Air quality grant to million plus cities

 The details of funds utilized under the Air Quality Grant sanctioned by 15th Finance Commission to Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration as aimed by the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) for performance-based grants for improvement in air quality for the period 2020-21 to 2025-26, city-wise;

The details of funds utilized under the 15th Finance Commission to support the implementation of City Specific Action Plans (CAPs) for improvement of Air Quality under the National Clean Air Programme along with the details for non-utilization of funds by non-attainment cities; and

The details of mobilization of City Specific Action Plans through the convergence of resources for 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), and other schemes?

Under the 15th Finance Commission air quality performance grant, an amount of Rs. 16539 crores has been allocated to 42 Million Plus Cities (MPCs) (including 7 Urban Agglomerations (UAs)) during FY 2020-21 to FY 2025-26 to implement city action plans to take measures to improve air quality. The details of city-wise utilization are provided at Annexure –I.

131 cities under NCAP have been requested to mobilize resources through convergence of various schemes for the implementation of city action plans. Action plans of all targeted cities under NCAP were approved under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 (Urban) for processing of solid waste, construction and demolition waste, remediation of legacy waste and procurement of mechanical sweepers. 107 cities have availed resources from the AMRUT 2.0 for developing green spaces, parks and non-motorised urban transport. 13,11,681 number of electric vehicles have claimed the benefit under FAME II in 20 States/UTs. Under SATAT, 27 Compressed Bio-gas (CBG) plants with the capacity of 146 TPD have been commissioned in NCAP cities.

Annexure-I

 

Details of release and utilisation of funds to Million Plus Cities under 15th Finance Commission- Air Quality Grant during FY 2020-21 to 2022-23

 

(amount in ₹ crore)

 

Sr. No.	City	Amount released	Amount utilisation
1	Vijayawada UA	124.35	27.61
2	Visakhapatnam UA	129.25	0.00
3	Patna UA	288.60	158.26
4	Durg Bhilainagar UA	112.35	31.66
5	Raipur UA	119.35	51.39
6	Ahmadabad UA	359.54	317.91
7	Rajkot UA	83.10	64.61
8	Surat UA	255.18	257.47
9	Vadodara UA	98.18	82.22
10	Faridabad UA	73.53	15.99
11	Dhanbad UA	63.09	53.21
12	Jamshedpur UA	116.85	38.14
13	Ranchi UA	93.50	48.25
14	Bruhat Bangalore UA	535.10	0.00
15	Bhopal UA	173.85	167.42
16	Gwalior UA	92.64	58.31
17	Indore UA	191.75	166.64
18	Jabalpur UA	112.25	108.65
19	Aurangabad UA	68.10	51.36
20	Greater Mumbai (GM) UA	929.09	604.64
21	Nagpur UA	132.60	17.71
22	Nashik UA	91.35	19.03
23	Pune UA	261.85	81.29
24	Vasai-Virar City UA	72.35	20.26
25	Amritsar UA	67.25	60.92
26	Ludhiana UA	91.75	54.94
27	Jodhpur UA	74.34	57.12
28	Jaipur UA	319.85	257.18
29	Kota UA	95.25	59.45
30	Chennai UA	367.00	367.51
31	Madurai UA	72.44	54.85
32	Tiruchirappalli UA	50.35	46.36
33	Hyderabad (HY) UA	443.50	377.35
34	Agra UA	166.47	130.52
35	Allahabad UA	171.33	132.93
36	Ghaziabad UA	136.25	114.57
37	Kanpur UA	239.89	211.48
38	Lucknow UA	376.38	226.26
39	Meerut UA	139.19	93.39
40	Varanasi UA	219.74	107.25
41	Asansol UA	67.60	42.55
42	Kolkata (K) UA	681.25	628.83
	Total	8357.63	5465.49

 

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

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