Lok Sabha Question No. 2320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Impact of National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Manoj Tiwari, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shri Godam Nagesh, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2320

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

## Impact of National Clean Air Programme

## 2320.   SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

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

- (a) the impact of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) on improving air quality in the  country,  State-wise  including  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra  and  National  Capital Territory of Delhi;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to expand beyond the existing 130 cities, if so, the number of additional cities proposed to be included and the timeline fixed in this regard;
- (c) whether there is any specific scheme or component under NCAP focused on improving the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the National Capital Region (NCR), if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated and utilised for Delhi under the said programme; and
- (d) the status of the National Clean Air Programme in the State of Maharashtra specially Mumbai, Thane and Palghar districts?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a)  to  (d): National  Clean Air  Programme  (NCAP)  launched  by  Ministry  of  Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in January 2019 aims to improve air quality in 130 non-attainment and Million-Plus Cities in 24 States/UTs including Maharashtra, Rajasthan and

National Capital Territory of Delhi. The programme included non-attainment cities based on the  cities  that  have  exceeded  National Ambient Air  Quality  Standards  (NAAQS) for PM10 levels consecutively for a period of 5 years during 2014-2019.

The focused actions by 130 cities under NCAP have shown positive results with 103 cities showing reduction in PM10 concentration in FY 2024-25 with respect to FY 2017-18. A total of 22  Cities  have  met  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards  (NAAQS)  and  have  PM10 Concentrations less than 60 µg/m 3 . Details of air quality improvement in cities covered under NCAP is placed at Annexure I .

6  cities  (Delhi, Alwar,  Faridabad,  Noida,  Ghaziabad  &  Meerut)  are  part  of  Delhi  National Capital Region (NCR) and are funded under National Clean Air Programme for improvement of air quality. The measures taken by cities under NCAP include preparation of State and City Action Plan, implementation of road improvement works for dust control, such as end-to-end paving, mechanized road sweeping, greening of open spaces and traffic corridors, improvement of  traffic  junctions  for  decongestion,  conversion  of  crematoriums  into  cleaner  fuels  or installation  of  pollution  control  devices  in  conventional  crematoriums,  organizing  public outreach and awareness campaigns involving youth through 'MY Bharat' platform. All 6 cities of Delhi NCR have shown improvement in PM10 concentration in FY 2024-25 with respect to FY 2017-18.

An amount of Rs. 62.03 crore has been provided to Delhi under NCAP during FY 2019-20 till FY 2025-26. Out of this, Rs. 13.94 crore has been utilized till date.

19 cities of Maharashtra State are covered under the NCAP for taking air quality improvement measures in respective cities. So far, an amount of Rs. 1,774.62 crore has been provided to Maharashtra for implementation of city action plans. The focused actions by Maharashtra State such as end-to-end pavement of roads, legacy waste remediation, procurement of EV buses for public transport, traffic junction improvement and crematorium switching to cleaner fuels have shown improvement in PM10 levels in 15 out of 19 cities in FY 2024-25 with respect to the FY 2017-18. Details  of funds  provided  to  cities  of  Maharashtra  including  Mumbai, Thane  and Palghar Districts under NCAP are enclosed at Annexure II.

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Annexure I Annual Average PM10 Concentration for FY 2024-25 with respect to FY 2017-18

