Lok Sabha Question No. 3805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Funds to SPCBs
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Sribharat Mathukumilli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3805

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## Funds to SPCBs

## 3805.   SHRI SRIBHARAT MATHUKUMILLI:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  by  the  Central  Government  to  State  Pollution  Control Boards (SPCBs) during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned, disbursed and utilized under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), city-wise, including cities in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the specific details of projects undertaken under NCAP in cities of Andhra Pradesh, particularly Visakhapatnam, along with any challenges faced in fund disbursement and utilization; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the reported understaffing in State Pollution Control Boards and if so, the details of vacancies, State-wise and the steps being taken to address the issue?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a) : The State-wise details of funds released by the Central Government to State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) during the last five years is presented in Annexure I.
- (b) & (c): Under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), an amount of Rs . 11,541.88 crores has been provided to 130 cities for implementation of City Action Plan for taking measures to improve air quality. An amount of Rs. 361.09 crore has been provided to 13 cities of Andhra Pradesh under the programme, out of which an amount of Rs.173.83 crore has been utilized by these cities. City-wise details of funds sanctioned, disbursed and utilized under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is enclosed at Annexure II. Activities undertaken in the cities of  Andhra  Pradesh  including  in  Visakhapatnam  city  under  the  Programme  for  air  quality improvement are placed at Annexure III .
- (d): State Pollution Control Boards  are under the administrative control  of respective State Governments  and  vacancies,  if  any  are  filled  up  by  the  State  Government.  As  per  the information provided by State Pollution Control Boards, State-wise details of vacancies in State Pollution  Control  Boards  are  placed  at Annexure IV. Ministry  of  Environment  and  Forest Climatic  Change  (MoEF&CC)  has  asked  State  Governments  to  fill  up  these  vacancies  on priority.

## Annexure I

## Details of funds released by the Central Government to State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committee (PCC) during the last five years (in Rs.)

|   S. No . | State               | Amount released (FY 2019- 20)   | Amount released (FY 2020- 21)   | Amount released (FY 2021- 22)   | Amount released (FY 2022- 23)   | Amount released (FY 2023- 24)   | Total         |
|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar |                                 | 1,00,00,000                     |                                 |                                 |                                 | 1,00,00,000   |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 12,15,14,38 4                   |                                 | 21,29,50,95 1                   |                                 |                                 | 33,44,65,33 5 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                 | 1,00,00,000                     | 60,90,857                       | 50,00,000                       | 2,25,00,00 0                    | 4,35,90,857   |
|         4 | Assam               | 1,00,00,000                     |                                 | 12,15,08,33 3                   | 4,15,23,00 0                    | 8,09,64,00 0                    | 25,39,95,33 3 |
|         5 | Bihar               | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 2,96,00,00 0                    | 5,92,68,00 0                    | 11,88,68,00 0 |
|         6 | Chandigarh          | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,00 0                    | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 6,00,00,000   |
|         7 | Chhattisgar h       | 2,22,85,127                     |                                 | 3,90,54,134                     | 1,13,30,00 0                    | 4,53,20,00 0                    | 11,79,89,26 1 |
|         8 | Daman& Diu          | 1,00,00,000                     |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 | 1,00,00,000   |
|         9 | Delhi               | 1,90,51,505                     |                                 | 3,33,87,290                     |                                 |                                 | 5,24,38,795   |
|        10 | Goa                 | 1,00,00,000                     |                                 | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,00 0                    | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 5,00,00,000   |
|        11 | Gujarat             | 11,82,34,86 2                   | 11,50,56,24 6                   | 20,72,03,66 9                   |                                 |                                 | 44,04,94,77 7 |
|        12 | Haryana             | 2,51,24,603                     | -                               | 4,40,30,243                     |                                 |                                 | 6,91,54,846   |
|        13 | Himachal            | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,00,00,00 0                    | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 6,00,00,000   |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir   | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | -                               | 55,62,500                       | 1,66,86,00 0                    | 3,22,48,500   |
|        15 | Jharkhand           | 1,04,36,014                     | -                               | -                               |                                 | 2,92,00,00 0                    | 3,96,36,014   |
|        16 | Karnataka           | 3,11,74,631                     | 2,63,00,000                     | 5,46,32,770                     |                                 |                                 | 11,21,07,40 1 |
|        17 | Kerala              | 1,00,00,000                     | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,48,17,00 0                    | 5,92,68,00 0                    | 9,40,85,000   |
|        18 | Lakshadwee p        | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | -                               |                                 | 50,00,000                       | 1,50,00,000   |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh      | 2,51,46,011                     | -                               | 4,40,67,761                     |                                 |                                 | 6,92,13,772   |
|        20 | Maharashtra         | 13,61,41,49 8                   | -                               | 23,85,84,60 5                   |                                 |                                 | 37,47,26,10 3 |
|        21 | Manipur             | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 50,00,000                       | 50,00,000                       | 1,00,00,00 0                    | 3,00,00,000   |

