Lok Sabha Question No. 726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Reward for complying Pollution Norms
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.726

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Reward for complying Pollution Norms

## 726. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKER:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  schemes  being  run  by  the  Government  to  control  the  increasing pollution in the country;
- (b) the  details  of  the  awareness  programmes  being  run  by  the Government  to  check  the ever increasing pollution;
- (c)  the steps taken by the Government against those industrial units which are not meeting pollution control norms and the details of such units; and
- (d) whether the  Government  is  rewarding  the industrial units which  are properly complying with the pollution control norms, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change administers the following Central Sector Scheme to curb environmental pollution:
- (i) Control of Pollution Scheme: The main objective of the Control of Pollution scheme is to monitor air quality across the country and take appropriate air pollution mitigation measures,  besides  monitoring  water  quality  and  noise  levels  in  the  country.    The Control of Pollution scheme is operational since 2018, the component under the scheme are as mentioned below:
- a. Assistance for Abatement of Pollution to weaker SPCBs/PCCs
- b. National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
- c. Environmental Monitoring Network Programme
- i. Operation and Maintenance of National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) stations
- ii. Operation and Maintenance of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS)
- iii. National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network (NANMN) - strengthening and establishment of New Stations in Million Plus Cities
- iv. National Water Monitoring Programme (NWMP)
- d. Research and Outreach Programmes
- (ii) Creation  of  Management  Structure  for  Hazardous  Substance.  The  objective  of  the Scheme  is  to  promote  safe  management  and  use  of  hazardous  substances  including hazardous chemicals, hazardous wastes and other wastes, in order to  avoid damage to health  and  environment.  The  said  Scheme  has  been  operational  since  2017.  The components under the scheme are mentioned below:
- a. SAMPATTI  -  'Sustainable  Management  of  Pre-owned  Asset  through  Trade Initiatives': Innovative solutions for municipal solid waste segregation, handling and treatment.
- b. Capacity  building  of  government  agencies/  organizations/  department/  civil society/ institute with respect to environmentally sound management of chemicals and wastes.
- c. Organizing awareness program with various stakeholders for implementation of various waste and chemicals management rules.
- d. Innovative  technologies  for  environmentally  sound  management  of  chemicals and wastes.
- e. Setting  up  facilities  for  management  of  biomedical  waste  (CBMWTF)  and treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste (TSDF).
- (b) MoEF&CC has conducted regional workshops for sensitization, knowledge sharing and capacity building of the stakeholders in the State. The following such workshops were organized:

a. Western region- on 22nd and 23rd November 2021, in Mumbai for the States of Maharashtra,  Gujarat,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Goa  were  sensitized  about  the  NCAP  and XV-FC grant for improvement in air quality.

- b. Delhi  &  NCR  region  -  on  7th&  8th  March,  2022,  in  Gurugram,  Haryana covering Delhi and NCR region 'Dialogue towards clean air' on the issues of air quality of Delhi NCR.
- c. Southern region- on 21st and 22nd May 2022, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (covering Andhra  Pradesh,  Karnataka,  Telangana,  Tamil  Nadu,  Kerala,  Andaman  & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry and Daman & Diu).
- d. Expo on Startups- on 26th& 27 th September, 2022, in Chennai organised an expo hosting start-up in air quality management &monitoring, and financial institutions to provide a platform for scaling up their solutions.
- e. VAYU  conference  -  National  conference  on  VAYU  series  on  air  quality management on 3rd& 4th December, 2022, in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, covering all  131  cities  across  24  states/UTs  gathered  scientists,  experts,  academicians, mentors, students and other stakeholders across the country.
5. (c) The agencies like Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Boards take  steps  towards  control  of  Pollution  due  to  industrial  activities  which  inter  alia include the following:-
6.  The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India  notifies  industry  specific  discharge  standards  under  Schedule-I:  'Standards  for Emission or Discharge of Environmental Pollutants from various Industries' of Environment  Protection  Act,  1986.  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  and Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  in  States  and  Union  Territories  respectively  are adhered to ensure the compliance  of these standards. So far, industry specific environmental standards, for about 81 industrial sectors, have been notified.
7.  The SPCBs/PCCs issue consent to establish/ consent to operate and authorization to the industries in the States verifying the permission granted by concerned authority for land conversion for setting up of industry. Also, the SPCBs/PCCs monitor the compliance of

industrial emissions/effluent discharges and other operational activities according to the prescribed standards.

-  In  case of  non-compliance, action against industry is taken under provisions of Water Act,  1974,  Air  Act,  1981  and  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986.  CPCB  has  issued directions including Closure Directions / Show Cause Notice / Environmental Compensation to those industrial units which are not meeting pollution control norms. As per the information received from SPCBs/PCCs, there are total 4,89,864 industries in the country, out of which, 4,40,989 industries are operational and 48,875 industries are self-closed.  Number  of  complying  and  non-complying  industries  are  4,12,823  and 28,166, respectively. Show-cause notices have been issued to 18,941 units and closure directions  have  been  issued  to  2,616  units  for  non-compliance.  Legal  actions  were initiated  against  158  units  and  action  is  under  process  against  6,451  units.  State-wise status of industries is given at Annexure-I.
-  For strengthening monitoring mechanism  and  effective compliance  through  selfregulatory  mechanism,  CPCB directed  all  17  categories  of  highly  polluting  industries, GPIs  of  Ganga  basin,  CETPs,  biomedical  waste  management  facilities  and  common hazardous  waste  facilities  to  install  Online  Continuous  Effluent/  Emission  Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) for constant vigil on pollution levels.

