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Funds for NCAP

Posted On: 04 APR 2022 3:34PM by PIB Delhi

City-wise details of funds utilized till date is given at Annexure –I. The funds are released to support the implementation of City Specific action plans (CAPs) for the improvement of Air Quality. These CAPs include activities such as expansion of monitoring network, construction and demolition waste management facilities, non-motorised transport infrastructure, green buffers zone, use of mechanical street sweepers, composting units etc.

Under National Clean Air Program (NCAP), the Centrallevel Steering Committee, Monitoring Committee and Implementation Committee have been constituted and periodic review of the implementation progress is conducted. Also, State Level Steering Committee Chaired by Chief Secretary ; Monitoring Committee chaired by Principal Secretary Environment Department; City/ District level Implementation Committee chaired by Municipal Commissioner/ District Magistrate have been constituted which periodically reviews the status of progress of implementation of actions under NCAP.

15^thFinance Commission (XV-FC) has identified 42 Urban Agglomerations (UAs) with million plus population for performance based grants based on improvement in air quality for period FY 2020-21 to 2025-26 under Million-Plus Cities Challenge Fund (MPCCF) and Rs. 12,139 crore has been allocated for the said purpose. Funds to the tune of Rs. 4400 crore in 2020-21 and Rs. 1833 crore in 2021-22have been disbursed to these cities for implementing the activities enlisted under NCAP. The details of the funds transferred to the urban local bodies is given at Annexure- II. Further, under NCAPfunds to the tune of Rs. 472.06 crore have been released to the Non-attainment cites.

City Action Plans of 132 Non-Attainment cities are to be implemented by the coordinated action of the state government and its agencies at the state and city levels. The funding for implementation of these plans is also to be mobilized through the convergence of resources from various schemes of Central Government such as Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Atal Mission For Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City Mission, Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT, Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicle - II (FAME) etc. and resources from State/UT Governments and its agencies such as Municipal Corporations, Urban Development authorities and industrial development authorities etc. Funding from NCAP/XV-FC is a performance-based supplemental grant for funding of unfunded critical gap of action plans.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Annexure I

Details of Grants released under NCAP during the Financial Year 2019-20 & 2020-21 (In Rs. crore)