|   S. No . | State         | Amount released (FY 2019- 20)   | Amount released (FY 2020- 21)   | Amount released (FY 2021- 22)   | Amount released (FY 2022- 23)   | Amount released (FY 2023- 24)   | Total         |
|-----------|---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
|        22 | Meghalaya     | 1,00,00,000                     | -                               | 1,81,16,255                     | 89,00,000                       | 2,25,00,00 0                    | 5,95,16,255   |
|        23 | Mizoram       | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 2,45,20,000                     | 1,50,00,00 0                    | 4,00,00,00 0                    | 8,95,20,000   |
|        24 | Nagaland      | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,50,00,000                     | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 4,00,00,00 0                    | 8,50,00,000   |
|        25 | Odisha        | 3,04,91,200                     | 3,04,84,643                     | 5,34,35,074                     |                                 |                                 | 11,44,10,91 7 |
|        26 | Puducherry    | 1,00,00,000                     | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 50,00,000                       | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 4,50,00,000   |
|        27 | Punjab        | 8,21,75,505                     | 4,10,78,917                     | 14,40,10,54 0                   |                                 |                                 | 26,72,64,96 2 |
|        28 | Rajasthan     | 4,83,14,024                     | -                               | 8,46,69,131                     | 2,02,49,00 0                    |                                 | 15,32,32,15 5 |
|        29 | Sikkim        | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 1,20,04,000                     | 50,00,000                       | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 4,70,04,000   |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu    | 4,16,67,357                     | 1,81,62,110                     | 7,30,21,012                     |                                 |                                 | 13,28,50,47 9 |
|        31 | Telangana     | 1,95,65,927                     | 1,46,71,289                     | 3,42,88,802                     |                                 |                                 | 6,85,26,018   |
|        32 | Tripura       | -                               | 1,00,00,000                     | 2,27,95,700                     | 2,00,00,00 0                    | 3,32,50,00 0                    | 8,60,45,700   |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh | 19,65,54,30 4                   | 19,00,56,50 8                   | 34,44,56,55 3                   |                                 |                                 | 73,10,67,36 5 |
|        34 | Uttarakhand   | 1,52,10,515                     | -                               | 2,66,56,051                     | 50,00,000                       | 50,00,000                       | 5,18,66,566   |
|        35 | West Bengal   | 6,69,12,533                     | 6,68,98,144                     | 11,72,62,55 8                   |                                 |                                 | 25,10,73,23 5 |
|        36 | Ladakh        |                                 |                                 |                                 | 50,00,000                       |                                 | 50,00,000     |

Annexure II Details of State and City-wise release and utilization of funds under National Clean Air

