https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46911 Under the National Clean Air Programme, multiple cities have substantially underutilised allocated funds, with Delhi spending less than one-third of its allocation and fourteen other cities spending under half. Allocations are disbursed either directly by the Union environment ministry or through the 15th Finance Commission for larger urban agglomerations. Overall, approximately seventy-one percent of NCAP allocations to 130 cities has been spent, revealing divergent utilisation rates between direct ministry funding and Finance Commission transfers and identifying underexpenditure as a critical implementation challenge for meeting NCAP targets. en-us Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:16:03 +0530 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:16:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46911 Under the National Clean Air Programme, multiple cities have substantially underutilised allocated funds, with Delhi spending less than one-third of its allocation and fourteen other cities spending under half. Allocations are disbursed either directly by the Union environment ministry or through the 15th Finance Commission for larger urban agglomerations. Overall, approximately seventy-one percent of NCAP allocations to 130 cities has been spent, revealing divergent utilisation rates between direct ministry funding and Finance Commission transfers and identifying underexpenditure as a critical implementation challenge for meeting NCAP targets. News - Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:16:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46911