Lok Sabha Question No. 2080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Funds to Non-attainment Cities under NCAP
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2080 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## Funds to Non-attainment Cities under NCAP

## 2080.   SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of stringent measures taken by the Government to curb down the emissions in non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP);
- (b) the details of the money allocated for non-attainment cities under NCAP, State-wise;
- (c) the specific measures taken by the Government to meet the target goal of 20%-30% of reduction  in  particulate  matter  concentration  by  2024  especially  in  non-attainment cities;
- (d) the details of deadline for achieving revised target of a 40% reduction in pollution levels under the NCAP, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted an assessment of in-effectiveness of NCAP in main cities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e): National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) launched by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in January 2019 with an aim to improve air quality in 130 cities (non-attainment  cities  and  Million  Plus  Cities)  in  24  States/UTs  by  engaging  all  stakeholders. NCAP envisages reduction by 20-30% in PM10 concentration over baseline in year 2017 by 202425. Target has been revised to achieve reduction in PM10 level up to 40% or achievement of national standards (60 microgram/cubic meter) by 2025-26.

NCAP is a multi-sectoral  initiative  involving  the  coordinated  efforts  of  the  Central  and  State Governments, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), and other stakeholders. It emphasizes source-specific mitigation measures through city, state, and national-level clean air action plans. All cities under NCAP have prepared city action plans to take measures to improve air quality as per the objectives of NCAP. Further, 24 State/UTs have prepared action plan under NCAP. Resources are mobilized through the convergence of Central Government schemes (e.g., Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission, PM e-bus Sewa, AMRUT, SATAT, and Nagar Van Yojana), state schemes, and city's own resources.

Performance based incentive grant is provided under NCAP to cities for funding the critical gap. 48  Million  Plus  Cities/  Urban  Agglomerations  are  funded  under  XVth  Finance  Commission Million Plus City Challenge fund as an air quality performance grant, and remaining 82 cities are funded by MoEFCC. An amount of Rs. 19,614 crore has been allocated for 130 cities during 201920 till 2025-26. Rs. 11,211 crore has been released to cities during 2019-20 till 2023-24. Statewise  details  of  release  of  funds  under  NCAP  for  improvement  of  air  quality  are  provided  at Annexure-I .

Annual air pollution reduction targets in the range of 3-15% reduction in PM10 levels have been prescribed for 82 non-attainment cities, whereas annual target of 15% reduction in PM10 level and 15% increase in Good Days (AQI <200) has been prescribed for 48 Million Plus Cities.

To achieve the targets City Action Plans have been prepared by 130 cities. Annual Action Plans have been prepared based on the sources of pollution and available resources.

MoEF&CC has launched 'PRANA' a portal for monitoring implementation of NCAP. On this portal, action plans are uploaded. This portal serves as a platform to track implementation of action plans,  physical  and  financial  progress  of  cities  for  air  quality  improvement.  Cities  have  been mandated to submit quarterly progress report regarding implementation on PRANA portal.

The following Committees have been set up at National, State and City level for coordination, review and monitoring of progress of action plans under NCAP:

- a. National Level
2. (i) Apex Committee
3. (ii) Steering Committee
4. (iii) Monitoring Committee
5. (iv) Implementation Committee
- b. State Level
7. (i) Steering Committee
8. (ii) Implementation Committee
- c. City Level
10. (i) City level Implementation and Monitoring Committee

Nodal  officers  of  CPCB  Regional  Directorates  have  carried  out  field  verification  of  activities undertaken as per City Action Plan. As per MoEF&CC guidelines 'Ranking of Cities', assessment of  cities  has  been  carried  out  in  FY  2021-22,  2022-23  &  2023-24  in  line  with  Swachh  Vayu Survekshan framework to rank cities based on the air quality implementation measures taken by cities.