## Programme

| S N   | State            |   S.No. | City                |   Amount released (in Rs. crore) |   Amount utilized (in Rs. crore) |
|-------|------------------|---------|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       1 | Srikakulam          |                          3.96    |                             3.38 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       2 | Chittoor            |                          6.14    |                             4.8  |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       3 | Ongole              |                          7.87    |                             7.87 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       4 | Vizianagaram        |                          5.31    |                             5.04 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       5 | Eluru               |                          5.21    |                             4.52 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       6 | Rajahmundry         |                          7.87    |                             7.87 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       7 | Anantapur           |                         11.46    |                             7.88 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       8 | Kadapa              |                          8.48    |                             7.81 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |       9 | Vijayawada UA       |                        130.35    |                            46.88 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      10 | Guntur              |                         17.34    |                            14.07 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      11 | Kurnool             |                          6.33    |                             5.28 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      12 | Nellore             |                         21.4     |                            19.19 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |      13 | Visakhapatnam UA    |                        129.37    |                            39.24 |
| 2     | Chandigarh       |      14 | Chandigarh          |                         32.81    |                            30.45 |
| 3     |                  |      15 | Raipur UA           |                        125.35    |                            85.83 |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh     |      16 | Durg Bhilainagar UA |                        118.35    |                            82.88 |
| 3     |                  |      17 | Korba               |                          4.69    |                             3.68 |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      18 | Surat UA            |                        261.18    |                           261.18 |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      19 | Ahmadabad UA        |                        571.29    |                           404.44 |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      20 | Rajkot UA           |                        120.69    |                            79.31 |
| 4     | Gujarat          |      21 | Vadodara UA         |                        132.26    |                           118.78 |
| 5     | Himachal Pradesh |      22 | Baddi               |                          3.11    |                             2.66 |
|       |                  |      23 | Nalagarh            |                          2.26301 |                             1.8  |
|       |                  |      24 | Paonta Sahib        |                          2.06    |                             1.78 |
|       |                  |      25 | Sunder Nagar        |                          2.3     |                             2.01 |
|       |                  |      26 | Damtal              |                          1.91    |                             1.29 |
|       |                  |      27 | Parwanoo            |                          1.96    |                             1.7  |
|       |                  |      28 | Kala Amb            |                          3.9     |                             3.9  |
| 6     | Jammu &Kashmir   |      29 | Jammu               |                         25.08    |                            18.53 |
| 6     | Jammu &Kashmir   |      30 | Srinagar            |                         90.87    |                            28.45 |
| 7     | Jharkhand        |      31 | Dhanbad UA          |                         69.09    |                            65.33 |

| S N   | State   |   S.No. | City                   |   Amount released (in Rs. crore) |   Amount utilized (in Rs. crore) |
|-------|---------|---------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S N   | State   |      32 | Jamshedpur UA          |                           116.85 |                            51.69 |
| S N   | State   |      33 | Ranchi UA              |                            93.5  |                            49.88 |
| 8     |         |      34 | Bruhat BangaloreUA     |                           541.1  |                           277.48 |
| 8     |         |      35 | Gulburga               |                            23.48 |                             8.98 |
| 8     |         |      36 | Hubli-Dharwad          |                            19.15 |                            11.96 |
| 8     |         |      37 | Devanagere             |                            13.79 |                             6.01 |
|       | 9       |      38 | Bhopal UA              |                           193.79 |                           193.79 |
|       | 9       |      39 | Gwalior UA             |                           102.64 |                            91.39 |
|       | 9       |      40 | Indore UA              |                           191.95 |                           191.95 |
|       | 9       |      41 | Ujjain                 |                            20.23 |                             6    |
|       | 9       |      42 | Sagar                  |                            14.9  |                             7.87 |
|       | 9       |      43 | Dewas                  |                             7.95 |                             7.43 |
|       | 9       |      44 | Jabalpur UA            |                           119.08 |                           119.08 |
|       |         |      45 | Greater Mumbai (GM) UA |                           952.14 |                           666.31 |
|       |         |      46 | Navi MumbaiGMUA        |                           952.14 |                           666.31 |
|       |         |      47 | UlhasnagarGMUA         |                           952.14 |                           666.31 |
|       |         |      48 | BadlapurGMUA           |                           952.14 |                           666.31 |
|       |         |      49 | ThaneGMUA              |                           952.14 |                           666.31 |
|       |         |      50 | Amravati               |                            34.64 |                            32.83 |
|       |         |      51 | Aurangabad UA          |                            68.3  |                            54.45 |
|       |         |      52 | Nashik UA              |                            91.55 |                            50.42 |
|       |         |      53 | Kolhapur               |                            24.11 |                            16.59 |
|       |         |      54 | Sangli                 |                            11.65 |                             9.33 |
|       |         |      55 | Nagpur UA              |                           142.05 |                            65.35 |
|       |         |      56 | Solapur                |                            40.35 |                            39.71 |
|       |         |      57 | Akola                  |                             9.61 |                             9.49 |
|       |         |      58 | Pune UA                |                           271.3  |                           212.07 |
|       |         |      59 | Chandrapur             |                             6.99 |                             6.75 |
|       |         |      60 | Jalgaon                |                             5.64 |                             3.2  |
|       |         |      61 | Jalna                  |                             6.35 |                             5.88 |
|       |         |      62 | Latur                  |                            17.37 |                             8.8  |
|       |         |      63 | Vasai-Virar City UA    |                            72.35 |                            71.41 |
|       |         |      64 | Kalinga Nagar          |                             5.1  |                             2.41 |
|       |         |      65 | Cuttack                |                            26.58 |                            20.93 |
|       |         |      66 | Bhubneshwar            |                            21.04 |                            21.04 |

