Lok Sabha Question No. 1201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Surprise inspection by CPCB
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Manne Srinivas Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1201

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2021

## Surprise inspection by CPCB

## 1201.   SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the pollution by industrial units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the loss estimated so far including the fertilizers and petrochemical units which have caused pollution;
- (c) whether the Government is encouraging such industries with plantation programmes in the surrounding regions to check the pollution by industrial units in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  conducted  any  surprise inspection/visit for verification of compliance to stipulated norms for polluting industries in various States of the country;
- (e) if so, the details and findings thereof during the last three years;
- (f) the details of the industries which have not complied with the directions so far along with the action taken against such industries; and
- (g) the fresh action taken/ directions given by the Government in this regard keeping in view the increasing effect of pollution day by day in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)Emission and discharge from industrial units are one of the many sources of pollution. State-wise status of 17 categories of highly polluting industries is given at Annexure I.

All  industries,  including  highly  polluting  (17  category)  industries  like  chlor  alkali,  pesticide, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, dye &dye  intermediate, fertilizer, oil refinery, inorganic chemicals  andorganic chemical  have  provided  pollution  control  system  for  effluent  as  well  as emission to comply with the notified standards. The compliance status of effluent and emission standards  is  being  monitored  by  Online  Continuous  Effluent/  Emission  Monitoring  System (OCEMS) by CPCB/SPCBs/PCCs. The details regarding action taken by the Central Pollution Control  Board  (CPCB)  on  the  violating  industries  i.e.  issuance  of  Closure  Directions,  Show

Cause Notice, imposition of Environmental Compensation etc. are available at CPCB's website at: https://cpcb.nic.in/cpcb-directions-5ep.php / https://cpcb.nic.in/cpcb-directions.php

(c)Industries covered under the provisions of EIA Notification, 2006 stipulate the condition of green  belt  development  around  the  industry    in  at  least  33%  of  the  total  project  area  in  the Environmental  Clearances  issued  to  the  industrial  units,  depending  upon  non-Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index/ Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index area.The concerned  SPCBs/PCCs  stipulate  the  condition  of  green  belt  development,  in  the  Consent  to Operate  issued  to  the  industrial  units  like  plantation  of  1000  trees  per  acre  or  2500  tree  per hectare or 1/3 area of the industry.The compliance to the stipulated Environmental Clearances conditions  is  being  ensured  by  19  Regional  Offices  of  the  Ministry  across  the  country by periodic monitoring.

(d)  to  (g)During  last  3  years  i.e.  from  2019-  2021,  CPCB  has  carried  out  inspection  of  271 industries,  out  of  which  104  units  were  found  non-complying  with  prescribed  environmental norms to whom show-cause notices and closure directions were issued under the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Out of 104 non-complying units, 78 units are complying with CPCB directions and for remaining unit's directions of CPCB are still in force. State-wise status of industries inspected during 2019-21 is given at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure-I

Annexure I referred in reply to part (a & b) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1201 due for answer on 06.12.2021 regarding 'Surprise inspection by CPCB'.