As per the annual performance assessment carried out for 2023-24, 97 cities out of 130 cities have shown improvement in air quality in terms of PM10 concentrations in FY 2023-24 as compared to base levels of 2017-18. 55 cities have achieved reduction of 20% and above in PM10 levels in 2023-24 with respect to the levels of 2017-18. Further, 18 cities conform to national ambient air quality standards in terms of Particular Matter concentrations during FY 2023-24.

Details of improvement in PM10 concentrations of 130 Cities in FY 2023-24 w.r.t. FY 2017-18 are enclosed as Annexure-II . Some of the key measures taken by the Government for air quality management are placed at Annexure III.

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## Annexure-I

## State-wise release during the FY 2019-20 to 2023-24 under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

(Rs. in crore)

| S N   | State            |   S.No. | City                | Funds released till 23- 24   |
|-------|------------------|---------|---------------------|------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       1 | Srikakulam          | 3.96                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       2 | Chittoor            | 6.14                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       3 | Ongole              | 7.87                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       4 | Vizianagaram        | 5.31                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       5 | Eluru               | 5.21                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       6 | Rajahmundry         | 7.87                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       7 | Anantapur           | 11.46                        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       8 | Kadapa              | 8.48                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       9 | Vijayawada UA       | 130.35                       |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      10 | Guntur              | 17.34                        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      11 | Kurnool             | 6.33                         |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      12 | Nellore             | 21.40                        |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      13 | Visakhapatnam UA    | 129.37                       |
| 2     | Chandigarh       |      14 | Chandigarh          | 32.81                        |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh     |      15 | Raipur UA           | 125.35                       |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh     |      16 | Durg Bhilainagar UA | 118.35                       |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh     |      17 | Korba               | 4.69                         |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      18 | Surat UA            | 261.18                       |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      19 | Ahmadabad UA        | 571.29                       |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      20 | Rajkot UA           | 120.69                       |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      21 | Vadodara UA         | 132.26                       |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      22 | Baddi               | 3.11                         |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      23 | Nalagarh            | 2.26                         |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      24 | Paonta Sahib        | 2.06                         |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      25 | Sunder Nagar        | 2.30                         |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      26 | Damtal              | 1.91                         |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      27 | Parwanoo            | 1.96                         |
|       |                  |      28 | Kala Amb            | 3.90                         |
|       |                  |      29 | Jammu               | 25.08                        |
| 6     | Jammu& Kashmir   |      30 | Srinagar            | 90.87                        |
| 6     | Jammu& Kashmir   |      31 | Dhanbad UA          | 69.09 116.85                 |
| 7     | Jharkhand        |      32 | Jamshedpur UA       |                              |
| 8     | Karnataka        |      34 | Bruhat BangaloreUA  | 541.10                       |

| S N   |   S.No. | City                   |   Funds released till 23- 24 |
|-------|---------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|       |      35 | Gulburga               |                        23.48 |
|       |      36 | Hubli-Dharwad          |                        19.15 |
|       |      37 | Devanagere             |                        13.79 |
|       |      38 | Bhopal UA              |                       193.79 |
|       |      39 | Gwalior UA             |                       102.64 |
|       |      40 | Indore UA              |                       191.95 |
| 9     |      41 | Ujjain                 |                        20.23 |
|       |      42 | Sagar                  |                        14.9  |
|       |      43 | Dewas                  |                         7.95 |
|       |      44 | Jabalpur UA            |                       119.08 |
|       |      45 | Greater Mumbai (GM) UA |                       938.59 |
|       |      46 | Nagpur UA              |                       142.05 |
|       |      47 | Navi MumbaiGMUA        |                         9.45 |
|       |      48 | Pune UA                |                       271.3  |
|       |      49 | Amravati               |                        34.64 |
|       |      50 | Aurangabad UA          |                        68.3  |
|       |      51 | Nashik UA              |                        91.55 |
|       |      52 | Kolhapur               |                        24.11 |
|       |      53 | Sangli                 |                        11.65 |
| 10    |      54 | Solapur                |                        40.35 |
|       |      55 | UlhasnagarGMUA         |                         2.1  |
|       |      56 | Akola                  |                         9.61 |
|       |      57 | BadlapurGMUA           |                         2    |
|       |      58 | Chandrapur             |                         6.99 |
|       |      59 | Jalgaon                |                         5.64 |
|       |      60 | Jalna                  |                         6.35 |
|       |      61 | Latur                  |                        17.37 |
|       |      62 | ThaneGMUA              |                         0    |
|       |      63 | Vasai-Virar City UA    |                        72.35 |
|       |      64 | Kalinga Nagar          |                         5.1  |
|       |      65 | Cuttack                |                        26.58 |
|       |      66 | Bhubneshwar            |                        21.04 |
| 11    |      67 | Balasore               |                         3.95 |
|       |      68 | Rourkela               |                        13.26 |
|       |      69 | Talcher                |                         2.36 |
|       |      70 | Angul                  |                         2.32 |
|       |      71 | Ludhiana UA            |                        97.75 |
| 12    |      72 | Amritsar UA            |                        73.25 |
|       |      73 | Jalandhar              |                        45.44 |