| S N   | State   |   S.No. | City                      |   Amount released (in Rs. crore) |   Amount utilized (in Rs. crore) |
|-------|---------|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S N   | State   |      67 | Balasore                  |                            3.95  |                             3.55 |
| S N   | State   |      68 | Rourkela                  |                           13.26  |                            13.06 |
| S N   | State   |      69 | Talcher                   |                            2.36  |                             2.36 |
| S N   | State   |      70 | Angul                     |                            2.32  |                             1.66 |
|       |         |      71 | Ludhiana UA               |                           97.75  |                            81.61 |
|       |         |      72 | Amritsar UA               |                           73.25  |                            72.47 |
|       |         |      73 | Jalandhar                 |                           45.44  |                            17.65 |
|       |         |      74 | Khanna                    |                            7     |                             4.45 |
|       |         |      75 | Gobindgarh                |                            5.64  |                             4.39 |
|       |         |      76 | Naya Nangal               |                            3.37  |                             1.97 |
|       |         |      77 | Pathankot/Dera Baba Nanak |                            6.73  |                             2.49 |
|       |         |      78 | Patiala                   |                           21.18  |                            16.56 |
|       |         |      79 | Dera Bassi                |                            1.34  |                             0.89 |
|       |         |      80 | Jaipur UA                 |                          344.7   |                           335.8  |
|       |         |      81 | Jodhpur UA                |                          118.69  |                            74.06 |
|       |         |      82 | Kota UA                   |                          107.47  |                            96.68 |
|       |         |      83 | Alwar                     |                           21.89  |                            13.74 |
|       |         |      84 | Udaipur                   |                           17.5   |                            14.54 |
|       |         |      85 | Tuticorn/Thoothukudi      |                           13.4   |                            12.32 |
|       |         |      86 | Chennai UA                |                          387.72  |                           384.33 |
|       |         |      87 | Madurai UA                |                           72.44  |                            72.22 |
|       |         |      88 | Tiruchirappalli UA        |                           62.35  |                            59.15 |
|       |         |      89 | Hyderabad (HY) UA         |                          614.82  |                           435.13 |
|       |         |      90 | Nalgonda                  |                            5.29  |                             2.76 |
|       |         |      91 | Sangareddy                |                            3.47  |                             3.48 |
|       | 16      |      92 | Agra UA                   |                          323.894 |                           180.43 |
|       | 16      |      93 | Allahabad UA              |                          240.324 |                           206.72 |
|       | 16      |      94 | Kanpur UA                 |                          462.491 |                           331.15 |
|       | 16      |      95 | Lucknow UA                |                          467.318 |                           361.13 |
|       | 16      |      96 | Varanasi UA               |                          348.837 |                           175.8  |
|       | 16      |      97 | Moradabad                 |                           79.09  |                            74.64 |
|       | 16      |      98 | Bareily                   |                           73.35  |                            62.46 |
|       | 16      |      99 | Firozabad                 |                           47.78  |                            43.01 |
|       | 16      |     100 | Jhansi                    |                           11.08  |                            11.08 |
|       | 16      |     101 | Khurja                    |                           18.37  |                            13.71 |

