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Abstract: The current paper investigates study of ambient air quality of Jalna city in which an effort has been made to prepare an account of pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx) at regional level to know the recent increasing air pollution load in the study area by means of Air Quality index determination. Monitoring stations were set up at two different locations i.e. industrial and residential and samples have been analyzed, subsequently air quality index has been computed. The result reveals that gaseous pollutants such as SO2 and NOx are within the permissible limits prescribed by National Ambient Air Quality standards (NAAQS) at both the monitoring locations. The calculated AQIs value for SO2 and NOx falls under good category. PM2.5 levels and also PM10 levels exceeded the prescribed standards of NAAQS at both the monitoring locations, thus particulate matter is the principal source of air pollution in the study area. The calculated AQI values of PM10 and PM2.5 falls under moderate and poor categories. The overall AQI was found to fall under poor category owing to PM2.5. Thus it is observed that PM2.5 and to some extent PM10 are responsible pollutants at both these locations of Jalna city. Members of sensitive groups like older adults and children may experience health effects like heart or lung disease on prolong exposure and at greater risk compared to general public.