| S N   | State         |   S.No. | City                      |   Funds released till 23- 24 |
|-------|---------------|---------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|       |               |      74 | Khanna                    |                         7    |
|       |               |      75 | Gobindgarh                |                         5.64 |
|       |               |      76 | Naya Nangal               |                         3.37 |
|       |               |      77 | Pathankot/Dera Baba Nanak |                         6.73 |
|       |               |      78 | Patiala                   |                        21.18 |
|       |               |      79 | Dera Bassi                |                         1.34 |
| 13    | Rajasthan     |      80 | Jaipur UA                 |                       344.7  |
| 13    | Rajasthan     |      81 | Jodhpur UA                |                       118.69 |
| 13    | Rajasthan     |      82 | Kota UA                   |                       107.47 |
| 13    | Rajasthan     |      83 | Alwar                     |                        21.89 |
| 13    | Rajasthan     |      84 | Udaipur                   |                        17.5  |
| 14    | Tamilnadu     |      85 | Tuticorn/Thoothukudi      |                        13.4  |
| 14    | Tamilnadu     |      86 | Chennai UA                |                       387.72 |
| 14    | Tamilnadu     |      87 | Madurai UA                |                        72.44 |
| 14    | Tamilnadu     |      88 | Tiruchirappalli UA        |                        62.35 |
| 15    | Telangana     |      89 | Hyderabad UA              |                       614.82 |
| 15    | Telangana     |      90 | Nalgonda                  |                         5.29 |
| 15    | Telangana     |      91 | Sangareddy                |                         3.47 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      92 | Agra UA                   |                       284.89 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      93 | Allahabad UA              |                       213.32 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      94 | Kanpur UA                 |                       397.24 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      95 | Lucknow UA                |                       402.82 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      96 | Varanasi UA               |                       305.84 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      97 | Moradabad                 |                        79.09 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      98 | Bareily                   |                        73.35 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |      99 | Firozabad                 |                        47.78 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     100 | Jhansi                    |                        11.08 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     101 | Khurja                    |                        18.37 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     102 | Anpara                    |                         2.41 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     103 | Gajraula                  |                         4.41 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     104 | Raebareli                 |                        15.62 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     105 | Gorakhpur                 |                        66.87 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     106 | Noida                     |                        30.89 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     107 | Ghaziabad UA              |                       153.42 |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh |     108 | Meerut UA                 |                       153.62 |
| 17    |               |     109 | Kashipur                  |                         7.29 |
| 17    | Uttrakhand    |     110 | Rishikesh                 |                         9.78 |
| 17    |               |     111 | Dehardun                  |                        51.2  |

