Lok Sabha Question No. 3084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3084

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2017

## Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes

3084. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has allocated/released funds under the National River Conservation  Programme  (NRCP),  National  Lake  Conservation  Plan  (NLCP)  and various other programmes to control pollution; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, Scheme and State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) & (b) This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) programmes on cost sharing basis between the Central Government and respective State Governments. The NGRBA programme along with work of Ganga & its  tributaries  is  with  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga Rejuvenation  (MoWR,  RD  &  GR)  from  01/08/2014  onwards.  The  programmes  of NRCP & NGRBA (till 31/07/2014) have  so far covered  polluted stretches of 43 rivers in 200 towns spread over 21 States at a sanctioned cost of Rs.12202.59 crore. So far, Central share of  Rs. 5363.56 crore has been released to the State Governments for  implementation  of  various  pollution  abatement  schemes  and  sewage  treatment capacity  of  5241.48  million  litres  per  day  (mld)  has  been  created  under  these  two programmes. State-wise  details  of  funds  released  to  various  State  Governments under the NRCP/NGRBA during the last three years and current year (till February, 2017) are at Annexure-I.

For  conservation  and  management  of  identified  lakes  and  wetlands  in  the country,  this  Ministry  had  earlier  been  implementing  two  separate  programmes, namely National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) and National Wetland Conservation Programme  (NWCP).    To  have  better  synergy  and  to  avoid  overlap,  both  the programmes have been merged in February, 2013  into  a  new  integrated scheme of

National  Plan  for  Conservation  of  Aquatic  Eco-systems  (NPCA).  Under  NPCA, financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  State  Governments  for  conservation  of identified  lakes  and  wetlands  in  the  country,  on  cost  sharing  basis  between  the Central  Government  and  respective  State  Governments.  So  far,  an  amount  of  Rs. 151.94 crores has  been released to the States and other organizations for conservation and management of 82 identified wetlands in the country. Similarly, this Ministry has so far sanctioned projects for conservation of 63 lakes in 14 States at a total cost of Rs. 1096.09 crores. So far, an amount of Rs. 687.588 crores has been released  for  the  sanctioned  projects  and  work  on  34  lakes  has  been  completed. State-wise  details  of  funds  released  to  various  State  Governments  under  NPCA during the last three years and current year (till February, 2017) are at Annexure-II.

This Ministry is also providing grants to the State Pollution Control Boards(SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs),  Environment  Departments  of States, Central/State Research Institutes and other Government agencies/organizations under the scheme of  'Assistance for Abatement of Pollution'. The  objective  of  the  scheme  is  abatement  of  pollution  through  strengthening  of technical capabilities of the SPCBs, PCCs & Research Institutions. Assistance is also provided  under  the  scheme  to  Pollution  Control  Boards  of  North  Eastern  States  & PCCs as salary support for their  technical staff.  In  addition,  Central  subsidy  is  also provided  by  the  Ministry  to  State  Governments  for  setting  up  of  Common  Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs). Details of funds released to various State Governments, State-wise, under these two schemes during the last three years and current year are at Annexure-III.

No funds have been released to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during the last three years under the schemes of NRCP & NPCA, while funds amounting to Rs.0.20 crore have been released to Andhra Pradesh under the CETP scheme in the current financial year.

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Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3084  to be answered on Tuesday, the 21 st March, 2017 on 'Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes'

Details of funds released under National River Conservation Plan & National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) programmes during the last three years and current year.

| S. No.   | State         | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)    |
|----------|---------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|          |               | 2013-14                       | 2014-15 *                     | 2015-16                       | 2016-17 (till February, 2017.) |
| 1        | Bihar         | 91.14                         | --                            | --                            | --                             |
| 2        | Jharkhand     | 6.26                          | --                            | --                            | --                             |
| 3        | Kerala        | --                            | --                            | 5.00                          | --                             |
| 4        | Gujarat       | --                            | 44.00                         | 24.12                         | 61.00                          |
| 5        | Maharashtra   | 22.42                         | --                            | 04.99                         | 21.00                          |
| 6        | Punjab        | 98.04                         | 28.80                         | 17.61                         | --                             |
| 7        | Haryana       | 10.00                         | 10.46                         | --                            | --                             |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh | 133.80                        | 30.08                         | --                            | --                             |
| 9        | Uttarakhand   | 17.05                         | 3.00                          | --                            | --                             |
| 10       | West Bengal   | 48.90                         | --                            | --                            | --                             |
| 11       | Sikkim        | 15.00                         | --                            | 1.00                          | 5.00                           |
| 12       | Nagaland      | --                            | --                            | 10.00                         | --                             |
|          | Total         | 442.61                        | 116.34                        | 62.72                         | 87.00                          |

