Swachh Vayu Survekshan Award:
The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change presented the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Award 2024 on the occasion of the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.
- Swachh Vayu Survekshan Award is an initiative by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to rank cities on the basis of the implementation of activities approved under the city action plan and air quality in 130 NCAP cities.
- In September 2022, the MoEF&CC released guidelines on ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan- Ranking of Cities’ under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).\
- The aim of launching Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan is to give a ranking to 130 cities in the country for implementing City Action Plans prepared as part of NCAP for reducing air pollution by up to 40% by 2025-26.
- Objectives is to create awareness among all sections of the society,Inform citizens about the health impacts related due to exposure,Comparing air quality conditions at different locations/cities, To achieve the goal of NCAP “Clean air for all”.
- All 130 cities covered under NCAP are assessed based on information submitted under ranking framework by cities/ULBs on the PRANA portal (dashboard to capture progress under the NCAP programme).
- Swachh Vayu Survekshan Awards 2024 were presented to the best performing NCAP cities under
- Category-1 (population over 10 Lakhs) to Surat, Jabalpur and Agra;
- Category-2 (population between 3 and 10 Lakhs) to Firozabad, Amravati and Jhansi; and
- Category-3 (population under 3 Lakhs) to Raebareli, Nalgonda and Nalagarh.