## Compliance status of 17 categories of industries, as received from SPCBs/PCCs

| SPCB/PCC          | Total no. of industrie s   | No. of industrie s closed by their   | No. of industries operation al   | No. of industries complying with environment   | No. of industries non- complying with   | 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   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non- complying with environmental standards   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |                            | own                                  |                                  | al standards                                   | environme ntal standards                | Show cause notice issued                                                                          | Closure directio ns issued                                                                        | Lega l cases filed                                                                                | Action under proces s                                                                             |
| Andaman& Nicobar  | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                | 0                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 296                        | 34                                   | 262                              | 234                                            | 28                                      | 12                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 | 12                                                                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5                          | 0                                    | 5                                | 5                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Assam             | 51                         | 11                                   | 40                               | 36                                             | 4                                       | 2                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Bihar             | 43                         | 26                                   | 17                               | 17                                             | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Chandigarh        | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                | 0                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh      | 163                        | 20                                   | 143                              | 137                                            | 6                                       | 5                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Daman& Diu        | 3                          | 0                                    | 3                                | 3                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Delhi             | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                | 0                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Goa               | 15                         | 2                                    | 13                               | 12                                             | 1                                       | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Gujarat           | 517                        | 76                                   | 441                              | 344                                            | 97                                      | 72                                                                                                | 24                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| Haryana           | 174                        | 8                                    | 166                              | 161                                            | 5                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 21                         | 2                                    | 19                               | 19                                             | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Jammu& Kashmir    | 55                         | 0                                    | 55                               | 52                                             | 3                                       | 3                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Jharkhand         | 81                         | 2                                    | 79                               | 54                                             | 25                                      | 13                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 11                                                                                                |
| Karnataka         | 246                        | 47                                   | 199                              | 184                                            | 15                                      | 2                                                                                                 | 12                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| Kerala            | 25                         | 5                                    | 20                               | 20                                             | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Lakshadwee p      | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                | 0                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 96                         | 5                                    | 91                               | 88                                             | 3                                       | 1                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                 |
| Maharashtra       | 506                        | 32                                   | 474                              | 434                                            | 40                                      | 29                                                                                                | 11                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| Manipur           | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                | 0                                              | 0                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |

| Meghalaya     |   23 |   1 |   22 |   21 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|---------------|------|-----|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| Mizoram       |    2 |   2 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Nagaland      |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Odisha        |  186 |  43 |  143 |  126 |  17 |  14 |   3 |   0 |   0 |
| Puducherry    |    7 |   3 |    4 |    4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Punjab        |   98 |  22 |   76 |   71 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Rajasthan     |  197 |  13 |  184 |  181 |   3 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| Sikkim        |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Tamil Nadu    |  239 |  41 |  198 |  194 |   4 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   3 |
| Telangana     |  329 |  37 |  292 |  274 |  18 |   0 |  14 |   4 |   0 |
| Tripura       |    5 |   0 |    5 |    4 |   1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  855 | 196 |  659 |  646 |  13 |   6 |   5 |   0 |   2 |
| Uttarakhand   |   46 |   0 |   46 |   42 |   4 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| West Bengal   |  131 |  34 |   97 |   73 |  24 |  15 |   9 |   0 |   0 |
| Total         | 4415 | 662 | 3753 | 3436 | 317 | 187 |  89 |   6 |  35 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure II referred in reply to part (d to g) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1201 due for answer on 06.12.2021 regarding 'Surprise inspection by CPCB'

State-wise  compliance  status  of  17  categories  of  industries  inspected  on  random-basis,  selected based on the real time data received through OCEMS(Summary: 2019-2021)

| Sl. No.   | Year   |   Total no. of industries inspected | No. of industries found non- complying   |   No. of industries complied with CPCB directions |   No. of industries for which CPCB directions are still in-force |
|-----------|--------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2019   |                                 198 | 74                                       |                                                62 |                                                               12 |
| 2         | 2020   |                                  23 | 8                                        |                                                 6 |                                                                2 |
| 3         | 2021   |                                  50 | 22 *                                     |                                                10 |                                                               10 |
| Total     | Total  |                                 271 | 104 *                                    |                                                78 |                                                               24 |