| States           |   Sl. No. | Cities           | Type   | FY 2017- 2018   |   FY 2024- 25 |   %improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY2017-18 |
|------------------|-----------|------------------|--------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |         1 | Ananthpur        | NAC    | 78              |            60 |                                       23.1 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         2 | Chittur          | NAC    | 70              |            60 |                                       14.3 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         3 | Eluru            | NAC    | 72              |            64 |                                       11.1 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         4 | Guntur           | NAC    | 66              |            64 |                                        3   |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         5 | Kadapa           | NAC    | 75              |            56 |                                       25.3 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         6 | Kurnool          | NAC    | 79              |            60 |                                       24.1 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         7 | Nellore          | NAC    | 64              |            51 |                                       20.3 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         8 | Ongole           | NAC    | 65              |            58 |                                       10.8 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |         9 | Rajamuhndary     | NAC    | 85              |            59 |                                       30.6 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        10 | Srikakulam       | NAC    | 69              |            79 |                                      -14.5 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        11 | Vijayawada       | MPC    | 91              |            64 |                                       29.7 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        12 | Visakhapatnam    | MPC    | 76              |           101 |                                      -32.9 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |        13 | Vizhianagaram    | NAC    | 72              |            74 |                                       -2.8 |
| Assam            |        14 | Guwahati         | NAC    | 103             |           100 |                                        2.9 |
| Assam            |        15 | Nagaon           | NAC    | 82              |            65 |                                       20.7 |
| Assam            |        16 | Nalbari          | NAC    | 87              |            85 |                                        2.3 |
| Assam            |        17 | Silchar          | NAC    | 49              |            54 |                                      -10.2 |
| Assam            |        18 | Sivasagar        | NAC    | 73              |            55 |                                       24.7 |
| Bihar            |        19 | Patna            | MPC    | 172             |           167 |                                        2.9 |
| Bihar            |        20 | Gaya             | NAC    | 79              |            87 |                                      -10.1 |
| Bihar            |        21 | Muzaffarpur      | NAC    | 147             |           131 |                                       10.9 |
| Chandigarh       |        22 | Chandigarh       | NAC    | 114             |           114 |                                        0   |
| Chattisgarh      |        23 | Korba            | NAC    | 57              |            69 |                                      -21.1 |
| Chattisgarh      |        24 | Durg Bhilainagar | MPC    | 86              |            69 |                                       19.8 |
| Chattisgarh      |        25 | Raipur           | MPC    | 70              |            75 |                                       -7.1 |
| Delhi            |        26 | Delhi            | NAC    | 241             |           203 |                                       15.8 |
| Gujarat          |        27 | Ahmedabad        | MPC    | 164             |           103 |                                       37.2 |
| Gujarat          |        28 | Rajkot           | MPC    | 150             |            89 |                                       40.7 |
| Gujarat          |        29 | Surat            | MPC    | 130             |            71 |                                       45.4 |
| Gujarat          |        30 | Vadodara         | MPC    | 133             |            90 |                                       32.3 |
| Haryana          |        31 | Faridabad        | MPC    | 229**           |           147 |                                       35.8 |
| Himachal Pradesh |        32 | Baddi            | NAC    | 174             |           108 |                                       37.9 |
|                  |        33 | Damtal           | NAC    | 55              |            56 |                                       -1.8 |
|                  |        34 | KalaAmb          | NAC    | 118             |            84 |                                       28.8 |
|                  |        35 | Nalagarh         | NAC    | 146             |            68 |                                       53.4 |
|                  |        36 | Paonta Sahib     | NAC    | 84              |            81 |                                        3.6 |