From these OCEMS, real-time values of environmental pollutants of trade effluent and emissions, discharged from  industrial units are  transmitted  online  to  CPCB  and concerned SPCB/PCC on 24x7 basis. Central software processes the data and in case of value of pollutant parameter exceeds prescribed environmental norms, an automatic SMS alert  is  generated  and  sent  to  industrial  unit,  SPCB  and  CPCB,  so  that  corrective measures can be taken by the industry immediately and appropriate action can be taken by concerned SPCB/PCC.

-  CPCB  has  revised the criteria for categorization of industries and directed all SPCBs/PCCs  in  March,  2016,  to  adopt  the  same.  The  categorization  is  based  on pollution  potential  of  the  industrial  sector  and  the  purpose  of  the  categorization  is  to ensure  that  the  industry  is  established  in  a  manner  consistent  with  the  environmental objectives  and  to  prompt  industrial  sectors  to  adopt  cleaner  technologies,  resulting  in generation of no or minimum pollutants. CPCB has categorized 254 industrial sectors into red (61), orange (90), green (65) and white (38) categories.
- (d)    Some of the State  Government/SPCBs/PCCs is awarding / rewarding the industrial units which are properly complying with the pollution control norms. The details are attached as Annexure II.

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## State-wise compliance status of industries in the country

| Sl. N o.   | SPCB/PCC          | Total no. of industr ies   | No. of industr ies closed by their own   | No. of industrie s operatio nal   | No. of industries complying with environme ntal standards   | No. of industries non- complying with environme ntal 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   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   |
|------------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. N o.   | SPCB/PCC          | Total no. of industr ies   | No. of industr ies closed by their own   | No. of industrie s operatio nal   | No. of industries complying with environme ntal standards   | No. of industries non- complying with environme ntal standards   | Sho w caus e noti ce issu ed                                                                     | Closure directi ons issued                                                                       | Leg al cas es file d                                                                             | Actio n unde r proce ss                                                                          |
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar | 464                        | 0                                        | 464                               | 176                                                         | 288                                                              | 202                                                                                              | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 85                                                                                               |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh    | 9118                       | 560                                      | 8558                              | 8368                                                        | 190                                                              | 135                                                                                              | 33                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 20                                                                                               |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh | 917                        | 98                                       | 819                               | 526                                                         | 293                                                              | 20                                                                                               | 273                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 4          | Assam             | 5497                       | 103                                      | 5394                              | 4125                                                        | 1269                                                             | 748                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 516                                                                                              |
| 5          | Bihar             | 9885                       | 15                                       | 9870                              | 9812                                                        | 58                                                               | 43                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 12                                                                                               |
| 6          | Chandigarh        | 2074                       | 671                                      | 1403                              | 1403                                                        | 0                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh      | 7081                       | 1740                                     | 5341                              | 4536                                                        | 805                                                              | 325                                                                                              | 412                                                                                              | 68                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                |
| 8          | Daman & Diu       | 3837                       | 320                                      | 3517                              | 3469                                                        | 48                                                               | 33                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 13                                                                                               |
| 9          | Delhi             | ---                        | ---                                      | ---                               | ---                                                         | ---                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              |
| 10         | Goa               | 2400                       | 2                                        | 2398                              | 2280                                                        | 118                                                              | 118                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 11         | Gujarat           | 35887                      | 2401                                     | 33486                             | 28881                                                       | 4605                                                             | 332 3                                                                                            | 313                                                                                              | 4                                                                                                | 965                                                                                              |
| 12         | Haryana           | 12307                      | 1184                                     | 11123                             | 10956                                                       | 167                                                              | 30                                                                                               | 114                                                                                              | 23                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                |
| 13         | Himachal Pradesh  | 11471                      | 1036                                     | 10435                             | 10118                                                       | 317                                                              | 317                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 14         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7324                       | 1548                                     | 5776                              | 5749                                                        | 27                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 27                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 15         | Jharkhand         | 7565                       | 351                                      | 7214                              | 5454                                                        | 1760                                                             | 798                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 30                                                                                               | 932                                                                                              |

