |                                                                94 |                                                                                       59.13 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      113 | Anpara      |                                                              175 |                                                                                     146 |                                                               166 |                                                                                        5.14 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      114 | Bareily     |                                                              207 |                                                                                     151 |                                                               110 |                                                                                       46.86 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      115 | Firozabad   |                                                              247 |                                                                                     170 |                                                               106 |                                                                                       57.09 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      116 | Gajraula    |                                                              204 |                                                                                     175 |                                                               194 |                                                                                        4.9  |
| Uttar Pradesh |      117 | Gorakpur    |                                                              150 |                                                                                     222 |                                                               102 |                                                                                       32    |
| Uttar Pradesh |      118 | Jhansi      |                                                              109 |                                                                                      90 |                                                               118 |                                                                                       -8.26 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      119 | Khurja      |                                                              195 |                                                                                     192 |                                                               150 |                                                                                       23.08 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      120 | Moradabad   |                                                              222 |                                                                                     200 |                                                               116 |                                                                                       47.75 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      121 | Noida       |                                                              229 |                                                                                     169 |                                                               202 |                                                                                       11.79 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      122 | Raebareli   |                                                              145 |                                                                                     131 |                                                               102 |                                                                                       29.66 |
|               |      123 | Dehradun    |                                                              250 |                                                                                     141 |                                                               117 |                                                                                       53.2  |
| Uttarakhand   |      124 | Kashipur    |                                                               99 |                                                                                     110 |                                                               112 |                                                                                      -13.13 |
|               |      125 | Rishikesh   |                                                              129 |                                                                                     118 |                                                               103 |                                                                                       20.16 |
| West Bengal   |      126 | Asansol     |                                                              147 |                                                                                      87 |                                                               147 |                                                                                        0    |
|               |      127 | Barrackpore |                                                               86 |                                                                                      69 |                                                                84 |                                                                                        2.33 |
|               |      128 | Durgapur    |                                                              150 |                                                                                     113 |                                                               139 |                                                                                        7.33 |
|               |      129 | Haldia      |                                                               92 |                                                                                      65 |                                                                91 |                                                                                        1.09 |
|               |      130 | Howrah      |                                                              139 |                                                                                      69 |                                                               125 |                                                                                       10.07 |
|               |      131 | Kolkata     |                                                              147 |                                                                                      69 |                                                                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-virar, baseline is FY 2019-20 was considered as baseline data for FY 2017-18 was not collected.

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