Lok Sabha Question No. 2864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Air Monitoring Stations
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SULTAN  AHMED

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.2864

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2016

## Air Monitoring Stations

## 2864. SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

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

- (a)   the  number of air quality monitoring stations set up across the country till date, Statewise;
- (b) whether the Government has been providing financial assistance for setting up of such stations; and
- (c) if  so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, Statewise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) The list of air quality monitoring locations, state-wise, is annexed.
- (b) Yes, Sir.

(c) CPCB  has  provided  an  amount  of 7,92,27,282, 7,25,83,500, 5,87,78,462  and 9,01,21,917 to State and UT Governments including for metropolitan cities for air quality monitoring under NAMP during 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and current year respectively.

Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2864 DUE FOR REPLY ON 15.03.2016 REGARDING AIR MONITORING STATIONS BY SHRI SULTAN AHMED, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## STATUS OF OPERATING STATIONS UNDER NATIONAL AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory   |   Operating Monitoring Station |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                              2 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh          |                             24 |
| 3.       | Assam                   |                             23 |
| 4.       | Bihar                   |                              2 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh              |                              5 |
| 6.       | Chattisgarh             |                             10 |
| 7.       | Delhi                   |                             11 |
| 8.       | Dadara & Nagar Haveli   |                              1 |
| 9.       | Daman Diu               |                              1 |
| 10.      | Goa                     |                             17 |
| 11.      | Gujarat                 |                             23 |
| 12.      | Haryana                 |                              5 |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh        |                             22 |
| 14.      | Jammu & Kashmir         |                              3 |
| 15.      | Jharkhand               |                             10 |
| 16.      | Karnataka               |                             30 |
| 17.      | Kerala                  |                             24 |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh          |                             36 |
| 19.      | Maharashtra             |                             77 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya               |                              8 |
| 21.      | Mizoram                 |                             11 |
| 22.      | Manipur                 |                              1 |
| 23.      | Nagaland                |                              4 |
| 24.      | Odisha                  |                             34 |
| 25.      | Punjab                  |                             28 |
| 26.      | Puducherry              |                              6 |
| 27.      | Rajasthan               |                             21 |
| 28.      | Sikkim                  |                              2 |
| 29.      | Tamilnadu               |                             31 |
| 30.      | Tripura                 |                              1 |
| 31.      | Telangana               |                             26 |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh           |                             66 |
| 33.      | Uttaranchal             |                              8 |
| 34.      | West Bengal             |                             39 |
|          | TOTAL                   |                            612 |

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