National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality in 131 cities

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New Delhi: The 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	Bihar	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	Jammu & Kashmir	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	Nagaland	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	6