| S N   | State       | S.No.   | City             | Funds released till 23- 24   |
|-------|-------------|---------|------------------|------------------------------|
| 18    | West Bengal | 112.    | Kolkata (K) UA   | 960.27                       |
| 18    | West Bengal | 113.    | Howrah K UA      | 5.00                         |
| 18    | West Bengal | 114.    | Haldia           | 10.33                        |
| 18    | West Bengal | 115.    | Durgapur         | 44.58                        |
| 18    | West Bengal | 116.    | Barrackpore K UA | 2.00                         |
| 18    | West Bengal | 117.    | Asansol UA       | 67.60                        |
| 19    | Bihar       | 118.    | Patna UA         | 298.60                       |
| 19    | Bihar       | 119.    | Gaya             | 12.45                        |
| 19    | Bihar       | 120.    | Muzaffarpur      | 17.06                        |
| 20    | Assam       | 121.    | Guwahati         | 39.23                        |
| 20    | Assam       | 122.    | Nagaon           | 8.79                         |
| 20    | Assam       | 123.    | Nalbari          | 6.81                         |
| 20    | Assam       | 124.    | Sibsagar         | 8.03                         |
| 20    | Assam       | 125.    | Silchar          | 7.80                         |
| 21    | Nagaland    | 126.    | Dimapur          | 10.20                        |
| 21    | Nagaland    | 127.    | Kohima           | 9.80                         |
| 22    | Meghalaya   | 128.    | Byrnihat         | 7.95                         |
| 23    | Delhi       | 129.    | Delhi            | 42.69                        |
| 24    | Haryana     | 130.    | Faridabad UA     | 73.53                        |
| Total | Total       | Total   | Total            | 11,211.13                    |

Annexure-II Improvement in PM10 concentrations of Non-Attainment Cities in FY 2023-24 with respect to FY 2027-18

|   S.No | State          | City          | PM10 concentrations in 2017-18 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.)   |   PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) | Percentage reduction in PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 with respect to the year 2017- 18 (%)   |
|--------|----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa        | 75                                                     |                                                     42 | 44                                                                                             |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool       | 79                                                     |                                                     56 | 29                                                                                             |
|      3 | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur     | 78                                                     |                                                     59 | 24                                                                                             |
|      4 | Andhra Pradesh | Nellore       | 64                                                     |                                                     52 | 19                                                                                             |
|      5 | Andhra Pradesh | Chitoor       | 70                                                     |                                                     59 | 16                                                                                             |
|      6 | Andhra Pradesh | Ongole        | 65                                                     |                                                     56 | 14                                                                                             |
|      7 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry   | 85                                                     |                                                     76 | 11                                                                                             |
|      8 | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur        | 66                                                     |                                                     61 | 8                                                                                              |
|      9 | Andhra Pradesh | Eluru         | 72                                                     |                                                     68 | 6                                                                                              |
|     10 | Andhra Pradesh | Srikakulam    | 69                                                     |                                                     68 | 1                                                                                              |
|     11 | Andhra Pradesh | Vizianagram   | 72                                                     |                                                     73 | -1                                                                                             |
|     12 | Assam          | Sibsagar      | 73                                                     |                                                     41 | 44                                                                                             |
|     13 | Assam          | Silchar       | 49                                                     |                                                     32 | 35                                                                                             |
|     14 | Assam          | Guwahati      | 103                                                    |                                                    119 | -16                                                                                            |
|     15 | Assam          | Nagaon        | 82                                                     |                                                    107 | -30                                                                                            |
|     16 | Assam          | Nalbari       | 87                                                     |                                                    127 | -46                                                                                            |
|     17 |                | Muzaffarpur   | 147                                                    |                                                    168 | -14                                                                                            |
|     18 | Bihar          | Gaya          | 79                                                     |                                                    104 | -32 -2                                                                                         |
|     19 | Chandigarh     | Chandigarh    | 114                                                    |                                                    116 |                                                                                                |
|     20 | Chhattisgarh   | Korba         | 57                                                     |                                                     59 | -4                                                                                             |
|     21 | Delhi          | Delhi         | 241                                                    |                                                    208 | 14                                                                                             |
|     22 |                | Nalagarh      | 146                                                    |                                                     68 | 53                                                                                             |
|     23 |                | Sunder Nagar  | 78                                                     |                                                     44 | 44                                                                                             |
|     24 |                | Parwanoo      | 66                                                     |                                                     39 | 41                                                                                             |
|     25 | Himachal       | Baddi         | 174                                                    |                                                    111 | 36                                                                                             |
|     26 | Pradesh        | Kala Amb      | 118                                                    |                                                    100 | 15                                                                                             |
|     27 |                | Damtal        | 55                                                     |                                                     52 | 5                                                                                              |
|     28 |                | Paonta Sahib  | 84                                                     |                                                     90 | -7                                                                                             |
|     29 | Jammu and      | Jammu         | 157                                                    |                                                    101 | 36                                                                                             |
|     30 | Kashmir        | Srinagar      | 132**                                                  |                                                     96 | 27                                                                                             |
|     31 |                | Devanagere    | 74                                                     |                                                     66 | 11                                                                                             |
|     32 | Karnataka      | Hubli-dharwad | 79                                                     |                                                     71 | 10                                                                                             |
|     33 |                | Gulburga      | 55                                                     |                                                     56 | -2                                                                                             |

