03/23/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/23/2023 03:44
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January, 2019 with an aim to improve air quality in 131 cities (non-attainment cities and Million Plus Cities) in 24 States/UTs by engaging all stakeholders. The programme envisages to achieve reductions up to 40% or achievement of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter10 (PM 10) concentrations by 2025-26.
82 cities under NCAP have been provided annual target of 3-15% reduction of PM10 levels to achieve overall reduction of air quality up to 40% PM10 levels, and 49 cities under XVth Finance Commission air quality grant, have been given an annual target of 15% reduction in annual average Particulate Matter10 (PM10) concentrations and improvement of good air quality days (Air Quality Index less than 200).Details of achievement by annual target by cities for FY 2021-22 are provided at Annexure-I for 82 cities and Annexure-II for 49 cities, respectively.PM10 levels of Mumbai in the year 2021-22 is 102 µg/m3and shows improvement of 34% with respect to base year 2017-18. The details of steps taken by Government to control air pollution in country enclosed in Annexure-III.
Annexure-I
Details of air quality improvement targets and achievement of 82 cities under NCAP
Sl. No. |
State |
City/ Town |
Annual Average PM10 Concentration (µg/m3) FY 2019-20 |
Target and Actual reduction of PM10Concentration (µg/m3) FY 2021-22 |
Performance Factor (P) |
||
Unit Reduction |
Value Achieved |
||||||
Actual |
Target |
Actual |
|||||
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Chitoor |
52 |
4 |
2 |
48 |
200 |
2 |
Nellore |
67 |
12 |
3 |
55 |
400 |
|
3 |
Ongole |
60 |
7 |
3 |
53 |
233 |
|
4 |
Guntur |
57 |
-1 |
3 |
58 |
0 |
|
5 |
Eluru |
64 |
-1 |
3 |
65 |
0 |
|
6 |
Rajahmundry |
59 |
-7 |
3 |
66 |
0 |
|
7 |
Srikakulam |
65 |
-7 |
3 |
72 |
0 |
|
8 |
Vizianagaram |
67 |
-4 |
3 |
71 |
0 |
|
9 |
Anantapur |
60 |
11 |
3 |
49 |
367 |
|
10 |
Kurnool |
56 |
-4 |
2 |
60 |
0 |
|
11 |
Kadapa |
47 |
-7 |
2 |
54 |
0 |
|
12 |
Assam |
Guwahati |
106 |
10 |
6 |
96 |
167 |
13 |
Nagaon* |
84 |
-13 |
5 |
97 |
0 |
|
14 |
Nalbari |
75 |
-21 |
4 |
96 |
0 |
|
15 |
Sibsagar |
55 |
10 |
0 |
45 |
100 |
|
16 |
Silchar* |
44 |
-2 |
2 |
46 |
0 |
|
17 |
Bihar |
Gaya |
79 |
-14 |
4 |
93 |
0 |
18 |
Muzaffarpur* |
124 |
-23 |
7 |
147 |
0 |
|
19 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
88 |
-4 |
5 |
92 |
0 |
20 |
Chhattisgarh |
Korba* |
47 |
-13 |
2 |
60 |
0 |
21 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
178 |
-6 |
14 |
184 |
0 |
22 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Baddi |
133 |
4 |
9 |
129 |
44 |
23 |
Kala Amb* |
50 |
-58 |
0 |
108 |
0 |
|
24 |
Nalagarh* |
103 |
29 |
7 |
