Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2025 Winners and NCAP Progress
Why in the news
MoEFCC honoured cities for clean-air work and wetland care at the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Awards 2025 and a Wetland Cities ceremony in September 2025.
Key facts
- Multi-tier evaluation of 130 NCAP cities; prizes in three population classes.
| Category | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above 10 lakh | Indore (₹1.5 crore) | Jabalpur (₹1 crore) | Agra, Surat (₹25 lakh each) |
| 3-10 lakh | Amravati (₹75 lakh) | Jhansi, Moradabad (₹25 lakh each) | Alwar (₹25 lakh) |
| Below 3 lakh | Dewas (₹37.5 lakh) | Parwanoo (₹25 lakh) | Angul (₹12.5 lakh) |
- Indore: Guinness-record tree plantation, EV buses. Jabalpur: 11 MW waste-to-energy plant.
- Surat: EV policy, 38% green cover. Amravati: 340 km roads, urban forests.
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
- Launched: 15 August 2020.
- Funds: ₹20,130 crore allocated; ₹13,237 crore grants released; ₹1.55 lakh crore mobilised in total.
- Results: 103 cities improved PM10; 64 cut it by 20% (2017-25); 25 by 40%.
- Tools: PRANA portal, ward-level guidelines, circular economy approach, best-practice compendium.
Wetland Cities
- Ramsar accreditation rewards good urban wetland management; Indore and Udaipur certified in 2025.
- India: 91 Ramsar sites, 1.36 million hectares, highest in Asia, third globally.
Exam angle
- Ministry: MoEFCC. Portal: PRANA.
- Linked missions: Amrit Sarovar and LiFE.