## Annexure-I

| Sl. N o.   | SPCB/PCC       | Total no. of industr ies   | No. of industr ies closed by their   | No. of industrie s operatio nal   | No. of industries complying with environme ntal   | No. of industries non- complying with ntal   | 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                                  |                                   | standards                                         | environme standards                          | Sho w caus e noti ce issu ed                                                                     | Closure directi ons issued                                                                       | Leg al cas es file d                                                                             | Actio n unde r proce ss                                                                          |
| 16         | Karnataka      | 37368                      | 14442                                | 22926                             | 21220                                             | 1706                                         | 165 3                                                                                            | 25                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 26                                                                                               |
| 17         | Kerala         | 75130                      | 49                                   | 75081                             | 74402                                             | 679                                          | 404                                                                                              | 16                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 259                                                                                              |
| 18         | Lakshadweep    | 0                          | 0                                    | 0                                 | 0                                                 | 0                                            | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 19         | Madhya Pradesh | 21613                      | 4720                                 | 16893                             | 16625                                             | 268                                          | 63                                                                                               | 10                                                                                               | 11                                                                                               | 184                                                                                              |
| 20         | Maharashtra    | 88505                      | 1651                                 | 86854                             | 83811                                             | 3043                                         | 216 7                                                                                            | 668                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                | 205                                                                                              |
| 21         | Manipur        | 347                        | 0                                    | 347                               | 347                                               | 0                                            | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 22         | Meghalaya      | 970                        | 51                                   | 919                               | 900                                               | 19                                           | 9                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 23         | Mizoram        | 811                        | 364                                  | 447                               | 435                                               | 12                                           | 3                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                |
| 24         | Nagaland       | 1013                       | 92                                   | 921                               | 921                                               | 0                                            | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 25         | Odisha         | 7117                       | 417                                  | 6700                              | 6287                                              | 413                                          | 60                                                                                               | 239                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 114                                                                                              |
| 26         | Puducherry     | 4303                       | 415                                  | 3888                              | 3872                                              | 16                                           | 12                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                |
| 27         | Punjab         | 25374                      | 2906                                 | 22468                             | 16175                                             | 6293                                         | 445 2                                                                                            | 85                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 1756                                                                                             |
| 28         | Rajasthan      | 41451                      | 6478                                 | 34973                             | 31177                                             | 3796                                         | 317 6                                                                                            | 102                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 518                                                                                              |
| 29         | Sikkim         | 528                        | 0                                    | 528                               | 528                                               | 0                                            | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 30         | Tamil Nadu     | 38813                      | 3290                                 | 35523                             | 35290                                             | 233                                          | 140                                                                                              | 70                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 23                                                                                               |
| 31         | Telangana      | 8647                       | 1249                                 | 7398                              | 6908                                              | 490                                          | 329                                                                                              | 154                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                |
| 32         | Tripura        | 2295                       | 242                                  | 2053                              | 1691                                              | 362                                          | 318                                                                                              | 35                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                |
| 33         | Uttar Pradesh  | 13423                      | 2091                                 | 11332                             | 10449                                             | 883                                          | 58                                                                                               | 21                                                                                               | 10                                                                                               | 794                                                                                              |

| Sl. N o.   | SPCB/PCC    | Total no. of industr ies   | No. of industr ies closed by their own   | No. of industrie s operatio nal   | No. of industries complying with environme ntal standards   | No. of industries non- complying with environme ntal 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   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   |
|------------|-------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|            | SPCB/PCC    | Total no. of industr ies   | No. of industr ies closed by their own   | No. of industrie s operatio nal   | No. of industries complying with environme ntal standards   | No. of industries non- complying with environme ntal standards   | Sho w caus e noti ce issu ed                                                                     | Closure directi ons issued                                                                       | Leg al cas es file d                                                                             | Actio n unde r proce ss                                                                          |
| 34         | Uttarakhand | 6329                       | 389                                      | 5940                              | 5932                                                        | 8                                                                | 5                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                |
| 35         | West Bengal | ---                        | ---                                      | ---                               | ---                                                         | ---                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              | ---                                                                                              |
| Total      | Total       | 489864                     | 48875                                    | 440989                            | 412823                                                      | 28166                                                            | 189 41                                                                                           | 2616                                                                                             | 158                                                                                              | 6451                                                                                             |

Note: Information from Delhi PCC and West Bengal SPCB is not available

## Details of Award/Reward by SPCBs/PCCs

|   S.No | SPCBs/PCCs                                   | Award/ reward                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Puducherry Pollution Control Committee       | Present Green Award to the industry which complies with environmental norms                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      2 | Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board           | TNPCB is giving green awards three each for industries, Collectors, Institutions, residents welfare associations and 100 green champion awards carrying a cash prize of 1 lakh for exemplary contribution towards environmental protection every year.                                                                                                                                                        |
|      3 | Odisha State Pollution Control Board         | Excellence Award and Pollution Control Appreciation Award given every year on the SPCB foundation day. These awards are given under three categories Industries, Mines and Health care facilities.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|      4 | Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board      | Green Rating for the industries in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) based on their environmental performance which is evaluated based on their compliance of the prescribed norms and efforts to perform better than the prescribed standards to provide financial and other benefits to the green rated Industries like reduction in consent fee and extension in consent period. |
|      5 | Madhya Pradesh State Pollution Control Board | The industry, mines & municipal body having good Pollution control complied & best environmental managed are awarded by Environmental prize by every year on world Environment Day. Total 06 type of awards are there - 02 for industry, 01 for mines, 02 for municipal body and 01 for NGO.                                                                                                                  |