Lok Sabha Question No. 3088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Assistance for Pollution Control
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3088

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2017

## Assistance for Pollution Control

## 3088. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared/proposes  to  formulate  any  action  plan  to  provide assistance  including  financial,  technical  or  otherwise  to  the  State  Governments  to  control industrial and environmental pollution;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of financial and technical assistance provided for this purpose during each of the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing a number of  Schemes/Programmes/Projects  for  control  and  prevention  of  industrial  and  environmental pollution  which  include  National  River  Conservation  Programme  (NRCP),    National  Plan  for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA), Assistance for Abatement of Pollution (AAP), Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), World Bank aided Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project (CBIPMP) and Creation of Management Structure for Hazardous Substances  (CMSHS)  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  State  implementing agencies. State-wise details of the funds released during the last three years under above schemes are given at Annexure I.

Financial  and  Technical  assistance  is  also  provided  through  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB) (Annexure II).

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ANNEXURE - I ANNEXURE I REFERRED IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3088 DUE FOR ANSWER ON  21.03.2017  REGARDING  "ASSISTANCE  FOR  POLLUTION  CONTROL"  RAISED  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

| S. No.   | Scheme / Activity   | State             | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released                |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Scheme / Activity   | State             | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17 (till February, 2017) |
| 1.       | AAP                 | Assam             | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 2.       | AAP                 | Chandigarh        | ---              | 0.4425           | 0.9513                        |
| 3.       | AAP                 | Goa               | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 4.       | AAP                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.50             | ---              | ---                           |
| 5.       | AAP                 | Manipur           | 0.3816           | 0.4752           | 0.3999                        |
| 6.       | AAP                 | Mizoram           | 1.8532           | 0.3969           | 0.4172                        |
| 7.       | AAP                 | Tripura           | ---              | 0.1978           | 0.4889                        |
| 6.       | CETP                | Andhra Pradesh    | ---              | ---              | 0.20                          |
| 7.       | CETP                | Gujarat           | 8.40             | 11.06            | ---                           |
| 8.       | CBIPM               | Andhra Pradesh    | ---              | ---              | 5.00                          |
| 9.       | CBIPM               | Telangana         | ---              | ---              | 4.00                          |
| 10.      | CBIPM               | West Bengal       | 0.18             | 9.82             | 4.68                          |
| 11.      | CMSHS               | Himachal Pradesh  | ---              | 0.256            | 1.28                          |
| 12.      | CMSHS               | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.00             | 0.50             | 0.47                          |
| 13.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Bihar             | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 14.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Jharkhand         | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 15.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Kerala            | ---              | 5.00             | ---                           |
| 16.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Gujarat           | 44.00            | 24.12            | 61.00                         |
| 17.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Maharashtra       | ---              | 4.99             | 21.00                         |
| 18.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Punjab            | 28.80            | 17.61            | ---                           |
| 19.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Haryana           | 10.46            | ---              | --                            |
| 20.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Uttar Pradesh     | 30.08            | ---              | ---                           |
| 21.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Uttarakhand       | 3.00             | ---              | ---                           |
| 22.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | West Bengal       | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 23.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Sikkim            | ---              | 1.00             | 5.00                          |
| 24.      | NRCP and NGRBA      | Nagaland          | ---              | 10.00            | ---                           |
| 25.      | NPCA                | Maharashtra       | ---              | ---              | ---                           |
| 26.      | NPCA                | Gujarat           | ---              | 1.59             | ---                           |
| 27.      | NPCA                | Haryana           | 0.63             | 0.29             | 0.65                          |
| 28.      | NPCA                | Himachal Pradesh  | ---              | ---              | 0.48                          |
| 29.      | NPCA                | Jammu and Kashmir | ---              | 15.00            | ---                           |
| 30.      | NPCA                | Madhya Pradesh    | 2.50             | 4.90             | 12.00                         |
| 31.      | NPCA                | Manipur           | 0.60             | 0.47             | 1.03                          |
| 32.      | NPCA                | Mizoram           | 0.79             | 1.08             | 0.59                          |
| 33.      | NPCA                | Odisha            | ---              | ---              | 0.40                          |
| 34.      | NPCA                | Puducherry        | ---              | 0.42             | ---                           |
| 35.      | NPCA                | Punjab            | ---              | 1.52             | ---                           |
| 36.      | NPCA                | Rajasthan         | 25.66            | 10.95            | 13.56                         |
| 37.      | NPCA                | Sikkim            | ---              | 0.78             | 0.48                          |
| 38.      | NPCA                | Tamil Nadu        | 0.31             | ---              | ---                           |
| 39.      | NPCA                | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.07             | 1.24             | 26.04                         |
| 40.      | NPCA                | West Bengal       | ---              | 0.92             | ---                           |
| 41.      | NPCA                | Nagaland          | 1.11             | ---              | ---                           |

AAP: Assistance for Abatement of Pollution; CETP: Common Effluent Treatment Plants; CBIPMP: Capacity Building and Industrial  Pollution  Management  Project;  CMSHS:  Creation  of  Management  Structure  for  Hazardous  Substances;  NRCP: National  River  Conservation  Programme;  NGRBA:  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority;  NPCA:  National  Plan  for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems.