| States            |   Sl. No. | Cities               | Type   | FY 2017- 2018   |   FY 2024- 25 |   %improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY2017-18 |
|-------------------|-----------|----------------------|--------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
|                   |        37 | Parwanoo             | NAC    | 66              |            48 |                                       27.3 |
|                   |        38 | Sunder Nagar         | NAC    | 78              |            47 |                                       39.7 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |        39 | Jammu                | NAC    | 157             |           124 |                                       21   |
| Jammu and Kashmir |        40 | Srinagar             | NAC    | 132**           |            76 |                                       42.4 |
| Jharkhand         |        41 | Dhanbad              | MPC    | 315             |           166 |                                       47.3 |
| Jharkhand         |        42 | Jamshedpur           | MPC    | 135             |           145 |                                       -7.4 |
| Jharkhand         |        43 | Ranchi               | MPC    | 141             |           107 |                                       24.1 |
| Karnataka         |        44 | Bengaluru            | MPC    | 92              |            68 |                                       26.1 |
| Karnataka         |        45 | Devanagere           | NAC    | 74              |            57 |                                       23   |
| Karnataka         |        46 | Gulburga / Kalaburgi | NAC    | 55              |            52 |                                        5.5 |
| Karnataka         |        47 | Hubli-Dharwad        | NAC    | 79              |            61 |                                       22.8 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        48 | Bhopal               | MPC    | 112             |           107 |                                        4.5 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        49 | Dewas                | NAC    | 83              |            86 |                                       -3.6 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        50 | Gwalior              | MPC    | 126             |           117 |                                        7.1 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        51 | Indore               | MPC    | 82              |            83 |                                       -1.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        52 | Jabalpur             | MPC    | 101             |            73 |                                       27.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        53 | Sagar                | NAC    | 73              |            79 |                                       -8.2 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |        54 | Ujjain               | NAC    | 93              |            80 |                                       14   |
| Maharashtra       |        55 | Aurangabad           | MPC    | 75              |           100 |                                      -33.3 |
| Maharashtra       |        56 | Akola                | NAC    | 111             |            74 |                                       33.3 |
| Maharashtra       |        57 | Amravati             | NAC    | 102             |            76 |                                       25.5 |
| Maharashtra       |        58 | Badlapur             | UA     | 160             |            90 |                                       43.8 |
| Maharashtra       |        59 | Chandrapur           | NAC    | 118             |           111 |                                        5.9 |
| Maharashtra       |        60 | Greater Mumbai       | MPC    | 161             |            90 |                                       44.1 |
| Maharashtra       |        61 | Jalgaon              | NAC    | 70              |            93 |                                      -32.9 |
| Maharashtra       |        62 | Jalna                | NAC    | 99              |            93 |                                        6.1 |
| Maharashtra       |        63 | Kolhapur             | NAC    | 89              |            81 |                                        9   |
| Maharashtra       |        64 | Latur                | NAC    | 82              |            67 |                                       18.3 |
| Maharashtra       |        65 | Nagpur               | MPC    | 100             |            92 |                                        8   |
| Maharashtra       |        66 | Nashik               | MPC    | 82              |            76 |                                        7.3 |
| Maharashtra       |        67 | Navi Mumbai          | UA     | 88              |            90 |                                       -2.3 |
| Maharashtra       |        68 | Pune                 | MPC    | 102             |            93 |                                        8.8 |
| Maharashtra       |        69 | Sangli               | NAC    | 87              |            74 |                                       14.9 |
| Maharashtra       |        70 | Solapur              | NAC    | 81              |            83 |                                       -2.5 |
| Maharashtra       |        71 | Thane                | UA     | 138             |            90 |                                       34.8 |
| Maharashtra       |        72 | Ulhasnagar           | UA     | 153             |            90 |                                       41.2 |
| Maharashtra       |        73 | Vasai virar          | MPC    | 99              |            90 |                                        9.1 |
| Meghalaya         |        74 | Byrnihat             | NAC    | 175             |            98 |                                       44   |

