Lok Sabha Question No. 3996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Environment Policy
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3996

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## Environment Policy

## 3996.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to make policy relating to environment more flexible to accelerate development works and make it more transparent;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the expenditure made by the Government on environmental protection during the last three years, State/ UT-wise including the Bundelkhand region;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  given  permission  to  the  new  mining  projects  in  the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) and (b) The policies related to environment seek to promote sustainable development that combines  the  objectives  of  accelerated  development  and  environment  protection.  The Ministry  of  Environment  Forest  and  Climate  change  has  taken  a  number  of  steps  that promotes transparency such as making the entire process of granting environmental clearance (EC) online,  which  facilitates  transparent  and  expeditious  disposal  of  the  proposals;  online monitoring  of  air  and  water  quality  through  continuous  Ambient  Air  Quality  Monitoring Stations and Round the Clock Water Quality Monitoring Stations; 24X7 online monitoring of industrial  pollution  of  17  categories  through  Continuous  Emission  /  Effluent  Monitoring Systems etc.

- (c)  The  details  of  the  expenditure  made  by  the  Government  on  environmental  protection during the last three years, State/ UT-wise including the Bundelkhand region are enclosed as annexure.

(d)  and  (e)  The  Environment  Impact  Assessment  (EIA)  Notification,  2006  under  the Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  mandates  the  requirement  of  prior  environmental clearance  (EC)  to  the  projects/activities  listed  in  the  schedule  to  the  Notification.  These projects/activities  require  appraisal  and  approval  by  the  concerned  regulatory  authority (MoEF&CC/SEIAAs in different States/UTs) depending upon the categorization (A/B).

As per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006, read with subsequent amendments, mining of minerals is covered under Category A/B, depending upon the mining lease area of for the coal/non-coal mine lease, of the Schedule to the EIA Notification, 2006 and thus requiring prior environmental clearance from the concerned regulatory authority.

Given the above provisions, the Ministry has granted environmental clearances to 42 no. of mining projects in different states of the country during the period from January, 2017 to July, 2018.

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Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3996 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.08.2018 REGARDING 'ENVIRONMENT POLICY' RAISED BY SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Agency                  | Funds released under NAMP for operation& maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation& maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation& maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Agency                  | 2015-16                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                             |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh SPCB                        | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 27555500                                                                                            |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh SPCB                     | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 4109334                                                                                             |
| 3.       | Assam SPCB                                 | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 35912000                                                                                            |
| 4.       | Bihar SPCB                                 | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 2216665                                                                                             |
| 5.       | Chandigarh PCC                             | -                                                                                                   | 4113833                                                                                             | 3253333                                                                                             |
| 6.       | Chattisgarh ECB                            | 1526250                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 4465333                                                                                             |
| 7.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli PCC and Daman& Diu PCC | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 3492333                                                                                             |
| 8.       | Goa SPCB                                   | 7789333                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 24410667                                                                                            |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh SEP& PCB                  | 10128333                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   | 29309334                                                                                            |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir SPCB                        | -                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | 4528000                                                                                             |
| 11.      | Jharkhand SPCB                             | -                                                                                                   |                                                                                                     | 14893167                                                                                            |
| 12.      | Karnataka SPCB                             | 6749583                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | 21134667                                                                                            |

| 13.   | Kerala SPCB         | -           | -           | 22320000     |
|-------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh SPCB | -           | 7984417     | 13566666     |
| 15.   | Maharashtra SPCB    | -           | 16316919    | 30544001     |
| 16.   | Meghalaya SPCB      | 7845833     | -           | 14485333     |
| 17.   | Mizoram SPCB        | 5413333     | 4253333     | 7346667      |
| 18.   | Nagaland SPCB       | -           | 3658667     | 3061333      |
| 19.   | Odisha SPCB         | -           | 5872500     | 17080001     |
| 20.   | Punjab SPCB         | -           | -           | 20361083     |
| 21.   | Puducherry          | -           | 5110333     | 3432000      |
| 22.   | Rajasthan SPCB      | 4218750     | -           | 13434667     |
| 23.   | Sikkim SPCB         | -           | -           | 6149334      |
| 24.   | Tamil Nadu SPCB     | -           | -           | 16813333     |
| 25.   | Telangana SPCB      | -           | -           | 17985000     |
| 26.   | Tripura SPCB        | -           | -           | 896000       |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh SPCB  | 7263333     | -           | 31390667     |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand EP&PCB  | 4085833     | -           | 14544000     |
| 29.   | West Bengal SPCB    | -           | -           | 19439917     |
| 30.   | NEERI               | 13612000    | 22288000    | 21600000     |
| 31.   | IIT Kanpur          | -           | -           | 8040177      |
|       | Total               | 6,86,32,581 | 6,95,98,002 | 45,77,70,512 |

