Air quality grant to million plus cities
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.