| S.No   | State          | City                 | PM10 concentrations in 2017-18 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.)   | PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.)   | Percentage reduction in PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 with respect to the year 2017- 18 (%)   |
|--------|----------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 34     | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain               | 93                                                     | 84                                                     | 10                                                                                             |
| 35     | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar                | 73                                                     | 74                                                     | -1                                                                                             |
| 36     | Madhya Pradesh | Dewas                | 83                                                     | 99                                                     | -19                                                                                            |
| 37     | Maharashtra    | Akola                | 111                                                    | 85                                                     | 23                                                                                             |
| 38     | Maharashtra    | Latur                | 82                                                     | 66                                                     | 20                                                                                             |
| 39     | Maharashtra    | Amravati             | 102                                                    | 87                                                     | 15                                                                                             |
| 40     | Maharashtra    | Chandrapur           | 118                                                    | 102                                                    | 14                                                                                             |
| 41     | Maharashtra    | Sangli               | 87                                                     | 77                                                     | 11                                                                                             |
| 42     | Maharashtra    | Kolhapur             | 89                                                     | 86                                                     | 3                                                                                              |
| 43     | Maharashtra    | Jalna                | 99                                                     | 102                                                    | -3                                                                                             |
| 44     | Maharashtra    | Solapur              | 81                                                     | 96                                                     | -19                                                                                            |
| 45     | Maharashtra    | Jalgaon              | 70                                                     | 97                                                     | -39                                                                                            |
| 46     | Meghalaya      | Byrnihat             | 175                                                    | 104                                                    | 41                                                                                             |
| 47     | Nagaland       | Kohima               | 127                                                    | 68                                                     | 46                                                                                             |
| 48     | Nagaland       | Dimapur              | 142                                                    | 97                                                     | 32                                                                                             |
| 49     | Odisha         | Kalinga Nagar        | 109                                                    | 101                                                    | 7                                                                                              |
| 50     | Odisha         | Talcher              | 113                                                    | 113                                                    | 0                                                                                              |
| 51     | Odisha         | Rourkela             | 99                                                     | 111                                                    | -12                                                                                            |
| 52     | Odisha         | Bhubaneshwar         | 85                                                     | 114                                                    | -34                                                                                            |
| 53     | Odisha         | Cuttack              | 93                                                     | 129                                                    | -39                                                                                            |
| 54     | Odisha         | Balasore             | 84                                                     | 124                                                    | -48                                                                                            |
| 55     | Odisha         | Angul                | 97                                                     | 167                                                    | -72                                                                                            |
| 56     | Punjab         | Jalandhar            | 178                                                    | 111                                                    | 38                                                                                             |
| 57     |                | Naya Nagal           | 87                                                     | 59                                                     | 32                                                                                             |
| 58     |                | Khanna               | 142                                                    | 100                                                    | 30                                                                                             |
| 59     |                | Pathankot/ Dera Baba | 79                                                     | 56                                                     | 29                                                                                             |
| 60     |                | Gobindgarh           | 148                                                    | 126                                                    | 15                                                                                             |
| 61     |                |                      | 106                                                    | 91                                                     | 14                                                                                             |
| 62     |                | Patiala Dera Bassi   | 88                                                     | 102                                                    | -16                                                                                            |
| 63     |                | Alwar                | 152                                                    | 127                                                    | 16                                                                                             |
| 64     |                | Udaipur              | 127                                                    | 121                                                    | 5                                                                                              |
| 65     | Rajasthan      |                      | 123                                                    | 57                                                     | 54                                                                                             |
| 66     |                | Sangareddy           | 85                                                     | 81                                                     |                                                                                                |
| 67     | Tamil Nadu     | Thoothukudi          |                                                        |                                                        | 5 0                                                                                            |
|        | Telangana      | Nalgonda             | 59                                                     | 59 80                                                  | 61                                                                                             |
| 68     | Uttar          | Bareily              | 207                                                    | 102                                                    |                                                                                                |
| 69     | Pradesh        | Firozabad            | 247                                                    |                                                        | 59                                                                                             |

