Lok Sabha Question No. 164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Funds under National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Locket Chatterjee, Navneet Ravi Rana, Geeta Kora, Ajay Kumar Mandal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 164

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## Funds under National Clean Air Programme

164.  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of cities identified in the States of Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and the entire country to prevent, control and reduce air pollution under the National Clean Air Programme;
- (b) the details of targets set for those cities and the framework prepared and time by which these targets are likely to be achieved; and
- (c) whether  Fifteenth  Finance  Commission  has  recommended  work-performance  based grants to above mentioned identified cities and if so, the details of the funds approved, sanctioned, released and spent so far, city-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  is  implemented  in  131  non-attainment  cities  and Million Plus Cities/Urban Agglomerations for taking measures to improve air quality. 19 cities from Maharashtra, 3 cities from Bihar, 1 city from Haryana, 2 cities from Jammu and Kashmir and 3 cities  from  Jharkhand  are  covered  under  NCAP.  State-wise  details  of  131  cities  are provided at Annexure-I .

Under NCAP, it has been envisaged to achieve targets  of 20-30% reduction in Particulate Matter concentrations by 2024 in 131 cities of 24 States/UTs with respect to base year 2017. Subsequently, the target has been revised to achieve up to 40% reduction or achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in terms PM concentrations by 2025-26 with respect to the base year 2019-20.

82 Non-attainment cities have been provided annual target 3-15% in PM10 concentrations to achieve overall reduction of upto 40% or achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards as per  the  Amended  guidelines  for  Utilisation  and  Release  of  Funds  under  NCAP  issued  by MoEFCC.

49 Million Plus Cities/Urban Agglomerations covered under XVth Finance Commission's air quality  grant  are  provided  target  of  annual  reduction  of  PM10  concentrations  by  15%  and improvement of 15% in number of Good Days having Air Quality Index (AQI) less than 200, as per the Operational Guidelines of Department of Expenditure dated 10.08.2021.

49 Million Plus Cities/Urban Agglomerations are provided air quality performance grant under XVth Finance Commission Million Plus City Challenge Fund (MPCCF). City-wise details of funds allocated, sanctioned or released and spent till FY 2023-24 are provided at Annexure II .

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Details of 131 Non-attainment cities and Million Plus Cities/Urban Agglomerations covered under NCAP

| States         |   S. No. | Cities            |
|----------------|----------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |        1 | Anantapur         |
| Andhra Pradesh |        2 | Chittur           |
| Andhra Pradesh |        3 | Eluru             |
| Andhra Pradesh |        4 | Guntur            |
| Andhra Pradesh |        5 | Kadapa            |
| Andhra Pradesh |        6 | Kurnool           |
| Andhra Pradesh |        7 | Nellore           |
| Andhra Pradesh |        8 | Ongole            |
| Andhra Pradesh |        9 | Rajamahendravaram |
| Andhra Pradesh |       10 | Srikakulam        |
| Andhra Pradesh |       11 | Vijayawada        |
| Andhra Pradesh |       12 | Visakhapatnam     |
| Andhra Pradesh |       13 | Vizhianagaram     |
| Assam          |       14 | Guwahati          |
| Assam          |       15 | Nagaon            |
| Assam          |       16 | Nalbari           |
| Assam          |       17 | Silchar           |
| Assam          |       18 | Sivasagar         |
| Bihar          |       19 | Patna             |
| Bihar          |       20 | Gaya              |
| Bihar          |       21 | Muzafarpur        |
| Chandigarh     |       22 | Chandigarh        |
| Chattisgarh    |       23 | Korba             |
| Chattisgarh    |       24 | Durg Bhilainagar  |
| Chattisgarh    |       25 | Raipur            |
| Delhi          |       26 | Delhi             |
| Gujarat        |       27 | Ahmedabad         |
| Gujarat        |       28 | Rajkot            |

|                 |   29 | Surat                |
|-----------------|------|----------------------|
|                 |   30 | Vadodara             |
| Haryana         |   31 | Faridabad            |
| Himachal        |   32 | Baddi                |
|                 |   33 | Damtal               |
|                 |   34 | Kala Amb             |
| Pradesh         |   35 | Nalagarh             |
|                 |   36 | Paonta Sahib         |
|                 |   37 | Parwanoo             |
|                 |   38 | Sunder Nagar         |
| Jammu & Kashmir |   39 | Jammu                |
| Jammu & Kashmir |   40 | Srinagar             |
| Jharkhand       |   41 | Dhanbad              |
| Jharkhand       |   42 | Jamshedpur           |
| Jharkhand       |   43 | Ranchi               |
| Karnataka       |   44 | Bengaluru            |
| Karnataka       |   45 | Devanagere           |
| Karnataka       |   46 | Gulburga / Kalaburgi |
| Karnataka       |   47 | Hubli-Dharwad        |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   48 | Bhopal               |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   49 | Dewas                |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   50 | Gwalior              |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   51 | Indore               |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   52 | Jabalpur             |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   53 | Sagar                |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   54 | Ujjain               |
| Maharashtra     |   55 | Aurangabad           |
| Maharashtra     |   56 | Akola                |
| Maharashtra     |   57 | Amravati             |
| Maharashtra     |   58 | Badlapur             |
| Maharashtra     |   59 | Chandrapur           |
| Maharashtra     |   60 | Greater Mumbai       |