ANNEXURE - II ANNEXURE II REFERRED IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3088 DUE FOR ANSWER ON  21.03.2017  REGARDING  "ASSISTANCE  FOR  POLLUTION  CONTROL"  RAISED  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY,

HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## Support Extended by CPCB

- i)  Support for preparing action plans for revival/ rejuvenation of polluted river stretches. CPCB has awarded work to SPCBs/PCCs for conducting comprehensive study of 29 polluted river stretches for assessment of point sources of pollution and the pollution load reaching these 29 polluted river stretches, for which an amount of RS. 145 lakhs has  been  released  to  13  States  between  2012  to  2014  (@  Rs.  5.00  Lakhs  per polluted stretch).
2. ii) Support  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Monitoring  (NAMP)  programme  and  National Ambient  Water  Quality  (NWMP)  Programme.  Financial  support  provided  on  data purchase concept to SPCBs for last three years is given at Appendix .
3. iii)  Provided technical support  to SPCBs for identification of Critically Polluted Areas in their respective states.
4. iv)  Capacity Building of SPCB/ PCCs officials by conducting training programmes
- v) Supported  selected  SPCBs  for  identifying  contaminated  sites  and  preparation  of action plan for remediation of such sites.
6. vi)  Financial  support  provided  to  SPCBs  for  installation  of  Continuous  Ambient  Air Quality  Monitoring  Stations  (CAAQMS).  For  larger  states  50%  installation  cost  is provided whereas to North Eastern states 100% financial support has been provided and in case of Union Territories 90% installation cost provided.

## Appendix to Annexure-II

Details of Payment Released by CPCB to State / UT / Implementing Agencies under National Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme  (NAMP)/National  Water  Quality  Monitoring  Programme (NWMP)

| S.No   | State / Implementing Agency   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 Till October 2016   | 2016-17 Till October 2016   |
|--------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S.No   | State / Implementing Agency   | Air       | Water     | Air       | Water     | Air                         | Water                       |
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh                | 7666250   | ---       | ---       | 2481784   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 2.     | Assam                         | 7842500   | ---       | ---       | 1331010   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 3.     | Bihar                         | ---       |           | ---       | 1328964   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 4.     | Chhattisgarh                  | ---       | ---       | 1526250   | 914385    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 5.     | Goa                           | 7125000   | ---       | 7789333   | 141540    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 6.     | Gujarat                       | ---       | ---       | ---       | 1513411   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 7.     | Haryana                       | ---       | ---       | ---       | 66028     | ---                         | ---                         |
| 8.     | Himachal Pradesh              | ---       | ---       | 10128333  | 4483840   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 9.     | Karnataka                     | 354167    | ---       | 6749583   | 925981    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 10.    | Kerala                        | 6474167   | ---       | ---       | 3899767   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 11.    | Lakshadweep                   | ---       | ---       | ---       | 474825    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 12.    | Madhya Pradesh                | ---       | ---       | ---       | 671822    | 7984417                     | ---                         |
| 13.    | Maharashtra                   | ---       | ---       | ---       | 2859707   | 16316919                    | ---                         |
| 14.    | Meghalaya                     | ---       | ---       | 7845833   | 3576450   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 15.    | Mizoram                       | 1765000   | ---       | 5413333   | 602635    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 16.    | Nagaland                      | 906667    | ---       | ---       | 104880    | 3658667                     | ---                         |
| 17.    | Odisha                        | 5734583   | ---       | ---       | 3147859   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 18.    | Puducherry                    | ---       | ---       | ---       | 109725    | 5110333                     | ---                         |
| 19.    | Punjab                        | 7795417   | ---       | ---       | 764512    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 20.    | Rajasthan                     | ---       | ---       | 4218750   | 1195971   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 21.    | Tamil Nadu                    | 2358333   | ---       | ---       | 1061221   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 22.    | Tripura                       | ---       | ---       | ---       | 81595     | ---                         | ---                         |
| 23.    | Uttar Pradesh                 | ---       | ---       | 7263333   | 343862    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 24.    | Uttarakhand                   | ---       | ---       | 4085833   | 264925    | ---                         | ---                         |
| 25.    | West Bengal                   | ---       | ---       | ---       | 5036455   | ---                         | ---                         |
| 26.    | NEERI                         | 7047000   |           | 13612000  | ---       | 22288000                    | ---                         |
| 27.    | IIT Kanpur                    | 3709378   | ---       | ---       | ---       | ---                         | ---                         |

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