|   S.No | State       | City      |   PM10 concentrations in 2017-18 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) |   PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) |   Percentage reduction in PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 with respect to the year 2017- 18 (%) |
|--------|-------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     70 |             | Moradabad |                                                    222 |                                                    115 |                                                                                             48 |
|     71 |             | Khurja    |                                                    195 |                                                    104 |                                                                                             47 |
|     72 |             | Raebareli |                                                    145 |                                                     91 |                                                                                             37 |
|     73 |             | Gorakhpur |                                                    150 |                                                    111 |                                                                                             26 |
|     74 |             | Noida     |                                                    229 |                                                    182 |                                                                                             21 |
|     75 |             | Gajraula  |                                                    204 |                                                    167 |                                                                                             18 |
|     76 |             | Jhansi    |                                                    109 |                                                     96 |                                                                                             12 |
|     77 |             | Anpara    |                                                    175 |                                                    166 |                                                                                              5 |
|     78 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun  |                                                    250 |                                                    109 |                                                                                             56 |
|     79 | Uttarakhand | Rishikesh |                                                    129 |                                                     76 |                                                                                             41 |
|     80 | Uttarakhand | Kashipur  |                                                     99 |                                                     98 |                                                                                              1 |
|     81 | West Bengal | Durgapur  |                                                    150 |                                                    106 |                                                                                             29 |
|     82 | West Bengal | Haldia    |                                                     92 |                                                     87 |                                                                                              5 |

## Improvement in PM10 concentrations of Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomerations in FY 2023-24 with respect to FY 2027-18

