Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Roadmap of the National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 49

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## Roadmap of the National Clean Air Programme

## 49.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

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

- (a) the  current  status  of  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  implementation  across  the identified non-attainment cities;
- (b) the list of cities that have achieved or are close to achieving the air quality improvement targets since NCAP's launch in 2019;
- (c) whether any assessment has been conducted on NCAP's progress towards the target of 40 per cent reduction in PM 2.5 and PM10 levels by 2026;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that several cities continue to record hazardous air quality despite implementation of the NCAP and the reasons identified therefor; and
- (e) the  timeline  for  revising  NCAP  targets  and  integrating  climate-air  quality  co-benefit strategies into the programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e)   National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in January 2019 to improve air quality in 130 cities in 24 States/ UTs of the country through implementation of National, State and City level clean air action plans.

City Specific Clean Air Action Plans have been prepared by all 130 cities to implement air quality improvement measures in respective cities. These plans target air pollution sources like soil & road dust,  vehicular  emissions,  waste  burning,  Construction  &  Demolition  activities,  and  industrial pollution.

Performance linked grant of ₹ 13,415.43 crore has been provided to 130 cities as a critical gap funding to implement air pollution mitigation measures, during 2019-20 till date. The programme also leverages mobilisation of resources through convergence of various schemes of Central & State Governments such as Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), AMRUT, Smart City Mission, PM

e-Bus Sewa, PM  E-DRIVE,  Sustainable Alternative Towards  Affordable Transportation (SATAT),  and  Nagar  Van  Yojana,  as  well  as  resources  of  State  Govts.  /  UT  administration, Municipal Corporations and other developmental authorities for implementation of action plans.

Air quality monitoring is conducted at 836 stations in 130 cities under NCAP. CPCB carries out the annual performance assessment of all 130 cities under NCAP. Cities receive performancelinked grants to implement their action plans. Better-performing cities are incentivized through additional funding and recognition.

Under the programme, cities have been provided annual air pollution reduction targets in terms of PM10 levels for the period 2019-20 to 2025-26. PM2.5, being a subset of PM10, also gets reduced to certain extent with actions aimed at PM10 reduction.

The focused actions by 130 cities under NCAP have shown positive results with 103 cities showing reduction in PM10 concentration in 2024-25 with respect to 2017-18, out of which 64 cities have shown reduction in PM10 levels by more than 20% and 25 of these cities have achieved a reduction of  more  than  40%.  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 enclosed at Annexure I .

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## Annexure I

Improvement in PM10 concentrations of 130 Cities under NCAP in FY 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18

| Sl. No.   | Cities         | 2017-18                                         | 2024-25                                         | % improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cities         | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | % improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
| 1         | Bareilly       | 207                                             | 48                                              | 76.8                                         |
| 2         | Varanasi       | 230                                             | 59                                              | 74.3                                         |
| 3         | Firozabad      | 247                                             | 100                                             | 59.5                                         |
| 4         | Dehradun       | 250                                             | 107                                             | 57.2                                         |
| 5         | Moradabad      | 222                                             | 96                                              | 56.8                                         |
| 6         | Kanpur         | 227                                             | 102                                             | 55.1                                         |
| 7         | Tuticorin      | 123                                             | 56                                              | 54.5                                         |
| 8         | Nalagarh       | 146                                             | 68                                              | 53.4                                         |
| 9         | Agra           | 202                                             | 103                                             | 49.0                                         |
| 10        | Dhanbad        | 315                                             | 166                                             | 47.3                                         |
| 11        | Ghaziabad      | 285                                             | 154                                             | 46.0                                         |
| 12        | Raebareli      | 145                                             | 79                                              | 45.5                                         |
| 13        | Surat          | 130                                             | 71                                              | 45.4                                         |
| 14        | Jhansi         | 109                                             | 60                                              | 45.0                                         |
| 15        | Jalandhar      | 178                                             | 99                                              | 44.4                                         |
| 16        | Greater Mumbai | 161                                             | 90                                              | 44.1                                         |
| 17        | Kohima         | 127                                             | 71                                              | 44.1                                         |
| 18        | Byrnihat       | 175                                             | 98                                              | 44.0                                         |
| 19        | Lucknow        | 253                                             | 142                                             | 43.9                                         |
| 20        | Badlapur       | 160                                             | 90                                              | 43.8                                         |
| 21        | Srinagar       | 132*                                            | 76                                              | 42.4                                         |
| 22        | Allahabad      | 169                                             | 99                                              | 41.4                                         |
| 23        | Ulhasnagar     | 153                                             | 90                                              | 41.2                                         |
| 24        | Amritsar       | 189                                             | 112                                             | 40.7                                         |
| 25        | Rajkot         | 150                                             | 89                                              | 40.7                                         |
| 26        | Sunder Nagar   | 78                                              | 47                                              | 39.7                                         |
| 27        | Baddi          | 174                                             | 108                                             | 37.9                                         |
| 28        | Kolkata        | 147                                             | 92                                              | 37.4                                         |
| 29        | Ahmedabad      | 164                                             | 103                                             | 37.2                                         |
| 30        | Faridabad      | 229*                                            | 147                                             | 35.8                                         |
| 31        | Jodhpur        | 189                                             | 122                                             | 35.4                                         |
| 32        | Trichy         | 88                                              | 57                                              | 35.2                                         |