## (i) 17 categories of industries inspected in the year2019

|   Sl. No. | State/UT         |   Total no. of industries Inspected |   No. of industries found Non- Complying |   No. of industries complied with CPCB directions |   No. of industries for which CPCB directions are still in-force |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                                   9 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
|         2 | Assam            |                                  19 |                                        6 |                                                 5 |                                                                1 |
|         3 | Bihar            |                                   2 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     |                                  13 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|         5 | Delhi            |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         6 | Goa              |                                   2 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         7 | Gujarat          |                                  15 |                                       10 |                                                10 |                                                                0 |
|         8 | Haryana          |                                   8 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh |                                   1 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   3 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|        11 | Jharkhand        |                                  11 |                                        4 |                                                 3 |                                                                1 |
|        12 | Karnataka        |                                   6 |                                        4 |                                                 4 |                                                                0 |
|        13 | Kerala           |                                   1 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh   |                                  10 |                                        4 |                                                 2 |                                                                2 |
|        15 | Maharashtra      |                                  13 |                                        8 |                                                 7 |                                                                1 |
|        16 | Meghalaya        |                                   9 |                                        4 |                                                 2 |                                                                2 |
|        17 | Odisha           |                                  12 |                                        7 |                                                 7 |                                                                0 |
|        18 | Puducherry       |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |

| 19   | Punjab        |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 20   | Rajasthan     |  13 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 21   | Sikkim        |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 22   | Tamil Nadu    |   7 |   4 |   4 |   0 |
| 23   | Telangana     |   9 |   3 |   3 |   0 |
| 24   | Tripura       |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 25   | Uttar Pradesh |  12 |   6 |   2 |   4 |
| 26   | Uttarakhand   |   3 |   2 |   1 |   1 |
| 27   | West Bengal   |  10 |   4 |   4 |   0 |
|      | Total         | 198 |  74 |  62 |  12 |

- (ii) 17 categories of industries inspected in the year2020

|   Sl. No. | State/UT         |   Total no. of industries Inspected |   No. of industries found Non- Complying |   No. of industries complied with CPCB directions |   No. of industries for which CPCB directions are still in-force |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         2 | Assam            |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         3 | Bihar            |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         5 | Delhi            |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         6 | Goa              |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         7 | Gujarat          |                                   2 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
|         8 | Haryana          |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        11 | Jharkhand        |                                   2 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
|        12 | Karnataka        |                                   1 |                                        1 |                                                 0 |                                                                1 |
|        13 | Kerala           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh   |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        15 | Maharashtra      |                                   4 |                                        3 |                                                 3 |                                                                0 |
|        16 | Meghalaya        |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        17 | Odisha           |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        18 | Puducherry       |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        19 | Punjab           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        20 | Rajasthan        |                                   2 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        21 | Sikkim           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        22 | Tamil Nadu       |                                   2 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        23 | Telangana        |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|        24 | Tripura          |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |

| 25   | Uttar Pradesh   |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|-----------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 26   | Uttarakhand     |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27   | West Bengal     |   2 |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|      | Total           |  23 |   8 |   6 |   2 |

## (iii) 17 categories of industries inspected in the year2021 (till 30 November 2021)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         |   Total no. of industries Inspected |   No. of industries found Non- Complying |   No. of industries complied with CPCB directions |   No. of industries for which CPCB directions are still in-force |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                                   3 |                                        2 |                                                 0 |                                                                2 |
| 2         | Assam            |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 5         | Delhi            |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 6         | Goa              |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 7         | Gujarat          |                                   7 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
| 8         | Haryana *        |                                   7 |                                        2 |                                                 0 |                                                                1 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 12        | Karnataka        |                                   3 |                                        3 |                                                 3 |                                                                0 |
| 13        | Kerala           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh   |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 15        | Maharashtra      |                                   6 |                                        5 |                                                 0 |                                                                5 |
| 16        | Meghalaya        |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 17        | Odisha           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 18        | Puducherry       |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 19        | Punjab           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 20        | Rajasthan        |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 21        | Sikkim           |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu *     |                                   4 |                                        2 |                                                 0 |                                                                1 |
| 23        | Telangana        |                                   8 |                                        2 |                                                 1 |                                                                1 |
| 24        | Tripura          |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh    |                                   7 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      |                                   5 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
| 27        | West Bengal      |                                   0 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
|           | Total            |                                  50 |                                       22 |                                                10 |                                                               10 |