GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

LOK SABHA
UN-STARRED QUESTION N0. 3031
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

Reports on Pollution

3031. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

state:

(a) whether as per reports of the World Health Organisation and other
agencies/organisations several Indian cities are included amongst the top ten most
polluted cities on the basis of presence of particulate matter 2.5;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the roadmap proposed and special mechanism put
in place to deal with the situation;
(c) the amount that has been set aside to deal with the issue of air pollution since 2000;
and
(d) whether any credible study has been conducted to examine the causes of air pollution
and recommend solutions and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND

CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) & (b) The government is aware that several private institution and universities, while
adapting different methodologies, different data set and giving different weightages to
the parameters are ranking the countries. The data used for ranking is extracted
primarily from satellite imageries, which are not validated by proper ground truthing.
Further, the methodology for ranking needs to be peer reviewed.

On the analysis of last five-year ambient air quality data (2014-2018), across
the country, it is observed that most of the cities were within the National Standards
with respect to parameters of SO2 and NO2. With respect to PM10 and PM2.5, 18 and
12 cities respectively showed decreasing trend. In reference to Delhi, there has been
an overall improvement in air quality of Delhi in 2019 as compared to that of 2016.
The number of ‘Good to ‘Moderate’ days has increased to 175 in 2019 as compared to
108 in 2016.

Further, the Central Government launched National Clean Air Programme

(NCAP) as a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution
problem across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20 %
to 30 % reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as the base
year for the comparison of concentration. Under NCAP, 102 non-attainment cities
have been identified based on ambient air quality data for the period 2011 – 2015 and
WHO report 2014/2018. The city specific Action Plans have been prepared and
approved for ground implementation for all 102 non-attainment cities.

(c) State-wise details of funds released to various Agencies since last ten years for
ambient air quality monitoring under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme
(NAMP) is given at Annexure-I.

(d) Several studies have been conducted to identify major air pollution sources
and their contributions to ambient air pollution levels in the country and it reveals that
Transport, Industries, Agriculture Burning, Residential, Dust [Soil, Road &
Construction], etc. are the main contributors to PM10 andPM2.5 concentrations.
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 Annexure-I

S Funds released under NAMP for operation & maintenance in different financial years
l Name of (Amount in Rs.)
N Monitoring
2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015- 2016-
o Agency 2017-18 2018-19
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
.
Andaman & 1046
1. - - - - - - - - - -
Nicobar SPCB 000
Andhra Pradesh 9335 4158 3862 27100 9365 84500 7666 275555
2. - - -
SPCB 917 333 500 00 000 00 250 00
Arunachal 410933 147200
3. - - - - - - - -
Pradesh SPCB 4 0
7186 3577 9945 11608 2920 86900 7842 359120 177626
4. Assam SPCB - -
667 500 833 333 000 00 500 00 67
7366 221666
5. Bihar SPCB - - - - - - - - -
67 5
1117 1988 45941 2483 19866 41138 325333 195200
6. Chandigarh PCC - -
500 000 67 33 67 33 3 0
6825 1586 22250 1373 152625 446533
7. Chattisgarh ECB - - - -
00 250 00 750 0 3
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli PCC and 349233 346133
8. - - - - - - - - -
Daman & Diu 3 3
PCC
2110 3412 43875 8050 38095
9. Gujarat SPCB - - - - - -
000 500 00 00 83
1065 3225 76475 9248 88825 7125 778933 244106
10. Goa SPCB - - -
833 000 00 000 00 000 3 67
1180
11. Haryana SPCB - - - - - - - - - -
2000
 Himachal
3573 3404 4932 58133 3480 55783 101283 293093 139333
12. Pradesh SEP & - -
611 167 500 33 000 33 33 34 34
PCB
Jammu & 14625 452800 193600
13. - - - - - - - -
Kashmir SPCB 00 0 0
1185 52916 1960 148931
14. Jharkhand SPCB - - - - - - -
833 67 000 67
1625 3565 2237 40958 2867 3541 674958 211346
15. Karnataka SPCB - - -
417 333 667 34 500 67 3 67
1922 3056 2712 72866 3808 6474 223200
16. Kerala SPCB - - - -
916 250 916 66 333 167 00
7010
17. Lakshdweep PCC - - - - - - - - - -
00
Madhya Pradesh 2155 3072 3218 36800 5153 79844 135666 115773
18. - - -
SPCB 695 500 389 00 583 17 66 33
Maharashtra 5132 6986 9185 57729 9428 74670 16316 305440 112706
19. - -
SPCB 583 917 000 17 750 83 919 01 67
8976 5860 1984 30825 2496 22975 784583 144853 354133
20. Meghalaya SPCB - -
67 00 500 00 667 00 3 33 3
21. Manipur SPCB - - - - - - - - - -
8100 4404 94500 4725 59316 1765 541333 42533 734666 464000
22. Mizoram SPCB -
00 000 0 00 67 000 3 33 7 0
6233 2833 2466 15866 7933 13600 9066 36586 306133 134400
23. Nagaland SPCB -
34 33 348 67 33 00 67 67 3 0
1867 5230 3102 41200 3956 5734 58725 170800
24. Odisha SPCB - - -
084 000 083 00 417 583 00 01
5860 12179 7795 203610 456533
25. Punjab SPCB - - - - -
00 583 417 83 3
4050 1260 11700 1266 51103 343200 211200
26. Puducherry - - - -
00 000 00 000 33 0 0
2510 3543 26212 4788 421875 134346
27. Rajasthan SPCB - - - - -
000 750 50 750 0 67
 2689 614933 757866
28. Sikkim SPCB - - - - - - - -
000 4 7
Tamil Nadu 4903 5327 43991 2358 168133 754933
29. - - - - -
SPCB 750 000 66 333 33 3
179850
30. Telangana SPCB - - - - - - - - - -
00
31. Tripura SPCB - - - - - - - - - 896000 597333
Uttar Pradesh 9416 3309 6855 31595 4150 95866 726333 313906
32. - - -
SPCB 445 583 417 83 000 67 3 67
Uttarakhand 3683 43066 36943 408583 145440
33. - - - - - -
EP&PCB 33 67 34 3 00
West Bengal 1960 4069 7243 58737 194399
34. - - - - -
SPCB 416 000 750 50 17
9534 2673 26730 4860 7047 136120 22288 216000 140400
35. NEERI - -
300 000 00 000 000 00 000 00 00
4583 45000 3709 804017 194192
36. IIT Kanpur - - -- - - -
66 0 378 7 0
5653 5623 9631 10829 7922 72583 5877 6,86,32, 6,95,9 45,77,7 11,12,7
Total
8751 3716 7320 3417 7282 5000 8462 581 8,002 0,512 5,253
Rs 118,12,23,948 (One hundred and eighteen crores twelve lakhs twenty three thousand and nine hundred and
Grand total forty eight rupees only).