S. No.	State	City	Total fund released upto 31.03.2021 (In ₹ Crore)	Funds Utilized till 30.03.2022 (In ₹ Crore)
	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	6.00	6.00
	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	0.88	0.88
	Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	0.82	0.82
	Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	0.82	0.82
	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	0.12	0.12
	Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	2.00	1.83
	Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	2.00	2.00
	Andhra Pradesh	Ongole	2.00	1.58
	Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	2.00	1.83
	Andhra Pradesh	Eluru	2.00	1.83
	Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry	2.00	2.00
	Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	2.00	2.00
	Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	1.00	1.00
	Assam	Guwahati	5.12	0.11
	Assam	Nagaon	2.06	0.10
	Assam	Nalbari	1.06	0.11
	Assam	Sibsagar	2.06	0.06
	Assam	Silchar	2.06	0.06
	Bihar	Patna	10.00	9.47
	Bihar	Gaya	2.10	1.87
	Bihar	Muzaffarpur	5.10	3.86
	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	13.28	10.83
	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	6.00	* 1.18
	Chhattisgarh	Bhillai	6.00
	Chhattisgarh	Korba	1.06
	Gujarat	Surat	6.00	0.00
	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	6.00	0.00
	Himachal Pradesh	Baddi	3.06	1.95
	Himachal Pradesh	Nalagarh	0.06	0.06
	Himachal Pradesh	Paonta Sahib	1.06	0.68
	Himachal Pradesh	Sunder Nagar	1.06	0.71
	Himachal Pradesh	Kala Amb	3.00	1.80
	Himachal Pradesh	Damtal	1.00	0.61
	Himachal Pradesh	Parwanoo	1.00	0.61
	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu & Kashmir	3.12	1.94
	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	5.00	3.20
	Jharkhand	Dhanbad	6.00	0.00
	Karnataka	Bangalore	6.00	5.03
	Karnataka	Gulburga	0.50	0.89
	Karnataka	Hubli-Dharwad	0.50	0.80
	Karnataka	Devanagere	0.82	0.67
	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	10.00	10.37
	Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior	10.00	13.01
	Madhya Pradesh	Indore	0.20	0.23
	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain	0.58	0.57
	Madhya Pradesh	Sagar	0.86	0.86
	Madhya Pradesh	Dewas	0.48	0.45
	Maharashtra	Mumbai	9.50	5.94
	Maharashtra	Nagpur	9.45	5.54
	Maharashtra	Navi Mumbai	9.45	3.88
	Maharashtra	Pune	9.45	5.72
	Maharashtra	Amravati	1.34	0.83
	Maharashtra	Aurangabad	0.20	0.12
	Maharashtra	Nashik	0.20	0.02
	Maharashtra	Kolhapur	0.96	0.02
	Maharashtra	Sangli	0.96	0.59
	Maharashtra	Solapur	0.58	0.37
	Maharashtra	Ulhasnagar	2.10	0.75
	Maharashtra	Akola	1.24	0.82
	Maharashtra	Badlapur	2.00	1.26
	Maharashtra	Chandrapur	1.24	0.10
	Maharashtra	Jalgaon	0.86	0.73
	Maharashtra	Jalna	1.24	0.04
	Maharashtra	Latur	0.48	0.33
	Nagaland	Dimapur	3.06	3.06
	Nagaland	Kohima	3.06	3.06
	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar & Cuttack	6.00	3.44
	Odisha	Balasore	0.82	0.06
	Odisha	Rourkela	1.20	0.06
	Odisha	Angul&Talcher	1.20	0.06
	Odisha	Kalinga Nagar	3.00	0.00
	Punjab	Ludhiana	6.00	0.53
	Punjab	Amritsar	6.00	0.45
	Punjab	Jalandhar	4.12	0.00
	Punjab	Khanna	1.96	0.00
	Punjab	Gobindgarh	3.06	0.00
	Punjab	NayaNangal	1.06	0.00
	Punjab	Pathankot/DeraBaba	0.82	0.21
	Punjab	Patiala	4.06	0.00
	Punjab	DeraBassi	0.44	0.00
	Rajasthan	Jaipur	6.00	* 2.82
	Rajasthan	Jodhpur	6.00
	Rajasthan	Kota	6.00
	Rajasthan	Alwar	1.96
	Rajasthan	Udaipur	1.96
	Telangana	Hyderabad	10.80	7.17
	Telangana	Nalgonda	0.48	0.48
	Telangana	Patencheru	0.48	0.48
	Telangana	Sangareddy	2.00	1.28
	Uttar Pradesh	Agra	9.45	2.38
	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	9.45	3.86
	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	9.45	1.96
	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	9.45	3.96
	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	9.47	4.31
	Uttar Pradesh	Muradabad	2.10	*0.064
	Uttar Pradesh	Bareily	2.10
	Uttar Pradesh	Firozabad	2.10
	Uttar Pradesh	Jhansi	1.34
	Uttar Pradesh	Khurja	2.00
	Uttar Pradesh	Anpara	1.24
	Uttar Pradesh	Gajraula	1.24
	Uttar Pradesh	Raebareli	1.24
	Uttarakhand	Kashipur	3.06	3.12
	Uttarakhand	Rishikesh	5.06	2.83
	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	3.00	2.18
	West Bengal	Kolkata	6.00	*4.95
	West Bengal	Howrah	5.00
	West Bengal	Haldia	3.00
	West Bengal	Durgapur	3.00
	West Bengal	Barrackpore	2.00
	Meghalaya	Byrnihat	3.00	1.97
	Tamil Nadu	Tuticorin	3.06	0.00
		Total	375.44	176.59

*City wise UC not available

Annexure -II

Amount sanctioned as per recommendations of XV Finance Commission 2020-21 (Rs. Cr)

