Lok Sabha Question No. 3197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Green Skill Development Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3197

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## Green Skill  Development Programme

## 3197. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA :

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

- (a) the  achievements  of  the  Government  with  regard  to  the  Green  Skill  Development Programme ;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps    to  detect  and  address  the    problem  of extremely hot waste water discharged from the industries directly into the surrounding water bodies thereby impacting  its flora and fauna; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a): Under the ongoing Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) was launched in June 2017, on a pilot basis, at 10 locations, spread over 9 bio-geographic regions of the country to skill youth in environment, forest and wildlife sectors and enabling them to be gainfully  employed  or  self-employed.  The  Pilot  offered  a  Basic  Course  and  an  Advanced Course of 3 months' duration each to skill the youth as Biodiversity Conservationists and Parataxonomists,  respectively.  94  trainees  successfully  completed  the  Basic  Course  qualifying  as skilled  Biodiversity  Conservationists  and  the  Advanced  Course  was  completed  by  154 candidates,  qualifying  as  Parataxonomists.  Based  on  the  success  of  the  pilot,  the  Programme was extended to pan-India level with 43 courses conducted in 2018-19 covering diverse fields pollution monitoring (air/water/soil), emission inventory, Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)/Effluent  Treatment  Plant  (ETP)/Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plant  (CETP)  operation, waste  management,  environmental  impact  assessment,  water  budgeting  &  auditing,  bamboo management & livelihood generation, etc.  Overall, 135 training programmes were conducted at 87 locations throughout the country and 2315 youth have been successfully trained under various courses during 2018-19.

(b)  &  (c):   As  per  the  industry  specific  effluent  standards  notified  by  the  Government  under  the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, only treated effluent, meeting the standards, is permitted to be discharged. All industries are required to install Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) for  treatment  of  wastewater  as  per  the  conditions  in  the  Consent  to  Operate  issued  by  the  State Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  under  the  Water (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974.  In  addition,  the  Government  has  taken  various steps for prevention and control of industrial pollution like, categorization of industries based on their  pollution  potential;  identification  of  industries  falling  under  the  17  categories  of  highly polluting  industries  and  issuance  of  directions  for   installation  of  Online  Continuous  Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS)  in  these industries for continuous check on discharge of pollutants; identification  of  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  (GPIs); inspection  of  industries  based  on computer generated alerts ; issuance of various directions under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)  Act,  1974,  Air  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1981  and  Environment (Protection)  Act,  1986;  monitoring  of  water  quality  of  various  water  bodies  under  the  National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP); etc.

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