|   S.No. | State                | City           | PM10 concentrations in 2017-18 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.)   |   PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) |   Percentage reduction in PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 with respect to the year 2017-18 (%) |
|---------|----------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra               | Vijayawada     | 91                                                     |                                                     61 |                                                                                            33 |
|       2 | Pradesh              | Vishakhapatnam | 76                                                     |                                                    120 |                                                                                           -58 |
|       3 | Bihar                | Patna          | 172                                                    |                                                    178 |                                                                                            -3 |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh         | Bhilai         | 86                                                     |                                                     68 |                                                                                            21 |
|       5 |                      | Raipur         | 70                                                     |                                                     76 |                                                                                            -9 |
|       6 |                      | Ahmedabad      | 164                                                    |                                                     98 |                                                                                            40 |
|       7 |                      | Rajkot         | 150                                                    |                                                     92 |                                                                                            39 |
|       8 | Gujarat              | Vadodara       | 133                                                    |                                                     95 |                                                                                            29 |
|       9 |                      | Surat          | 130                                                    |                                                    103 |                                                                                            21 |
|      10 | Haryana              | Faridabad      | 229**                                                  |                                                    190 |                                                                                            17 |
|      11 | Jharkhand            | Dhanbad        | 315                                                    |                                                    138 |                                                                                            56 |
|      12 | Jharkhand            | Ranchi         | 141                                                    |                                                    107 |                                                                                            24 |
|      13 | Jharkhand            | Jamshedpur     | 135                                                    |                                                    130 |                                                                                             4 |
|      14 | Karnataka            | Bangalore      | 92                                                     |                                                     70 |                                                                                            24 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh       | Jabalpur       | 101                                                    |                                                     91 |                                                                                            10 |
|      16 | Madhya Pradesh       | Bhopal         | 112                                                    |                                                    113 |                                                                                            -1 |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh       | Gwalior        | 126                                                    |                                                    136 |                                                                                            -8 |
|      18 | Madhya Pradesh       | Indore         | 82                                                     |                                                     99 |                                                                                           -21 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh       | Mumbai         | 161                                                    |                                                     94 |                                                                                            42 |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh       | Thane          | 138                                                    |                                                    111 |                                                                                            20 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh       | Nashik         | 82                                                     |                                                     72 |                                                                                            12 |
|      22 | Madhya Pradesh       | Nagpur         | 100                                                    |                                                     94 |                                                                                             6 |
|      23 | Maharashtra          | Badlapur       | 160                                                    |                                                    152 |                                                                                             5 |
|      24 | Madhya Pradesh       | Pune           | 102                                                    |                                                     98 |                                                                                             4 |
|      25 | Madhya Pradesh       | Ulhasnagar     | 153                                                    |                                                    149 |                                                                                             3 |
|      26 | Madhya Pradesh       | Navi Mumbai    | 88                                                     |                                                     98 |                                                                                           -11 |
|      27 | Madhya Pradesh       | Vasai-Virar    | 99                                                     |                                                    125 |                                                                                           -26 |
|      28 | Madhya Pradesh       | Aurangabad     | 75                                                     |                                                     98 |                                                                                           -31 |
|      29 | Punjab               | Amritsar       | 189                                                    |                                                    119 |                                                                                            37 |
|      30 | Punjab               | Ludhiana       | 168                                                    |                                                    161 |                                                                                             4 |
|      31 | Punjab               | Jodhpur        | 189                                                    |                                                    124 |                                                                                            34 |
|      32 | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Jaipur         | 172                                                    |                                                    148 |                                                                                            14 |
|      33 | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Kota           | 139                                                    |                                                    124 |                                                                                            11 |
|      34 | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Trichy         | 88                                                     |                                                     47 |                                                                                            47 |
|      35 | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Madurai        | 72                                                     |                                                     68 |                                                                                             6 |
|      36 | Rajasthan Tamil Nadu | Chennai        | 66                                                     |                                                     63 |                                                                                             5 |

|   S.No. | State         | City        |   PM10 concentrations in 2017-18 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) |   PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 (µg/m3) (Annual Avg.) |   Percentage reduction in PM10 concentrations in 2023-24 with respect to the year 2017-18 (%) |
|---------|---------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      37 | Telangana     | Hyderabad   |                                                    110 |                                                     81 |                                                                                            26 |
|      38 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi    |                                                    230 |                                                     73 |                                                                                            68 |
|      39 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow     |                                                    253 |                                                    137 |                                                                                            46 |
|      40 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur      |                                                    227 |                                                    125 |                                                                                            45 |
|      41 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra        |                                                    202 |                                                    116 |                                                                                            43 |
|      42 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad   |                                                    285 |                                                    172 |                                                                                            40 |
|      43 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad   |                                                    169 |                                                    124 |                                                                                            27 |
|      44 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut      |                                                    159 |                                                    149 |                                                                                             6 |
|      45 | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |                                                    147 |                                                     94 |                                                                                            36 |
|      46 | West Bengal   | Asansol     |                                                    147 |                                                    108 |                                                                                            27 |
|      47 | West Bengal   | Howrah      |                                                    139 |                                                    111 |                                                                                            20 |
|      48 | West Bengal   | Barrackpore |                                                     86 |                                                     99 |                                                                                           -15 |

