Lok Sabha Question No. 5150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Vacant Positions at CPCB/SPCBs
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5150

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Vacant Positions at CPCB/SPCBs

## 5150.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the total manpower provisioned at Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  vacant  positions  at  CPCB  and  SPCBs  against  the  provisioned number, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  acknowledges  that  vacant  positions  are  impeding  the CPCB/SPCBs in discharging their envisaged roles and responsibilities; and
- (d) the  estimated  timeline  for  filling  up  vacant  positions  at  the  CPCB  and  the  steps undertaken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d)  The SPCBs/PCCs have very important role in enforcement of provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.  Availability of adequate manpower in  these  institutions  is  very  important  for  effective  discharge  of  their  functions  and  duties. The responsibility to fill up vacancies in SPCBs/PCCs lies with the concerned State Govt./UT Administration.  The State/UT wise details of sanctioned posts and vacancies is attached at Annexure - I .

At present 193 posts are vacant in CPCB against the sanctioned posts of 577.  CPCB has published advertisement for filling of various vacant posts through direct recruitment in Employment News dated 24-30 December, 2022.

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## Annexure-I

|    | SPCB              |   Sanctioned Strength |   Vacant |
|----|-------------------|-----------------------|----------|
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    |                   289 |      182 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |                    57 |        0 |
| 3  | Assam             |                   264 |       73 |
| 4  | Bihar             |                   264 |      206 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |                   328 |      197 |
| 6  | Goa               |                   140 |       13 |
| 7  | Gujarat           |                   490 |      133 |
| 8  | Haryana           |                   448 |      304 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  |                   371 |      149 |
| 10 | Jharkhand         |                   271 |      237 |
| 11 | Karnataka         |                   723 |      428 |
| 12 | Kerala            |                   434 |      243 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                  1228 |      781 |
| 14 | Maharashtra       |                   839 |      353 |
| 15 | Manipur           |                   120 |       72 |
| 16 | Meghalaya         |                   152 |       66 |
| 17 | Mizoram           |                    17 |        1 |
| 18 | Nagaland          |                    26 |        0 |
| 19 | Odisha            |                   369 |      181 |
| 20 | Punjab            |                   650 |      298 |
| 21 | Rajasthan         |                  1140 |      537 |
| 22 | Sikkim            |                    18 |        1 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu        |                  1036 |      383 |
| 24 | Telangana         |                   230 |      103 |
| 25 | Tripura           |                    28 |        4 |
| 26 | Uttarakhand       |                   130 |       80 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                   732 |      307 |
| 28 | West Bengal       |                   309 |      122 |
|    | Total             |                 11103 |     5454 |

|    | PCC                                   |   Sanctioned Strength |   Vacant |
|----|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------|
| 1  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           |                    18 |        3 |
| 2  | Chandigarh                            |                     9 |        1 |
| 3  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                    12 |       10 |
| 4  | Delhi                                 |                   344 |      192 |
| 5  | Jammu &Kashmir                        |                   437 |      192 |
| 6  | Ladakh                                |                    16 |       13 |
| 7  | Lakshadweep                           |                     5 |        5 |
| 8  | Puducherry                            |                    12 |        3 |
|    | Total                                 |                   853 |      419 |