Overview:

• • Initiative: Launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
  • Aim: Rank cities based on air quality and implementation of NCAP activities.
  • Part of: National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
• Objectives:

• • Create awareness about air pollution and its health impacts.
  • Compare air quality conditions across cities.
  • Achieve the goal of NCAP: “Clean air for all.

• Assessment:
  • • 130 cities covered under NCAP are assessed based on information submitted on the PRANA portal.
• Swachh Vayu Survekshan Awards 2024:

• • Category-1 (population over 10 Lakhs): Surat, Jabalpur, Agra.
  • Category-2 (population between 3 and 10 Lakhs): Firozabad, Amravati, Jhansi.
  • Category-3 (population under 3 Lakhs): Raebareli, Nalgonda, Nalagarh.