## Air Quality Improvement in 130 Cities

|   S. No. | Improvement in PM 10 in 2023-24 vs FY 2017-18 (%)   |   No. Of Cities | Cities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 40 and above                                        |              23 | Varanasi, Bareily, Firozabad, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Tuticorin, Nalagarh, Moradabad, Khurja, Trichy, Kohima, Lucknow, Kanpur, Kadapa, Sivasagar, Sunder Nagar, Agra, Greater Mumbai, Rishikesh, Parwanoo, Byrnihat, Ahmedabad, Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | 20-39                                               |              32 | Rajkot, Jalandhar, Raebareli, Amritsar, Kolkata, Jammu, Silchar, Vijayawada, NayaNangal, Dimapur, Baddi, Jodhpur, Khanna, Durgapur, Kurnool, Dera Baba Nanak, Vadodara, Allahabad, Asansol, Hyderabad, Gorakhpur, Ranchi, Bengaluru, Akola, Ananthpur, Durg Bhilainagar, Surat, Noida, Howrah, Thane, Latur                                                                                                 |
|        4 | 1-19                                                |              42 | Nellore, Gajraula, Alwar, Chittur, Kala Amb, Mandi Gobindgarh, Amravati, Patiala, Jaipur, Ongole, Delhi, Chandrapur, Nashik, Jhansi, Sangli, Kota, Devanagere, Rajamuhndary, Hubli-Dharwad, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Guntur, Kalinga Nagar, Meerut, Nagpur, Eluru, Madurai, Damtal, Haldia, Anpara, Badlapur, Sangareddy, Udaipur, Chennai, Ludhiana, Pune, Jamshedpur, Kolhapur, Ulhasnagar, Srikakulam, Kashipur |
|        6 | Nil                                                 |              33 | Talcher, Nalgonda, Bhopal, Sagar, Vizhianagaram, Chandigarh, Gulburga, Jalna, Patna, Korba, Paonta Sahib, Gwalior, Raipur, Navi Mumbai, Rourkela, Muzaffarpur, Barrackpore, Guwahati, Dera Bassi, Solapur, Dewas, Indore, Vasai virar, Nagaon, Aurangabad, Gaya, Bhubneshwar, Jalgaon, Cuttack, Nalbari, Balasore, Visakhapatnam, Angul                                                                     |

## Key steps taken by the Central Government to control pollution:

- i. Emission  standards  for  more  than  80  industries  have  been  notified  under  Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986
- ii. Emission standards recently notified/revised:
- a) Thermal power plants
- b) Diesel/petrol/CNG generator sets
- c) Industrial boilers
- d) Lime Kilns
- e) Brick kilns and conversion of zig-zag technology
- f) Calcinated petcoke industry
- g) Hot mix plants
- iii. Leapfrogging to Bharat Stage-VI (BS-VI) emissions norms from 1st April 2020
- iv. Vehicle Scrapping Policy, Rules for Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities and Automated Testing Stations by MoRTH
- v. Waste  management  rules  for  solid  waste,  plastic  waste,  hazardous  waste,  e-waste,  battery waste, biomedical waste, 100% ash utilisation by Thermal Power Plants
- vi. Market-based  Extended  Producer  Responsibility  (EPR)  regulations  introduced  for  waste categories, viz. plastic packaging, e-waste, battery waste, waste tyres & used oil
- vii. 12 identified Single-Use Plastics (SUP) having high littering potential and low utility were banned from 1st July, 2022
- viii. Mandate for utilisation of minimum 5% of crop residue along with coal (pellets/briquettes) in thermal power plants in NCR and adjoining areas
- ix. Categorization  of  industrial  areas  as  Critically  and  Severely  Polluted  Areas  (CPAs/SPAs) based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI).