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by the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC). In addition, NCAP also covers eight other
million plus cities, which fall under XV-FC grant for receiving performance based grant for
air quality improvement. Figure 26 shows the funds released under the NCAP in 2019-20 and
2020-21. In 2019-20, the highest funds were released to Uttar Pradesh, followed by Maharashtra
and Madhya Pradesh while in 2020-21, the highest funds were released to Andhra Pradesh,
Punjab and West Bengal.

Figure 26: Funds released under the National Clean Air Programme (` Crores)

50.00 48
2019-20 2020-21
Funds released under NCAP (Rs. Crores) 30.00 12 21 18 12 15 12 12 17 13 12
40
40.00

20.00
11
10.00

2 4 1 0 11 3 10 7 8 5 6 6 2 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 10 0 8 0 6 0 11 0 3 0 3
0.00 Bihar
Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Punjab Chhattisgarh Gujarat Telangana Chandigarh Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Odisha Jharkhand West Bengal Assam Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Nagaland Uttarakhand Tamil Nadu Meghalaya

Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

6.41 Several steps are being taken to control and minimize air pollution from various sources
in the country, which inter alia include:
i. Vehicular Emission: India has leap frogged from BS-IV to BS-VI norms for fuel and
vehicles since April, 2020. Metro rail networks for public transport have been enhanced
and more cities have been covered. Cleaner/alternate fuels like CNG, LPG and ethanol
blending in petrol have been introduced. Government has approved Phase-II of FAME
Scheme with an outlay of ` 10,000 Crore for a period of five years commencing from
1st April 2019. Out of total budgetary support, about 86 per cent of fund has been
allocated for demand incentive so as to create demand for electric vehicles in the
country. This phase aims to generate demand by way of supporting 7,090 e-buses,
5 lakh e-3 wheelers, 55,000 e-4 wheeler passenger cars (including strong hybrid) and
10 lakh e-2 wheelers. Permit requirement for electric vehicles has been removed.

ii. Industrial Emission: Stringent emission norms for coal based thermal power plants
have been introduced. There is ban on use of imported pet coke in the country since
July 2018, with exception for permitted processes. Online continuous emission
monitoring devices have been installed in highly polluting industries. Brick kilns have
been shifted to zig-zag technology to reduce pollution.

iii. Air Pollution due to dust and burning of waste: Six waste management rules covering
solid waste, plastic waste, e-waste, bio-medical waste, construction and demolition