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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2304
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026
AQI levels in cities
2304. SHRI ASHOK SINGH:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to
state:
(a) the details of top 10 cities with worst air quality during 2024-25;
(b) the number of 200+ AQI days in these cities during 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26;
(c) the average highest AQI during the months of October, November, December, January in
these cities for these years; and
(d) the budget allocations made towards clean air initiatives?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)
(a), (b) & (c): Air Quality Index (AQI) has been classified into Good Days having AQI<200
(Good: 0-50, Satisfactory: 51-100, Moderate: 101-200) and Bad Days having AQI > 201 (Poor:
201-300; Very Poor: 301-400; Severe: 401-500). The top ten cities having highest number of
bad days in the year 2024 along with details of 200+ AQI during 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
are enclosed at the Annexure I.
Details of average highest AQI levels of above mentioned cities during October, November,
December and January in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 are enclosed at Annexure II.
(d): Under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), an amount of Rs. 13,865.53 crore has been
provided to 130 cities as an air quality performance-based incentive for implementation of air
quality improvement measures including Rs.1010.45 crore to above mentioned 10 cities.
***Annexure I
Details of top ten cities having highest number of bad days in the year 2024 along
with details of 200+ AQI during 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
Number of days having AQI>200
Sr. No. State/UTs City
2022 2023 2024 2025
1 Uttar Pradesh Greater Noida 182 178 186 114
2 Rajasthan Sri Ganganagar NM 114 179 85
3 Assam Byrnihat NM 187 171 90
4 Haryana Gurugram 187 145 164 149
5 Delhi Delhi 202 159 159 165
6 Uttar Pradesh Noida 183 138 153 106
7 Bihar Patna 152 163 148 54
8 Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar 167 126 141 83
9 Haryana Faridabad 187 129 140 66
10 Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad 197 132 128 135
NM:- Not monitoredAnnexure - II
Details of average AQI levels during October, November, December and January of
cities in the years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26
Day of Month on
Sr. State / Maximum
City Year Month which Highest AQI
No. UT AQI value
Observed
Oct 29 276
2022 Nov 30 395
Dec 30 424
Jan 1 414
Oct 31 232
Nov 11 375
2023 Dec 1 356
Jan 3 366
1 Bihar Patna
Oct 17 235
Nov 12 340
2024 Dec 16 298
Jan 6 316
Oct 21 226
Nov 5 202
2025 Dec 13 226
2026 Jan 17 236
Oct 29 397
Nov 3 450
2022 Dec 19 410
Jan 9 434
Oct 31 357
Nov 3 468
2023 Dec 23 449
Jan 14 447
2 Delhi Delhi
Oct 23 364
Nov 18 494
2024 Dec 19 451
Jan 10 397
Oct 30 373
Nov 11 428
2025 Dec 14 461
2026 Jan 18 440
Oct 29 400
Nov 4 425
2022 Dec 19 388
3 Haryana Faridabad Jan 9 434
Oct 22 322
Nov 3 460
2023 Dec 23 367Day of Month on
Sr. State / Maximum
City Year Month which Highest AQI
No. UT AQI value
Observed
Jan 14 398
Oct 31 251
Nov 18 367
2024 Dec 19 279
Jan 4 284
Oct 21 268
Nov 11 298
2025 Dec 28 255
2026 Jan 20 262
Oct 28 384
Nov 3 416
2022 Dec 19 373
Jan 6 406
Oct 28 291
Nov 3 410
2023 Dec 23 388
Uttar Jan 14 392
4 Ghaziabad
Pradesh Oct 27 324
Nov 18 438
2024 Dec 17 403
Jan 9 332
Oct 30 364
Nov 23 437
2025 Dec 14 459
2026 Jan 18 458
Oct 29 381
Nov 3 423
2022 Dec 19 377
Jan 9 434
Oct 31 329
Nov 3 440
2023 Dec 23 390
Uttar Jan 14 456
5 Noida
Pradesh Oct 27 304
Nov 18 423
2024 Dec 17 390
Jan 4 365
Oct 30 372
Nov 11 425
2025 Dec 14 466
2026 Jan 18 430
Uttar Oct 29 385
6 Greater Noida
Pradesh 2022 Nov 4 425Day of Month on
Sr. State / Maximum
City Year Month which Highest AQI
No. UT AQI value
Observed
Dec 19 442
Jan 6 434
Oct 31 375
Nov 3 494
2023 Dec 22 386
Jan 14 421
Oct 27 312
Nov 18 372
2024 Dec 17 380
Jan 3 334
Oct 30 330
Nov 18 454
2025 Dec 15 447
2026 Jan 18 402
Oct NA
Nov NA
2022 Dec NA
Jan NA
Oct 30 368
Nov 19 441
2023 Dec 26 403
Sri Jan 29 396
7 Rajasthan
Ganganagar Oct 22 304
Nov 4 417
2024 Dec 18 323
Jan 31 264
Oct 22 300
Nov 21 300
2025 Dec 22 316
2026 Jan 13 324
Oct 26 335
Nov 9 365
2022 Dec 17 399
Jan 2 367
Oct 31 327
Nov 6 340
Uttar
8 Muzaffarnagar 2023 Dec 21 394
Pradesh
Jan 31 360
Oct 17 327
Nov 16 383
2024 Dec 23 255
Jan 3 251
2025 Oct 27 313Day of Month on
Sr. State / Maximum
City Year Month which Highest AQI
No. UT AQI value
Observed
Nov 23 382
Dec 12 400
2026 Jan 18 322
Oct NA
Nov NA
2022 Dec 24 413
Jan 15 442
Oct 25 302
Nov 27 365
2023 Dec 5 379
Jan 31 366
9 Assam Byrnihat
Oct 18 279
Nov 15 302
2024 Dec 22 383
Jan 11 422
Oct 7 122
Nov 11 136
2025 Dec 7 222
2026 Jan 22 181
Oct 31 376
Nov 3 430
2022 Dec 19 383
Jan 9 397
Oct 22 255
Nov 4 404
2023 Dec 23 350
Jan 14 364
10 Haryana Gurugram
Oct 31 296
Nov 18 469
2024 Dec 18 400
Jan 29 318
Oct 21 370
Nov 11 378
2025 Dec 23 364
2026 Jan 20 394
NA:- Not available
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