| S N   | State       |   S.No. | City            |   Amount released (in Rs. crore) |   Amount utilized (in Rs. crore) |
|-------|-------------|---------|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|       |             |     102 | Anpara          |                            2.41  |                             2.14 |
|       |             |     103 | Gajraula        |                            4.41  |                             3.91 |
|       |             |     104 | Raebareli       |                           15.62  |                            11.97 |
|       |             |     105 | Gorakhpur       |                           66.87  |                            65.74 |
|       |             |     106 | Noida           |                           30.89  |                             3.44 |
|       |             |     107 | Ghaziabad UA    |                          224.424 |                           140.99 |
|       |             |     108 | Meerut UA       |                          174.62  |                           144.23 |
|       |             |     109 | Kashipur        |                            7.29  |                             6.75 |
| 17    | Uttrakhand  |     110 | Rishikesh       |                            9.78  |                             7.93 |
|       |             |     111 | Dehardun        |                           51.2   |                            38.73 |
|       |             |     112 | Kolkata (K) UA  |                          967.27  |                           839.45 |
|       |             |     113 | Howrah K UA     |                          967.27  |                           839.45 |
|       |             |     114 | BarrackporeK UA |                          967.27  |                           839.45 |
| 18    | West Bengal |     115 | Haldia          |                           10.33  |                             6.67 |
|       |             |     116 | Durgapur        |                           44.58  |                            22.74 |
|       |             |     117 | Asansol UA      |                           67.6   |                            57.44 |
|       |             |     118 | Patna UA        |                          298.6   |                           269.71 |
| 19    | Bihar       |     119 | Gaya            |                           12.45  |                             6.81 |
|       |             |     120 | Muzaffarpur     |                           17.06  |                            13.51 |
|       |             |     121 | Guwahati        |                           39.23  |                            30.77 |
|       |             |     122 | Nagaon          |                            8.79  |                             4.26 |
| 20    | Assam       |     123 | Nalbari         |                            6.81  |                             2.9  |
|       |             |     124 | Sibsagar        |                            8.03  |                             3.04 |
|       |             |     125 | Silchar         |                            7.8   |                             5.74 |
|       |             |     126 | Dimapur         |                           10.2   |                             6.55 |
| 21    | Nagaland    |     127 | Kohima          |                            9.8   |                             9.42 |
| 22    | Meghalaya   |     128 | Byrnihat        |                            7.951 |                             4.51 |
| 23    | Delhi       |     129 | Delhi           |                           42.69  |                            13.56 |
| 24    | Haryana     |     130 | Faridabad UA    |                           73.53  |                            28.61 |

## Annexure-III

## Activities undertaken in the cities of Andhra Pradesh under NCAP

|   S.No` | Interventions/ Activities                         | Quantity           |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | End-to-end pavement of roads                      | 134 km             |
|       2 | Development of green spaces                       | 25 acres           |
|       3 | Development of greenery along traffic corridors   | 4 km               |
|       4 | Traffic Junction improvement                      | 10 numbers         |
|       5 | Development of traffic island                     | 2 numbers          |
|       6 | Establishment of gas Crematorium                  | 1 number           |
|       7 | Mechanical Road Sweeping                          | 842 km/day         |
|       8 | Development ofC&D Waste processing plant          | 10 tonnes per day  |
|       9 | Solid Waste Management ( Collection and Transfer) | 840 tonnes per day |
|      10 | Remediation of legacy Waste                       | 3 lakh tonnes      |

## Activities undertaken in Visakhapatnam City under NCAP

|   S. No. | Interventions/ Activities                         | Quantity           |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | End-to-end pavement of roads                      | 27 km              |
|        2 | Development of green spaces                       | 2.5 acres          |
|        3 | Mechanical Road Sweeping per day                  | 425 km/day         |
|        4 | Solid Waste Management ( Collection and Transfer) | 500 tonnes per day |

Details of vacancies in State Pollution Control Boards

|   S.No. | SPCBs             |   No. of vacancies |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                204 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                  0 |
|       3 | Assam             |                 31 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                 30 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                204 |
|       6 | Goa               |                 13 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |                260 |
|       8 | Haryana           |                273 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                149 |
|      10 | Jharkhand         |                198 |
|      11 | Karnataka         |                437 |
|      12 | Kerala            |                 25 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                783 |
|      14 | Maharashtra       |                366 |
|      15 | Manipur           |                 75 |
|      16 | Meghalaya         |                 71 |
|      17 | Mizoram           |                  4 |
|      18 | Nagaland          |                  0 |
|      19 | Odisha            |                273 |
|      20 | Punjab            |                309 |
|      21 | Rajasthan         |                488 |
|      22 | Sikkim            |                 11 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu        |                493 |
|      24 | Telangana         |                104 |
|      25 | Tripura           |                  4 |
|      26 | Uttarakhand       |                 79 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                339 |
|      28 | West Bengal       |                128 |

Annexure-IV