## Annexure-II

Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3084  to be answered on Tuesday, the 21 st March, 2017 on 'Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes'

Details of funds released under National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCA) during the last three years and current year.

| S.No.   | State            | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State            | 2013-14                       | 2014-15                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17 (till February, 2017) |
| 1       | Maharashtra      | 0.40                          | -                             | -                             | -                             |
| 2       | Gujarat          | -                             | -                             | 1.59                          | -                             |
| 3       | Haryana          | 0.22                          | 0.63                          | 0.29                          | 0.65                          |
| 4       | Himachal Pradesh | -                             | -                             | -                             | 0.48                          |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir  | 30.32                         | -                             | 15.00                         | -                             |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh   | -                             | 2.50                          | 4.90                          | 12.00                         |
| 7       | Manipur          | 1.32                          | 0.60                          | 0.47                          | 1.03                          |
| 8       | Mizoram          | 0.52                          | 0.79                          | 1.08                          | 0.59                          |
| 9       | Odisha           | 0.79                          | -                             | -                             | 0.40                          |
| 10      | Puducherry       | 0.24                          | -                             | 0.42                          | -                             |
| 11      | Punjab           | 0.38                          | -                             | 1.52                          | -                             |
| 12      | Rajasthan        | 0.17                          | 25.66                         | 10.95                         | 13.56                         |
| 13      | Sikkim           | -                             | -                             | 0.78                          | 0.48                          |
| 14      | Tamil Nadu       | 0.59                          | 0.31                          | -                             | -                             |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh    | 16.39                         | 5.07                          | 1.24                          | 26.04                         |
| 16      | West Bengal      | 0.93                          | -                             | 0.92                          | -                             |
|         | Nagaland         | 3.00                          | 1.11                          | -                             | -                             |
|         | Total            | 55.27                         | 36.67                         | 39.16                         | 55.23                         |

## Annexure-III

Annexure-III  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3084  to be answered on Tuesday, the 21 st March, 2017 on 'Funds for Pollution Abatement Schemes'

State-wise Details of funds released during last three years and the current year under the  schemes  of  'Assistance  for  Abatement  of  Pollution'  and  'Common  Effluent Treatment Plants'

| S.No.   | SPCB/PCC         | Scheme                                | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   | Funds released (₹ in crore)   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.No.   | SPCB/PCC         | Scheme                                | 2013-14                       | 2014-15                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17 (till February, 2017) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | CETP                                  | ---                           | ---                           | ---                           | 0.20                          |
| 2       | Gujarat          | CETP                                  | 5.45                          | 8.40                          | 11.06                         | ---                           |
| 3       | Assam            | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.3113                        | ---                           | ---                           | ---                           |
| 4       | Chandigarh       | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.2795                        | ---                           | 0.4425                        | 0.9513                        |
| 5       | Goa              | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.0675                        | ---                           | ---                           | ---                           |
| 6       | Himachal Pradesh | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | ---                           | 0.50                          | ---                           | ---                           |
| 7       | Manipur          | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.2374                        | 0.3816                        | 0.4752                        | 0.3999                        |
| 8       | Mizoram          | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.3634                        | 1.8532                        | 0.3969                        | 0.4172                        |
| 9       | Tripura          | Assistance for Abatement of Pollution | 0.2315                        | ---                           | 0.1978                        | 0.4889                        |
| Total   | Total            | Total                                 | 6.9406                        | 11.1348                       | 12.5724                       | 2.4573                        |