Lok Sabha Question No. 3106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Inspection of Industrial Units by CPCB
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3106

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## Inspection of Industrial Units by CPCB

## 3106.   SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inspected many industrial units;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  action  taken  so  far  against  the  industrial  units  which  have  not  followed  the instructions issued after inspection?

## ANSWER

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

(a ) to (c) For strengthening monitoring mechanism and effective compliance through selfregulatory mechanism, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  directed all 17 categories of highly  polluting  industries,  to  install  Online  Continuous  Effluent/  Emission  Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) for constant vigil on pollution levels.

CPCB carries out inspection-cum-monitoring of industries on random-basis, selected on  the  basis  of  the  real  time  data  received  through  OCEMS  installed  in  industries.  Since, August, 2018, CPCB has carried out inspection of 291 industries, out of which 117 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. So far, out of 117 non-complying units, 99 units have complied with CPCB directions and for remaining  18  units,  directions  of  CPCB  are  still  in-force.  State-wise  status  of  inspected industries is given at Annexure-I.

CPCB has engaged third party technical institutes for carrying out inspections of GPIs jointly  with  officials  from  concerned  State  Pollution  Control  Boards/  Pollution  Control Committes, State Mission Clean Ganga (SMCGs) and District Ganga Committee (wherever constituted). Accordingly, during 2020, out of 2740 GPIs, 2109 GPIs were found operational and 631 non-operational. Out of 2109 operational GPIs, 1512 were found complying and 597 non-complying. Out of 597 non-complying, show cause notices were issued to 562 GPIs and remaining 35 GPIs (Grossly Polluting Industries) were issued closure directions by concerned SPCBs. The state-wise status of-GPIs-is-given-atAnnexure-II.

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## Annexure - I referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3106  due for answer on 06.08.2021 regarding 'Inspection of Industrial Units of CPCB'

## State-wise compliance status of 17 categories of industries inspected on randombasis, selected based on the real time data received from OCEMS

| 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   |                                  14 |                                        3 |                                                 3 |                                                                0 |
| 2         | Assam            |                                  21 |                                        7 |                                                 5 |                                                                2 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                                   3 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                                  17 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
| 5         | Delhi            |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 6         | Goa              |                                   3 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 7         | Gujarat          |                                  25 |                                       17 |                                                17 |                                                                0 |
| 8         | Haryana          |                                  11 |                                        3 |                                                 3 |                                                                0 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh |                                   2 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir   |                                   7 |                                        4 |                                                 3 |                                                                1 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        |                                  14 |                                        5 |                                                 4 |                                                                1 |
| 12        | Karnataka        |                                   9 |                                        5 |                                                 4 |                                                                1 |
| 13        | Kerala           |                                   2 |                                        2 |                                                 2 |                                                                0 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh   |                                  15 |                                        6 |                                                 4 |                                                                2 |
| 15        | Maharashtra      |                                  25 |                                       14 |                                                13 |                                                                1 |
| 16        | Meghalaya        |                                   9 |                                        4 |                                                 2 |                                                                2 |
| 17        | Odisha           |                                  17 |                                       11 |                                                11 |                                                                0 |
| 18        | Puducherry       |                                   1 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 19        | Punjab           |                                   6 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 20        | Rajasthan        |                                  18 |                                        1 |                                                 1 |                                                                0 |
| 21        | Sikkim           |                                   3 |                                        1 |                                                 0 |                                                                1 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu       |                                  18 |                                       11 |                                                10 |                                                                1 |
| 23        | Telangana        |                                  10 |                                        3 |                                                 3 |                                                                0 |
| 24        | Tripura          |                                   3 |                                        0 |                                                 0 |                                                                0 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh    |                                  18 |                                        8 |                                                 4 |                                                                4 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      |                                   4 |                                        2 |                                                 1 |                                                                1 |
| 27        | West Bengal      |                                  15 |                                        6 |                                                 5 |                                                                1 |
|           | Total            |                                 291 |                                      117 |                                                99 |                                                               18 |

ANNEXURE - II Annexure - II referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3106  due for answer on 06.08.2021 regarding 'Inspection of Industrial Units of CPCB'

## State-wise compliance status of GPIs

| S. N o.   | State         |   Total No of GPIs |   Compli ed |   Tempora ry Close |   Permane nt Close |   Non- Compli ed |   Show Cause Notice (Non Complie d) |   Closure Direction (Non Complied) |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Bihar         |                 53 |          42 |                  5 |                  0 |                6 |                                   6 |                                  0 |
| 2         | Uttar Pradesh |               1464 |         853 |                262 |                 51 |              298 |                                 265 |                                 33 |
| 3         | Uttarak hand  |                 65 |          54 |                  6 |                  1 |                4 |                                   4 |                                  0 |
| 4         | West Bengal   |                 54 |          31 |                  8 |                  0 |               15 |                                  15 |                                  0 |
| 5         | Jharkha nd    |                  5 |           4 |                  0 |                  0 |                1 |                                   1 |                                  0 |
| 6         | Haryan a      |                832 |         391 |                104 |                117 |              220 |                                 219 |                                  1 |
| 7         | Delhi         |                267 |         137 |                 25 |                 52 |               53 |                                  52 |                                  1 |
| Total     | Total         |               2740 |        1512 |                410 |                221 |              597 |                                 562 |                                 35 |