|           |   61 | Jalgaon         |
|-----------|------|-----------------|
|           |   62 | Jalna           |
|           |   63 | Kolhapur        |
|           |   64 | Latur           |
|           |   65 | Nagpur          |
|           |   66 | Nashik          |
|           |   67 | Navi Mumbai     |
|           |   68 | Pune            |
|           |   69 | Sangli          |
|           |   70 | Solapur         |
|           |   71 | Thane           |
|           |   72 | Ulhasnagar      |
|           |   73 | Vasai virar     |
| Meghalaya |   74 | Byrnihat        |
| Nagaland  |   75 | Dimapur         |
|           |   76 | Kohima          |
|           |   77 | Angul           |
|           |   78 | Balasore        |
|           |   79 | Bhubneshwar     |
| Odisha    |   80 | Cuttack         |
|           |   81 | Kalinga Nagar   |
|           |   82 | Rourkela        |
|           |   83 | Talcher         |
|           |   84 | Amritsar        |
| Punjab    |   85 | Dera Baba Nanak |
|           |   86 | DeraBassi       |
|           |   87 | Jalandhar       |
|           |   88 | Khanna          |
|           |   89 | Ludhiana        |
|           |   90 | MandiGobindgarh |
|           |   91 | NayaNangal      |

|   92 | Patiala    |
|------|------------|
|   93 | Jaipur     |
|   94 | Alwar      |
|   95 | Jodhpur    |
|   96 | Kota       |
|   97 | Udaipur    |
|   98 | Chennai    |
|   99 | Madurai    |
|  100 | Trichy     |
|  101 | Tuticorin  |
|  102 | Hyderabad  |
|  103 | Nalgonda   |
|  104 | Patencheru |
|  105 | Sangareddy |
|  106 | Agra       |
|  107 | Allahabad  |
|  108 | Ghaziabad  |
|  109 | Kanpur     |
|  110 | Lucknow    |
|  111 | Meerut     |
|  112 | Varanasi   |
|  113 | Anpara     |
|  114 | Bareily    |
|  115 | Firozabad  |
|  116 | Gajraula   |
|  117 | Gorakpur   |
|  118 | Jhansi     |
|  119 | Khurja     |
|  120 | Moradabad  |
|  121 | Noida      |
|  122 | Raebareli  |

| Uttarakhand   |   123 | Dehradun    |
|---------------|-------|-------------|
| Uttarakhand   |   124 | Kashipur    |
| Uttarakhand   |   125 | Rishikesh   |
| West Bengal   |   126 | Asansol     |
| West Bengal   |   127 | Barrackpore |
| West Bengal   |   128 | Durgapur    |
| West Bengal   |   129 | Haldia      |
| West Bengal   |   130 | Howrah      |
| West Bengal   |   131 | Kolkata     |