74 |
414 |
|
25 |
Parwanoo |
59 |
25 |
0 |
34 |
100 |
|
26 |
Damtal |
50 |
-13 |
0 |
63 |
0 |
|
27 |
Paonta Sahib |
78 |
-9 |
4 |
87 |
0 |
|
28 |
Sunder Nagar |
68 |
22 |
3 |
46 |
733 |
|
29 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Jammu |
146 |
-6 |
10 |
152 |
0 |
30 |
Srinagar |
122 |
22 |
8 |
100 |
275 |
|
31 |
Karnataka |
Devanagere |
63 |
10 |
3 |
53 |
333 |
32 |
Gulburga |
82 |
4 |
4 |
78 |
100 |
|
33 |
Hubli-Dharwad |
76 |
11 |
4 |
65 |
275 |
|
34 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Dewas |
89 |
10 |
5 |
79 |
200 |
35 |
Sagar |
72 |
0 |
4 |
72 |
0 |
|
36 |
Ujjain |
88 |
-22 |
5 |
110 |
0 |
|
37 |
Maharashtra |
Jalna |
95 |
2 |
5 |
93 |
40 |
38 |
Chandrapur |
90 |
-13 |
5 |
103 |
0 |
|
39 |
Amravati |
88 |
22 |
5 |
66 |
440 |
|
40 |
Akola |
67 |
4 |
3 |
63 |
133 |
|
41 |
Kolhapur |
90 |
12 |
5 |
78 |
240 |
|
42 |
Latur |
82 |
25 |
4 |
57 |
625 |
|
43 |
Sangli |
67 |
10 |
3 |
57 |
335 |
|
44 |
Solapur |
86 |
31 |
5 |
55 |
620 |
|
45 |
Jalgaon |
56 |
-3 |
3 |
59 |
0 |
|
46 |
Meghalaya |
Byrnihat |
98 |
-85 |
6 |
183 |
0 |
47 |
Nagaland |
Dimapur |
83 |
5 |
4 |
78 |
125 |
48 |
Kohima |
80 |
13 |
4 |
67 |
325 |
|
49 |
Orissa |
Angul |
95 |
-1 |
5 |
96 |
0 |
50 |
Talcher |
107 |
30 |
6 |
77 |
500 |
|
51 |
Cuttack |
102 |
14 |
6 |
88 |
233 |
|
52 |
Bhubaneswar |
98 |
7 |
6 |
91 |
117 |
|
53 |
Rourkela |
110 |
3 |
7 |
107 |
43 |
|
54 |
Kalinga Nagar |
104 |
-9 |
6 |
113 |
0 |
|
55 |
Balasore |
86 |
12 |
5 |
74 |
240 |
|
56 |
Punjab |
Gobindgarh |
127 |
12 |
8 |
115 |
150 |
57 |
Patiala |
98 |
-5 |
6 |
103 |
0 |
|
58 |
Dera Bassi |
99 |
2 |
6 |
97 |
33 |
|
59 |
Naya Nangal |
99 |
34 |
6 |
65 |
567 |
|
60 |
Khanna |
106 |
2 |
6 |
104 |
33 |
|
61 |
Jalandhar |
118 |
-12 |
7 |
130 |
0 |
|
62 |
Pathankot/Dera Baba* |
69 |
3 |
3 |
66 |
100 |
|
63 |
Rajasthan |
Alwar |
125 |
15 |
8 |
110 |
188 |
64 |
Udaipur |
130 |
8 |
9 |
122 |
89 |
|
65 |
Tamil Nadu |
Thoothukudi* |
84 |
17 |
4 |
67 |
425 |
66 |
Telangana |
Nalgonda* |
59 |
-10 |
3 |
69 |
0 |
67 |
Sangareddy |
85 |
5 |
5 |
80 |
100 |
|
68 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Gorakhpur |
280 |
138 |
31 |
142 |
445 |
69 |
Moradabad |
247 |
96 |
25 |
151 |
384 |
|
70 |
Firozabad |
205 |
69 |
18 |
136 |
383 |
|
71 |
Noida |
203 |
12 |
18 |
191 |
67 |
|
72 |
Bareily* |
183 |
16 |
14 |
167 |
114 |
|
73 |
Khurja* |
214 |
77 |
23 |
137 |
335 |
|
74 |
Raebareli |
152 |
38 |
11 |
114 |
345 |
|
75 |
Gajraula* |
215 |
69 |
19 |
146 |
363 |
|
76 |
Anpara |
171 |
17 |
13 |
154 |
131 |
|
77 |
Jhansi |
102 |
-5 |
6 |
107 |
0 |
|
78 |
Uttarakhand |
Kashipur |
126 |
5 |
8 |
121 |
63 |
79 |
Rishikesh |
135 |
24 |
9 |
111 |
267 |
|
80 |
Dehradun |
166 |
29 |
13 |
137 |
223 |
|
81 |
West Bengal |
Durgapur |
129 |
-29 |
8 |
158 |
0 |
82 |
Haldia |
