Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change / CAQM
Reduce Delhi PM2.5 annual average below 60 μg/m³ by 2027 under GRAP
Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) committed to reducing Delhi's annual PM2.5 average from 103 μg/m³ (2019) to below 60 μg/m³ by 2027 through the Graded Response Action Plan.
Overall Progress
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change / CAQM
₹3,200 crore (NCAP + state AQM budgets)
December 31, 2027
Progress Snapshot
84 μg/m³ annual average (2024) vs target 60 μg/m³
41%Last updated: Mar 10, 2026 · Source: CPCB Annual AQI Report 2024
Milestones
PM2.5 below 90 μg/m³
Target: Dec 2023
91 — close
PM2.5 below 80 μg/m³
Target: Dec 2025
84 — missed
PM2.5 below 70 μg/m³
Target: Dec 2026
Uncertain
PM2.5 below 60 μg/m³
Target: Dec 2027
At risk
Update Log
Mar 10, 2026
CPCB 2024 annual data published: PM2.5 = 84 μg/m³ — 18.4% improvement from 2019 baseline (103 μg/m³).
Jan 22, 2026
Winter 2025-26: 22 Severe+ AQI days — same as previous year. Emergency construction ban and odd-even enforced on 8 days.
Nov 8, 2025
ISRO satellite data: 37,000 stubble burning incidents in Punjab-Haryana — 12% lower than 2024 season.
Oct 2, 2025
CAQM announces GRAP Stage 3 — 25% reduction in trucks, all BS-III petrol vehicles banned in Delhi NCR.
How we track this
We track CPCB's official annual average PM2.5 readings from all Delhi monitoring stations, averaged across the calendar year. We also track number of 'Severe+' AQI days per winter and stubble burning incident data from ISRO's fire detection satellite.