Guidelines on ‘Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan- Ranking of Cities’ were released under National Clean Air Programme.
It promotes ranking of 131 cities in the country for implementing City Action Plans prepared as part of National Clean Air Programme for reducing air pollution up to 40% by 2025-26.
131 cities are categorized into three groups based on population.
47 cities are in the first group having population more than 10 lakh.
44 cities are in the second group having population between 3 to 10 lakhs.
Third group consists of 40 cities having population less than 3 lakh.