| States        |   Sl. No. | Cities           | Type   |   FY 2017- 2018 |   FY 2024- 25 |   %improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY2017-18 |
|---------------|-----------|------------------|--------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Nagaland      |        75 | Dimapur          | NAC    |             142 |           112 |                                       21.1 |
|               |        76 | Kohima           | NAC    |             127 |            71 |                                       44.1 |
| Odisha        |        77 | Angul            | NAC    |              97 |           116 |                                      -19.6 |
| Odisha        |        78 | Balasore         | NAC    |              84 |            93 |                                      -10.7 |
| Odisha        |        79 | Bhubneshwar      | NAC    |              85 |            86 |                                       -1.2 |
| Odisha        |        80 | Cuttack          | NAC    |              93 |            89 |                                        4.3 |
| Odisha        |        81 | Kalinga Nagar    | NAC    |             109 |           109 |                                        0   |
| Odisha        |        82 | Rourkela         | NAC    |              99 |           111 |                                      -12.1 |
| Odisha        |        83 | Talcher          | NAC    |             113 |           119 |                                       -5.3 |
| Punjab        |        84 | Amritsar         | MPC    |             189 |           112 |                                       40.7 |
|               |        85 | Dera Baba Nanak  | NAC    |              79 |            58 |                                       26.6 |
|               |        86 | Dera Bassi       | NAC    |              88 |            98 |                                      -11.4 |
|               |        87 | Jalandhar        | NAC    |             178 |            99 |                                       44.4 |
|               |        88 | Khanna           | NAC    |             142 |           101 |                                       28.9 |
|               |        89 | Ludhiana         | MPC    |             168 |           129 |                                       23.2 |
|               |        90 | Mandi Gobindgarh | NAC    |             148 |           124 |                                       16.2 |
|               |        91 | Naya Nangal      | NAC    |              87 |            58 |                                       33.3 |
|               |        92 | Patiala          | NAC    |             106 |            91 |                                       14.2 |
| Rajasthan     |        93 | Jaipur           | MPC    |             172 |           142 |                                       17.4 |
| Rajasthan     |        94 | Alwar            | NAC    |             152 |           105 |                                       30.9 |
| Rajasthan     |        95 | Jodhpur          | MPC    |             189 |           122 |                                       35.4 |
| Rajasthan     |        96 | Kota             | MPC    |             139 |           115 |                                       17.3 |
| Rajasthan     |        97 | Udaipur          | NAC    |             127 |           121 |                                        4.7 |
| Tamil Nadu    |        98 | Chennai          | MPC    |              66 |            58 |                                       12.1 |
| Tamil Nadu    |        99 | Madurai          | MPC    |              72 |            61 |                                       15.3 |
| Tamil Nadu    |       100 | Trichy           | MPC    |              88 |            57 |                                       35.2 |
| Tamil Nadu    |       101 | Tuticorin        | NAC    |             123 |            56 |                                       54.5 |
| Telangana     |       102 | Hyderabad        | MPC    |             110 |            81 |                                       26.4 |
| Telangana     |       103 | Nalgonda         | NAC    |              59 |            78 |                                      -32.2 |
| Telangana     |       104 | Sangareddy       | NAC    |              85 |            86 |                                       -1.2 |
|               |       105 | Agra             | MPC    |             202 |           103 |                                       49   |
| Uttar Pradesh |       106 | Allahabad        | MPC    |             169 |            99 |                                       41.4 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       107 | Ghaziabad        | MPC    |             285 |           154 |                                       46   |
| Uttar Pradesh |       108 | Kanpur           | MPC    |             227 |           102 |                                       55.1 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       109 | Lucknow          | MPC    |             253 |           142 |                                       43.9 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       110 | Meerut           | MPC    |             159 |           133 |                                       16.4 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       111 | Varanasi         | MPC    |             230 |            59 |                                       74.3 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       112 | Anpara           | NAC    |             175 |           155 |                                       11.4 |

