Lok Sabha Question No. 880 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Pollution due to Negligence of Private Companies
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  880

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## Pollution due to Negligence of Private Companies

## 880. SHRIMATI  RANJANBEN  DHANANJAY  BHATT:

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

- (a) whether  pollution  in  the  country  is  increasing  due  to  the  negligence  of  private companies; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government to control such pollution?

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

(a) & (b) Industries are expected to establish and operate as per the provision of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Industries are to comply with stipulated environmental standards prescribed under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Those, which do not comply with the norms cause increase in air , water  and noise pollution and action for such violations is taken by relevant Competent Authorities such as  Central Pollution Control Board  (CPCB)/  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees (PCCs) as per provision of relevant law.

For prevention and control of industrial pollution, the Government has taken various steps  like  notification  of  industry  specific  emission  and  effluent  standards  under  the Environment  (Protection)  Rules,  1986  and  their  enforcement  through  consent  mechanism, regular  monitoring,  issuance  of  directions  for    installation  of  online  effluent  and  emission monitoring  systems  for  continuous  check  on  pollution  levels,  categorization  of  industries based on their pollution potential, 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, etc.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified 17 categories of highly polluting  industries,  and  is  carrying  out  inspection  of  these  industries  based  on  computer generated alerts  from  Online  Continuous Effluent/ Emission Monitoring System (OCEMS) since 2016-17. Industries for inspection are selected on the basis of Short Message Service (SMS) alerts generated from the online monitoring systems.

The  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees (PCCs) issue consent to establish/ consent to operate and authorization to the industries in the States.  The  SPCBs/PCCs  also    monitor  the  compliance  of  industrial  emissions/effluent discharges and other operational activities according to the prescribed standards.

For  strengthening  monitoring  mechanism  and  effective  compliance  through self-regulatory mechanism,  CPCB  has  directed  all 17 categories of highly polluting industries,  GPIs  of  Ganga  basin,  CETPs,  biomedical  waste  management  facilities  and common  hazardous  waste  facilities  to  install  Continuous  Effluent/  Emission  Monitoring Systems for constant vigil on pollution levels.

There  are  total  4,354  highly  polluting  17-categories  of  industries  in  the country.  Out  of  which,  3,708  units  are  operational  and  646  are  self-closed.  Out  of  3,708 operational units, 3,386 units are complying with the prescribed environmental standards and 322 units are non-complying. Show-cause notices to 190 units and closure directions to 88 units were issued for non-compliances. Legal actions were initiated against 6 units State-wise status of 17 categories of highly polluting industries is Annexed  .

Further,  in  compliance  to  NGT  order  non-compliances  observed  during compliance  verification  /  inspection  are  subjected  to  environmental  compensation  with  the provision of NGT Act 2010 by CPCB/SPCBs/ PCCs

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  880  due  for answer on 23.07.2021  regarding 'Pollution due to Negligence of Private Companies'

| Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)                   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)                   | Compliance Status of 17 Category of Industries (as received from SPCBs/PCCs)                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                        | SPCB/PCC                                                                       | Total no. of industries                                                        | No. of industries closed by their own                                          | No. of industries operational                                                  | No. of industries complying with environmental standards                       | No. of industries non-complying with environmental standards                   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards |
|                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                | Show cause notice issued Closure directions issued                                             | Legal cases filed                                                                              | Action under process                                                                           |
| 1                                                                              | Andaman &Nicobar                                                               | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                 | 282                                                                            | 23                                                                             | 259                                                                            | 243                                                                            | 16                                                                             | 1 0                                                                                            | 1                                                                                              | 14                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                              | 5                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 5                                                                              | 5                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                              | Assam                                                                          | 51                                                                             | 11                                                                             | 40                                                                             | 36                                                                             | 4                                                                              | 2 2                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                              | Bihar                                                                          | 43                                                                             | 26                                                                             | 17                                                                             | 17                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                     | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                   | 163                                                                            | 20                                                                             | 143                                                                            | 137                                                                            | 6                                                                              | 5 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                              | Daman &Diu                                                                     | 4                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                              | Delhi                                                                          | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                             | Goa                                                                            | 4                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                        | 517                                                                            | 76                                                                             | 441                                                                            | 344                                                                            | 97                                                                             | 72 24                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                             | Haryana                                                                        | 174                                                                            | 8                                                                              | 166                                                                            | 161                                                                            | 5                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 4                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                               | 21                                                                             | 2                                                                              | 19                                                                             | 19                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                             | Jammu and Kashmir                                                              | 55                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 55                                                                             | 52                                                                             | 3                                                                              | 3 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                      | 81                                                                             | 2                                                                              | 79                                                                             | 54                                                                             | 25                                                                             | 13 1                                                                                           | 0                                                                                              | 11                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                      | 246                                                                            | 47                                                                             | 199                                                                            | 184                                                                            | 15                                                                             | 2 12                                                                                           | 0                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                             | Kerala                                                                         | 25                                                                             | 5                                                                              | 20                                                                             | 20                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                    | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                 | 96                                                                             | 5                                                                              | 91                                                                             | 88                                                                             | 3                                                                              | 1 0                                                                                            | 1                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                    | 506                                                                            | 32                                                                             | 474                                                                            | 434                                                                            | 40                                                                             | 29 11                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                             | Manipur                                                                        | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                      | 23                                                                             | 1                                                                              | 22                                                                             | 21                                                                             | 1                                                                              | 1 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                        | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                       | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                             | Odisha                                                                         | 186                                                                            | 43                                                                             | 143                                                                            | 126                                                                            | 17                                                                             | 14 3                                                                                           | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 26                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                     | 7                                                                              | 3                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 27                                                                             | Punjab                                                                         | 98                                                                             | 22                                                                             | 76                                                                             | 71                                                                             | 5                                                                              | 5 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                      | 161                                                                            | 12                                                                             | 149                                                                            | 129                                                                            | 20                                                                             | 17 2                                                                                           | 0                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                         | 1                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 1                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 1                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                             | TamilNadu                                                                      | 239                                                                            | 41                                                                             | 198                                                                            | 194                                                                            | 4                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 3                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                             | Telangana                                                                      | 329                                                                            | 37                                                                             | 292                                                                            | 274                                                                            | 18                                                                             | 0 14                                                                                           | 4                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 32                                                                             |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |                                                                                                |
|                                                                                | Tripura                                                                        | 5                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 5                                                                              | 4                                                                              | 1                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 33                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                  | 855                                                                            | 196                                                                            | 659                                                                            | 646                                                                            | 13                                                                             | 6 5                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 2                                                                                              |
| 34 35                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                    | 46                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 46                                                                             | 42                                                                             | 4                                                                              | 4 0 9                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
|                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                    | 131                                                                            | 34                                                                             | 97                                                                             | 73                                                                             | 24                                                                             | 15                                                                                             | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
|                                                                                | Total                                                                          | 4354                                                                           | 646                                                                            | 3708                                                                           | 3386                                                                           | 322                                                                            | 190 88                                                                                         | 6                                                                                              | 38                                                                                             |