Note:-  SPCB  -  State  Pollution  Control  Board,  SEP&PCB  -  State  Environment  Protection  &  Pollution  Control Board,  EP&  PCB  -  Environment  Protection  &  Pollution  Control  Board,  PCC  -  Pollution  Control  Committee. NEERI is at present  monitoring in 6 cities in 5 different  states/Union territories namely Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

## # No payment under NAMP has been released during 2018-19

## Status of Fund Released to States during last three years under CAAQMS

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| S.N   | City             | State          | Fund Released during 2017-18 (Rs. In lacs)   | Fund Released during 2018-19 (Rs. In lacs)   | No. of CAAQMS to be established   |
|-------|------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.    | Vasai Virar      | Maharashtra    | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 2.    | Kalyan Dombivali | Maharashtra    | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 3.    | Navi Mumbai      | Maharashtra    | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 4.    | Amaravathi       | Andhra Pradesh | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 5.    | Gandhi Nagar     | Gujarat        | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 6.    | Guwahati         | Assam          | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 7.    | Gangtok          | Sikkim         | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 8.    | Imphal           | Manipur        | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 9.    | Aizawl           | Mizoram        | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 10.   | Kohima           | Nagaland       | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 11    | Agartala         | Tripura        | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 12    | Shilong          | Meghalaya      | 90                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 13.   | Chandigarh       | Chandigarh     | 100                                          |                                              | 1                                 |
| 14.   | Puducherry       | Puducherry     | 100                                          |                                              | 1                                 |
| 15.   | Firozabad        | Uttar Pradesh  | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
| 16.   | Ghaziabad        |                |                                              | 1312                                         | 9 ( 3 in each cities )            |
| 17.   | Meerut           |                |                                              | 1312                                         | 1                                 |
| 18.   | Noida            |                |                                              | 1312                                         | 1                                 |
| 19.   | Khanna           | Punjab         | 50                                           |                                              | 1                                 |
|       |                  |                | 1180                                         | 1312                                         | 1                                 |

## Note: No funds have been released to SPCBs/PCCs during 2015-16 & 2016-17 regarding CAAQMS

## State wise Payment Reimbursed under NWMP (in Rupees)

| National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Payments Released during 2015-16 to 2017-18)   | National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Payments Released during 2015-16 to 2017-18)   | National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Payments Released during 2015-16 to 2017-18)   | National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Payments Released during 2015-16 to 2017-18)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STATE / UT                                                                                  | 2015-16                                                                                     | 2016-17                                                                                     | 2017-18                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 3882166                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 4292254                                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 65550                                                                                       |
| Assam                                                                                       | 2360670                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 10877397                                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                                       | 2819870                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 3787942.5                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 1318635                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 2697691                                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                                         | 141540                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 7275514                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                     | 1513411                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 8227734                                                                                     |
| Haryana                                                                                     | 66028                                                                                       | 0                                                                                           | 850248                                                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 7548835                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 12701090                                                                                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 5080980                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                                                   | 410130                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 2655090                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                   | 2994174                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 15016247                                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                                                      | 6632332                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 12281588                                                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 2192562                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 12438172                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                                                 | 8320446                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 23403198                                                                                    |
| Manipur                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 714180                                                                                      |
| Meghalaya                                                                                   | 3576450                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 6424125                                                                                     |
| Mizoram                                                                                     | 2530015                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 5675890                                                                                     |
| Nagaland                                                                                    | 140040                                                                                      | 0                                                                                           | 1235590                                                                                     |
| Odisha                                                                                      | 5156268                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 11387825                                                                                    |
| Punjab                                                                                      | 1278046                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 5570443                                                                                     |
| Rajasthan                                                                                   | 2360211                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           | 4217724                                                                                     |

# No payment under NWMP has been released during 2018-19

| Sikkim                             |        0 |   0 |          1045250 |
|------------------------------------|----------|-----|------------------|
| Tamil Nadu                         |  2830933 |   0 |      5.3169e+06  |
| Telangana                          |        0 |   0 |      8.00965e+06 |
| Tripura                            |   220090 |   0 |      4.23248e+06 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |  2067707 |   0 |      5.82605e+06 |
| Uttarkhand                         |   699055 |   0 |      1.81855e+06 |
| West Bengal                        |  7075405 |   0 |      6.01486e+06 |
| Chandigarh                         |   106440 |   0 | 761560           |
| Lakshadweep                        |   474825 |   0 | 653260           |
| Pondicherry                        |   176910 |   0 | 820615           |
| Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli |    38595 |   0 |      1.66498e+06 |
| TOTAL :-                           | 68931789 |   0 |      1.93041e+08 |