| States      |   Sl. No. | Cities      | Type   |   FY 2017- 2018 |   FY 2024- 25 |   %improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY2017-18 |
|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
|             |       113 | Bareily     | NAC    |             207 |            48 |                                       76.8 |
|             |       114 | Firozabad   | NAC    |             247 |           100 |                                       59.5 |
|             |       115 | Gajraula    | NAC    |             204 |           148 |                                       27.5 |
|             |       116 | Gorakhpur   | NAC    |             150 |           105 |                                       30   |
|             |       117 | Jhansi      | NAC    |             109 |            60 |                                       45   |
|             |       118 | Khurja      | NAC    |             195 |           159 |                                       18.5 |
|             |       119 | Moradabad   | NAC    |             222 |            96 |                                       56.8 |
|             |       120 | Noida       | NAC    |             229 |           149 |                                       34.9 |
|             |       121 | Raebareli   | NAC    |             145 |            79 |                                       45.5 |
| Uttarakhand |       122 | Dehradun    | NAC    |             250 |           107 |                                       57.2 |
| Uttarakhand |       123 | Kashipur    | NAC    |              99 |            93 |                                        6.1 |
| Uttarakhand |       124 | Rishikesh   | NAC    |             129 |            84 |                                       34.9 |
| West Bengal |       125 | Asansol     | MPC    |             147 |           131 |                                       10.9 |
| West Bengal |       126 | Barrackpore | UA     |              86 |            92 |                                       -7   |
| West Bengal |       127 | Durgapur    | NAC    |             150 |           149 |                                        0.7 |
| West Bengal |       128 | Haldia      | NAC    |              92 |            81 |                                       12   |
| West Bengal |       129 | Howrah      | UA     |             139 |            92 |                                       33.8 |
| West Bengal |       130 | Kolkata     | MPC    |             147 |            92 |                                       37.4 |

## Note:

MPC - Million-Plus  Cities  (Cities  funded  under  XVth  Finance  Commission  air  quality  grant (Million-Plus City Challenge Fund)

UA - Urban Agglomerations (Cities funded under XVth Finance Commission air quality grant (Million-Plus City Challenge Fund)

NAC - Non-Attainment Cities (Cities funded under CP Scheme)

** PM10 levels in the FY 2017-18 for Faridabad and Srinagar are not available. PM10 levels of FY 2020-21 for Faridabad and PM10 levels of FY 2018-19 for Srinagar have been considered as a baseline.

## Details of funds provided to cities of Maharashtra under NCAP

## during FY 2019-20 till FY 2025-26

| S.No.   | Cities/Urban Agglomerations   | City name        |   Released (Rs. in cr.) |   Utilized (Rs. in cr.) |
|---------|-------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | Mumbai UA                     | Greater Mumbai   |                  629.62 |                  523.38 |
| 1       | Mumbai UA                     | Kalyan-Dombivali |                   65.2  |                   23.56 |
| 1       | Mumbai UA                     | Mira-Bhayander   |                   42.75 |                   25.66 |
| 1       | Mumbai UA                     | Ambernath        |                   13.96 |                    2.69 |
| 2       | Mumbai UA                     | Thane            |                   93.24 |                   71    |
| 3       | Mumbai UA                     | Navi Mumbai      |                   68.2  |                   60.4  |
| 4       | Mumbai UA                     | Ulhasnagar       |                   27.13 |                   24.16 |
| 5       | Mumbai UA                     | Badlapur         |                   12.04 |                    8.86 |
| 6       | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Pune             |                  271.3  |                  243.13 |
| 7       | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Nashik           |                   91.55 |                   75.54 |
| 8       | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Aurangabad       |                   68.3  |                   61.47 |
| 9       | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Nagpur           |                  142.05 |                   91.67 |
| 10      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Vasai virar      |                   72.35 |                   71.39 |
| 11      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Amravati         |                   36.81 |                   32.83 |
| 12      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Kolhapur         |                   25.59 |                   18.7  |
| 13      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Sangli           |                   12.93 |                    9.44 |
| 14      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Solapur          |                   43.49 |                   40.12 |
| 15      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Akola            |                   10.71 |                    9.5  |
| 16      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Chandrapur       |                   12.07 |                    6.74 |
| 17      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Jalgaon          |                    6.63 |                    4.21 |
| 18      | Other cities of Maharashtra   | Jalna            |                    7.39 |                    6.14 |
| 19      |                               | Latur            |                   21.33 |                   17.37 |
| Total   | Total                         | Total            |                 1774.64 |                 1427.96 |

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## Annexure II