| Sl. No.   | Cities           | 2017-18                                         | 2024-25                                   | % improvement 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18 PM 10   |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cities           | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | Average concentration (F.Y.) of (µg/m 3 ) | % improvement 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18 PM 10   |
| 33        | Noida            | 229                                             | 149                                       | 34.9                                            |
| 34        | Rishikesh        | 129                                             | 84                                        | 34.9                                            |
| 35        | Thane            | 138                                             | 90                                        | 34.8                                            |
| 36        | Howrah           | 139                                             | 92                                        | 33.8                                            |
| 37        | Akola            | 111                                             | 74                                        | 33.3                                            |
| 38        | Naya Nangal      | 87                                              | 58                                        | 33.3                                            |
| 39        | Vadodara         | 133                                             | 90                                        | 32.3                                            |
| 40        | Alwar            | 152                                             | 105                                       | 30.9                                            |
| 41        | Rajahmundry      | 85                                              | 59                                        | 30.6                                            |
| 42        | Gorakhpur        | 150                                             | 105                                       | 30.0                                            |
| 43        | Vijayawada       | 91                                              | 64                                        | 29.7                                            |
| 44        | Khanna           | 142                                             | 101                                       | 28.9                                            |
| 45        | Kala Amb         | 118                                             | 84                                        | 28.8                                            |
| 46        | Jabalpur         | 101                                             | 73                                        | 27.7                                            |
| 47        | Gajraula         | 204                                             | 148                                       | 27.5                                            |
| 48        | Parwanoo         | 66                                              | 48                                        | 27.3                                            |
| 49        | Dera Baba Nanak  | 79                                              | 58                                        | 26.6                                            |
| 50        | Hyderabad        | 110                                             | 81                                        | 26.4                                            |
| 51        | Bengaluru        | 92                                              | 68                                        | 26.1                                            |
| 52        | Amravati         | 102                                             | 76                                        | 25.5                                            |
| 53        | Kadapa           | 75                                              | 56                                        | 25.3                                            |
| 54        | Sibasagar        | 73                                              | 55                                        | 24.7                                            |
| 55        | Ranchi           | 141                                             | 107                                       | 24.1                                            |
| 56        | Kurnool          | 79                                              | 60                                        | 24.1                                            |
| 57        | Ludhiana         | 168                                             | 129                                       | 23.2                                            |
| 58        | Anantapur        | 78                                              | 60                                        | 23.1                                            |
| 59        | Davangere        | 74                                              | 57                                        | 23.0                                            |
| 60        | Hubli-Dharwad    | 79                                              | 61                                        | 22.8                                            |
| 61        | Dimapur          | 142                                             | 112                                       | 21.1                                            |
| 62        | Jammu            | 157                                             | 124                                       | 21.0                                            |
| 63        | Nagaon           | 82                                              | 65                                        | 20.7                                            |
| 64        | Nellore          | 64                                              | 51                                        | 20.3                                            |
| 65        | Durg Bhilainagar | 86                                              | 69                                        | 19.8                                            |
| 66        | Khurja           | 195                                             | 159                                       | 18.5                                            |
| 67        | Latur            | 82                                              | 67                                        | 18.3                                            |
| 68        | Jaipur           | 172                                             | 142                                       | 17.4                                            |