State	S.No.	U.A	Amount Sanctioned	State wise Amount Sanctioned
Andhra Pradesh	1	Vijayawada U.A	62	135
Andhra Pradesh	2	Visakhapatnam	73	135
Bihar	3	Patna U.A.	204	204
Chhattisgarh	4	Durg Bhilainagar U.A.	52	107
Chhattisgarh	5	Raipur U.A.	55	107
Gujarat	6	Ahmadabad U.A.	182	405
	7	Rajkot U.A.	40
	8	Surat U.A.	131
	9	Vadodara U.A.	52
Haryana	10	Faridabad	48	48
Jharkhand	11	Dhanbad U.A.	52	159
	12	Jamshedpur U.A.	58
	13	Ranchi U.A.	49
Karnataka	14	Bruhat Bangalore U.A.	279	279
Madhya Pradesh	15	Bhopal U.A.	88	299
	16	Gwalior U.A.	51
	17	Indore U.A.	101
	18	Jabalpur U.A.	59
Maharashtra	19	Aurangabad U.A.	32	793
	20	Greater Mumbai U.A.	488
	21	Nagpur U.A.	66
	22	Nashik U.A.	41
	23	Pune U.A.	134
	24	Vasai-Virar City	32
Punjab	25	Amritsar U.A.	38	90
Punjab	26	Ludhiana	52	90
Rajasthan	27	Jodhpur U.A.	62	281
	28	Jaipur	165
	29	Kota	54
Tamil Nadu	30	Chennai U.A.	181	233
	31	Madurai U.A.	31
	32	Tiruchirappalli U.A.	21
Telangana	33	Hyderabad U.A.	234	234
Uttar Pradesh	34	Agra U.A.	90	714
	35	Allahabad U.A.	62
	36	Ghaziabad U.A.	121
	37	Kanpur U.A.	148
	38	Lucknow U.A.	148
	39	Meerut U.A.	72
	40	Varanasi U.A.	73
West Bengal	41	Asansol U.A.	34	419
West Bengal	42	Kolkata U.A.	385	419
Total (in Rs Cr)			4400	4400

U.A – Urban Agglomerate

Release of Ambient Air Quality Grant to Millions Plus Cities (MPCs)/Urban Agglomeration (UA) during 2021-22.

State S. No.	Name of State	*Amount of Ambient Air quality Grant released for the States (Rs. In crore)**	City S. No.	Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration	*MPC/UA wise grant distribution (Rs. In crore)**
1	Andhra Pradesh	58.75	1	Vijayawada U.A	31
			2	Visakhapatnam	27.75
2	Bihar	77.25	3	Patna U.A.	77.25
3	Chhattisgarh	54.00	4	Durg Bhilainagar U.A.	26.00
			5	Raipur U.A.	28.00
4	Gujarat	197.50	6	Ahmadabad U.A.	92.00
			7	Rajkot U.A.	20.00
			8	Surat U.A.	66.00
			9	Vadodara U.A.	19.50
5	Haryana	6.25	10	Faridabad	6.25
6	Jharkhand	60.50	11	Dhanbad U.A.	6.50
			12	Jamshedpur U.A.	29.00
			13	Ranchi U.A.	25.00
7	Karnataka	140	14	Bruhat Bangalore U.A.	140.00
8	Madhya Pradesh	131.5	15	Bhopal U.A.	44.00
			16	Gwalior U.A.	6.50
			17	Indore U.A.	51.00
			18	Jabalpur U.A.	30.00
9	Maharashtra	400.00	19	Aurangabad U.A.	16.00
			20	Greater Mumbai U.A.	246.00
			21	Nagpur U.A.	33.00
			22	Nashik U.A.	21.00
			23	Pune U.A.	68.00
			24	Vasai-Virar City	16.00
10	Punjab	33.75	25	Amritsar U.A.	14.25
			26	Ludhiana	19.50
11	Rajasthan	111.00	27	Jodhpur U.A.	7.75
			28	Jaipur	83.00
			29	Kota	20.25
12	Tamil Nadu	117.00	30	Chennai U.A.	91.00
			31	Madurai U.A.	15.00
			32	Tiruchirappalli U.A.	11
13	Telangana	118.00	33	Hyderabad U.A.	118.00
14	Uttar Pradesh	169.25	34	Agra U.A.	11.25
			35	Allahabad U.A	31.00
			36	Ghaziabad U.A	15.25
			37	Kanpur U.A.	56.25
			38	Lucknow U.A.	18.75
			39	Meerut U.A.	9.00
			40.	Varanasi U.A.	27.75
15	West Bengal	158.25	41	Asansol U.A.	12.75
			42	Kolkata U.A.	145.50
				Total	1833.00
(*) Ambient Air Quality grant distribution is based on the performance assessment of each MPC/UA at various levels and subsequent recommendations from the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. on India

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