71 |
-22 |
3 |
93 |
0 |
Annexure II
Details of air quality improvement targets and achievement of 49 cities under XV Finance Commission Air Quality Grant
Sl.No. |
City name |
Target |
Achievement of PM10 during FY 2021-22 |
No. good days (AQI<200) achieved during FY 2021-22 |
Achievement of Performance Factor |
1 |
Chennai |
15% reduction in PM10 and improvement of 15 number of Good days having AQI<200 |
55 |
357 |
75 |
2 |
Trichy |
44 |
264 |
75 |
|
3 |
Raipur |
57 |
263 |
75 |
|
4 |
Nashik |
57 |
363 |
75 |
|
5 |
Vijayawada |
68 |
355 |
75 |
|
6 |
Madurai |
53 |
256 |
75 |
|
7 |
Bengaluru |
66 |
353 |
75 |
|
8 |
DurgBhilainagar |
60 |
250 |
75 |
|
9 |
Aurangabad |
82 |
355 |
75 |
|
10 |
Nagpur |
67 |
349 |
75 |
|
11 |
Pune |
82 |
355 |
75 |
|
12, 13 |
Hyderabad and Patancheru |
87 |
363 |
75 |
|
14 |
Indore |
98 |
355 |
75 |
|
15 |
Visakhapatnam |
94 |
350 |
75 |
|
16, 17, 18 |
Kolkata, Barrackpore, Howrah |
100 |
354 |
75 |
|
18 |
Jabalpur |
110 |
352 |
75 |
|
20 |
Kota |
107 |
351 |
75 |
|
21 |
Amritsar |
116 |
351 |
75 |
|
22,23,24, 25,26 |
Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Badlapur and Thane |
102 |
358 |
75 |
|
27 |
Vadodara |
114 |
266 |
75 |
|
28 |
Surat |
102 |
261 |
75 |
|
29 |
Ranchi |
104 |
85 |
75 |
|
30 |
Ludhiana |
144 |
350 |
75 |
|
31 |
Ahmedabad |
108 |
346 |
75 |
|
32 |
Rajkot |
111 |
267 |
75 |
|
33 |
Vasaivirar |
45 |
35 |
75 |
|
34 |
Asansol |
111 |
351 |
75 |
|
35 |
Jaipur |
124 |
352 |
75 |
|
36 |
Gwalior |
105 |
354 |
75 |
|
37 |
Jamshedpur |
92 |
177 |
75 |
|
38 |
Bhopal |
110 |
353 |
75 |
|
39 |
Agra |
139 |
321 |
25 |
|
40 |
Jodhpur |
154 |
334 |
25 |
|
41 |
Patna |
142 |
321 |
75 |
|
42 |
Varanasi |
92 |
178 |
100 |
|
43 |
Kanpur |
156 |
221 |
25 |
|
44 |
Meerut |
178 |
268 |
75 |
|
45 |
Dhanbad |
236 |
139 |
25 |
|
46 |
Ghaziabad |
205 |
229 |
25 |
|
47 |
Lucknow |
144 |
258 |
100 |
|
48 |
Allahabad |
122 |
356 |
100 |
|
49 |
Faridabad |
192 |
254 |
25 |
Annexure-III
Measures taken by the Government to improve air quality
Government has taken several initiatives to improve air quality. The following actions were initiated by the Union Government:
Government has released several schemes and initiatives to improve air quality. States and Cities are leveraged to utilise resources through convergence of various schemes and programmes of Union and State Governments.
Prevention and control of paddy stubble burning
Control of industrial emissions
Directions/ Regulations for use of Power Generating Sets
Control of vehicular pollution
Dust management from roads and open areas and from construction and demolition activities
Other matters:
This information was given by Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
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