| Sl. No.   | Cities             | 2017-18                                         | 2024-25                                         | % improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
|-----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cities             | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | % improvement in 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
| 69        | Kota               | 139                                             | 115                                             | 17.3                                         |
| 70        | Meerut             | 159                                             | 133                                             | 16.4                                         |
| 71        | Mandi Gobindgarh   | 148                                             | 124                                             | 16.2                                         |
| 72        | Delhi              | 241                                             | 203                                             | 15.8                                         |
| 73        | Madurai            | 72                                              | 61                                              | 15.3                                         |
| 74        | Sangli             | 87                                              | 74                                              | 14.9                                         |
| 75        | Chittoor           | 70                                              | 60                                              | 14.3                                         |
| 76        | Patiala            | 106                                             | 91                                              | 14.2                                         |
| 77        | Ujjain             | 93                                              | 80                                              | 14.0                                         |
| 78        | Chennai            | 66                                              | 58                                              | 12.1                                         |
| 79        | Haldia             | 92                                              | 81                                              | 12.0                                         |
| 80        | Anpara             | 175                                             | 155                                             | 11.4                                         |
| 81        | Eluru              | 72                                              | 64                                              | 11.1                                         |
| 82        | Muzaffarpur        | 147                                             | 131                                             | 10.9                                         |
| 83        | Asansol            | 147                                             | 131                                             | 10.9                                         |
| 84        | Ongole             | 65                                              | 58                                              | 10.8                                         |
| 85        | Vasai Virar        | 99                                              | 90                                              | 9.1                                          |
| 86        | Kolhapur           | 89                                              | 81                                              | 9.0                                          |
| 87        | Pune               | 102                                             | 93                                              | 8.8                                          |
| 88        | Nagpur             | 100                                             | 92                                              | 8.0                                          |
| 89        | Nashik             | 82                                              | 76                                              | 7.3                                          |
| 90        | Gwalior            | 126                                             | 117                                             | 7.1                                          |
| 91        | Jalna              | 99                                              | 93                                              | 6.1                                          |
| 92        | Kashipur           | 99                                              | 93                                              | 6.1                                          |
| 93        | Chandrapur         | 118                                             | 111                                             | 5.9                                          |
| 94        | Gulburga Kalaburgi | 55                                              | 52                                              | 5.5                                          |
| 95        | Udaipur            | 127                                             | 121                                             | 4.7                                          |
| 96        | Bhopal             | 112                                             | 107                                             | 4.5                                          |
| 97        | Cuttack            | 93                                              | 89                                              | 4.3                                          |
| 98        | Paonta Sahib       | 84                                              | 81                                              | 3.6                                          |
| 99        | Guntur             | 66                                              | 64                                              | 3.0                                          |
| 100       | Guwahati           | 103                                             | 100                                             | 2.9                                          |
| 101       | Patna              | 172                                             | 167                                             | 2.9                                          |
| 102       | Nalbari            | 87                                              | 85                                              | 2.3                                          |
| 103       | Durgapur           | 150                                             | 149                                             | 0.7                                          |

| Sl. No.   | Cities        | 2017-18                                         | 2024-25                                         | % improvement 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cities        | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) | % improvement 2024-25 w.r.t. FY 2017-18   |
| 104       | Chandigarh    | 114                                             | 114                                             | 0.0                                       |
| 105       | Kalinga Nagar | 109                                             | 109                                             | 0.0                                       |
| 106       | Bhubaneshwar  | 85                                              | 86                                              | -1.2                                      |
| 107       | Sangareddy    | 85                                              | 86                                              | -1.2                                      |
| 108       | Indore        | 82                                              | 83                                              | -1.2                                      |
| 109       | Damtal        | 55                                              | 56                                              | -1.8                                      |
| 110       | Navi Mumbai   | 88                                              | 90                                              | -2.3                                      |
| 111       | Solapur       | 81                                              | 83                                              | -2.5                                      |
| 112       | Vizianagaram  | 72                                              | 74                                              | -2.8                                      |
| 113       | Dewas         | 83                                              | 86                                              | -3.6                                      |
| 114       | Talcher       | 113                                             | 119                                             | -5.3                                      |
| 115       | Barrackpore   | 86                                              | 92                                              | -7.0                                      |
| 116       | Raipur        | 70                                              | 75                                              | -7.1                                      |
| 117       | Jamshedpur    | 135                                             | 145                                             | -7.4                                      |
| 118       | Sagar         | 73                                              | 79                                              | -8.2                                      |
| 119       | Gaya          | 79                                              | 87                                              | -10.1                                     |
| 120       | Silchar       | 49                                              | 54                                              | -10.2                                     |
| 121       | Balasore      | 84                                              | 93                                              | -10.7                                     |
| 122       | Dera Bassi    | 88                                              | 98                                              | -11.4                                     |
| 123       | Rourkela      | 99                                              | 111                                             | -12.1                                     |
| 124       | Srikakulam    | 69                                              | 79                                              | -14.5                                     |
| 125       | Angul         | 97                                              | 116                                             | -19.6                                     |
| 126       | Korba         | 57                                              | 69                                              | -21.1                                     |
| 127       | Nalgonda      | 59                                              | 78                                              | -32.2                                     |
| 128       | Jalgaon       | 70                                              | 93                                              | -32.9                                     |
| 129       | Visakhapatnam | 76                                              | 101                                             | -32.9                                     |
| 130       | Aurangabad    | 75                                              | 100                                             | -33.3                                     |

* 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.

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