## Annexure-II

| Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   | Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   | Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   | Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   | Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   | Details of City-wise funds allocated, sanctioned/released &Utilization under XV-FC air quality grants during FY 2020-21 to 2023-24 (Oct, 2023) (Rs in Crores)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                                                                           | SN o                                                                                                                                                            | City                                                                                                                                                            | Allocation of funds                                                                                                                                             | Fund Sanctione d /Released                                                                                                                                      | Funds Utilized (till October, 2023)                                                                                                                             |
| State                                                                                                                                                           | SN o                                                                                                                                                            | City                                                                                                                                                            | FY 2020-21 to 2023-24                                                                                                                                           | FY 2020- 21 to 2023-24                                                                                                                                          | FY 2020-21 to 2023-24                                                                                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                               | Vijayawada UA                                                                                                                                                   | 159.00                                                                                                                                                          | 124.35                                                                                                                                                          | 38.00                                                                                                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                                                               | Visakhapatna mUA                                                                                                                                                | 188.00                                                                                                                                                          | 129.25                                                                                                                                                          | 21.00                                                                                                                                                           |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                                                                               | Patna UA                                                                                                                                                        | 527.00                                                                                                                                                          | 288.57                                                                                                                                                          | 201.00                                                                                                                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                                                                               | Durg Bhilainagar UA                                                                                                                                             | 134.00                                                                                                                                                          | 112.35                                                                                                                                                          | 33.95                                                                                                                                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                    | 5                                                                                                                                                               | Raipur UA                                                                                                                                                       | 143.00                                                                                                                                                          | 119.35                                                                                                                                                          | 52.40                                                                                                                                                           |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                         | 6                                                                                                                                                               | Ahmadabad UA                                                                                                                                                    | 469.00                                                                                                                                                          | 359.54                                                                                                                                                          | 261.61                                                                                                                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                         | 7                                                                                                                                                               | Rajkot UA                                                                                                                                                       | 103.00                                                                                                                                                          | 83.10                                                                                                                                                           | 63.95                                                                                                                                                           |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                         | 8                                                                                                                                                               | Surat UA                                                                                                                                                        | 338.00                                                                                                                                                          | 255.18                                                                                                                                                          | 212.33                                                                                                                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                         | 9                                                                                                                                                               | Vadodara UA                                                                                                                                                     | 134.00                                                                                                                                                          | 98.18                                                                                                                                                           | 76.77                                                                                                                                                           |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                         | 10                                                                                                                                                              | Faridabad UA                                                                                                                                                    | 125.00                                                                                                                                                          | 73.53                                                                                                                                                           | 8.53                                                                                                                                                            |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                       | 11                                                                                                                                                              | Dhanbad UA                                                                                                                                                      | 134.00                                                                                                                                                          | 63.09                                                                                                                                                           | 53.75                                                                                                                                                           |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                       | 12                                                                                                                                                              | Jamshedpur UA                                                                                                                                                   | 149.00                                                                                                                                                          | 116.85                                                                                                                                                          | 31.90                                                                                                                                                           |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                       | 13                                                                                                                                                              | Ranchi UA                                                                                                                                                       | 127.00                                                                                                                                                          | 93.50                                                                                                                                                           | 45.82                                                                                                                                                           |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                       | 14                                                                                                                                                              | Bruhat Bangalore UA                                                                                                                                             | 718.00                                                                                                                                                          | 535.10                                                                                                                                                          | 305.47                                                                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                              | Bhopal UA                                                                                                                                                       | 226.00                                                                                                                                                          | 173.85                                                                                                                                                          | 166.44                                                                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 16                                                                                                                                                              | Gwalior UA                                                                                                                                                      | 132.00                                                                                                                                                          | 92.64                                                                                                                                                           | 79.90                                                                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 17                                                                                                                                                              | Indore UA                                                                                                                                                       | 261.00                                                                                                                                                          | 191.75                                                                                                                                                          | 191.75                                                                                                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                  | 18                                                                                                                                                              | Jabalpur UA                                                                                                                                                     | 153.00                                                                                                                                                          | 112.25                                                                                                                                                          | 100.10                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 19                                                                                                                                                              | Aurangabad UA                                                                                                                                                   | 82.00                                                                                                                                                           | 68.10 929.09                                                                                                                                                    | 53.91                                                                                                                                                           |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 20                                                                                                                                                              | Greater Mumbai (GM) UA                                                                                                                                          | 1257.00                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                 | 595.04                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 21                                                                                                                                                              | BadlapurGM UA                                                                                                                                                   | 1257.00                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                 | 595.04                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 22                                                                                                                                                              | ThaneGM UA                                                                                                                                                      | 1257.00                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                 | 595.04                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 23                                                                                                                                                              | Ulhasnagar GMUA                                                                                                                                                 | 1257.00                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                 | 595.04                                                                                                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                     | 24                                                                                                                                                              | Navi Mumbai GMUA                                                                                                                                                | 1257.00                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                 | 595.04                                                                                                                                                          |

| 25    | Nagpur UA            | 171.00   | 132.60   | 17.71   |
|-------|----------------------|----------|----------|---------|
| 26    | Nashik UA            | 107.00   | 91.35    | 6.45    |
| 27    | Pune UA              | 346.00   | 261.85   | 55.57   |
| 28    | Vasai-Virar City UA  | 83.00    | 72.35    | 19.80   |
| 29    | Amritsar UA          | 98.00    | 67.25    | 56.82   |
| 30    | Ludhiana UA          | 134.00   | 91.75    | 54.94   |
| 31    | Jodhpur UA           | 159.00   | 74.34    | 54.48   |
| 32    | Jaipur UA            | 425.00   | 319.85   | 248.40  |
| 33    | Kota UA              | 139.00   | 95.20    | 54.54   |
| 34    | Chennai UA           | 467.00   | 367.00   | 367.51  |
| 35    | Madurai UA           | 79.00    | 72.44    | 49.65   |
| 36    | Tiruchirappal li UA  | 55.00    | 50.35    | 48.25   |
| 37    | Hyderabad (HY) UA    | 603.00   | 443.50   | 384.58  |
| 38    | Pattancheruv u HY UA | 603.00   | 443.50   | 384.58  |
| 39    | Agra UA              | 232.00   | 166.47   | 81.52   |
| 40    | Allahabad UA         | 159.00   | 171.33   | 132.93  |
| 41    | Ghaziabad UA         | 312.00   | 136.25   | 74.43   |
| 42    | Kanpur UA            | 383.00   | 239.89   | 175.98  |
| 43    | Lucknow UA           | 382.00   | 376.38   | 179.25  |
| 44    | Meerut UA            | 186.00   | 139.19   | 63.45   |
| 45    | Varanasi UA          | 188.00   | 219.70   | 80.35   |
| 46    | Asansol UA           | 88.00    | 67.60    | 37.26   |
| 47    | Kolkata (K) UA       |          |          |         |
| 48    | Howrah K UA          | 992.00   | 681.25   | 613.16  |
| 49    | Barrackpore K UA     | 992.00   | 681.25   | 613.16  |
| Total |                      | 11347.00 | 8357.51  | 5450.65 |