Lok Sabha Question No. 889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Role of SPCB
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.889

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2022

## Role of SPCB

## 889. SHRIMATI  HEMA MALINI:

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

- (a) Whether desired results are not being achieved despite the fact that there are various laws and agencies active in the country to deal with the problem of pollution;
- (b)  Whether  the  State  Pollution  Control  Board  plays  an  important  role  in  implementation  of Government policy regarding pollution control;
- (c)  Whether  the  role  of  State  Pollution  Control  Board  remain  ineffective  due  to  lack  of  coordination between various departments in States; and
- (d)  if so, whether any policy measures have been taken by the Union Government during the last three years in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a). Under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), 131 cities have been provided annual targets for reducing PM10 concentrations. 95 cities out of 131 cities have shown improvement in air quality in terms of annual PM10 concentrations in FY 2021-22 with respect to the baseline of FY 2017-18. Further, 20 cities have met National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM10 (60 µg/m3) in FY 2021-22 as compared to 4 cities in FY 2017-18. Details of 95 cities are enclosed  at  Annexure-I.  As  for  as  water  pollution  is  concerned  the  number  of  polluted  river stretches have reduced from 351 identified in year 2018 to 311 in year 2022.
- (b) to (d). The State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs)  have  been  assigned  an  important  role  for  prevention  and  control  of  pollution  from different sources under these Acts.  The provisions of these Acts are implemented through the Central Board and State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees.  Regulation of industrial  pollution  is  implemented  through  various  provisions  of  the  Water  (Prevention  and Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  under  Consent  mechanism  by  the  respective  State  Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and Pollution Control Committee (PCC).  The Central Pollution Control Board re-constitutes the Pollution Control Committee in Union Territories with representation of

officials of the  State Government, CPCB , representation from local authorities and non-officials from the concerned UT.  The State Government constitutes State Board with officials of the State Government,  nomination  from  local  authorities  of  the  concerned  state,  non-officials  from agriculture, fishery or industry or trade or any other interest and nomination from companies or corporations    owned  by  the  State  Government.  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate Change launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January, 2019. It is long-term, timebound,  national  level  strategy  to  improve  air  quality  across  the  country  in  a  comprehensive manner.    The  programme  is  implemented  in  131  cities.  The  funds  to  131  cities  are  released through SPCBs/PCCs.  The Government has implemented the Central Sector Scheme 'Control of Pollution' under which SPCBs/PCCs have been provided fund for taking measure for pollution control activities and for developing environmental monitoring network on water, air and noise. The Government has notified several environmental standards viz. amendment to environmental standards  for  thermal  power  plants,  environment  standards  for  bulk  drug  and  formulation industries  ,  notification  on  emission  standard  for  generator  set  ,  standard  for  use  of  Reverse Osmosis (RO) base water treatment system.

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Annexure-I Details of improvement of air quality in 95 cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

|   Sl.No. | State            | Name of City      |   Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) FY 2017-18 |   Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM10 (µg/m3) FY 2021-22 |
|----------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Anantpur          |                                                        78 |                                                        52 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh   | Chittur           |                                                        70 |                                                        49 |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh   | Eluru             |                                                        72 |                                                        65 |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh   | Guntur            |                                                        66 |                                                        58 |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa            |                                                        75 |                                                        54 |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool           |                                                        79 |                                                        61 |
|        7 | Andhra Pradesh   | Nellore           |                                                        64 |                                                        55 |
|        8 | Andhra Pradesh   | Ongole            |                                                        65 |                                                        52 |
|        9 | Andhra Pradesh   | Rajamahendravaram |                                                        85 |                                                        68 |
|       10 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vijayawada        |                                                        91 |                                                        67 |
|       11 | Andhra Pradesh   | Vizhianagaram     |                                                        72 |                                                        71 |
|       12 | Assam            | Silchar           |                                                        49 |                                                        45 |
|       13 | Assam            | Sivasagar         |                                                        73 |                                                        47 |
|       14 | Bihar            | Patna             |                                                       172 |                                                       145 |
|       15 | Chandigarh       | Chandigarh        |                                                       114 |                                                        97 |
|       16 | Chhattisgarh     | Durg Bhilainagar  |                                                        86 |                                                        58 |
|       17 | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur            |                                                        70 |                                                        61 |
|       18 | Delhi            | Delhi             |                                                       241 |                                                       196 |
|       19 | Rajasthan        | Ahmedabad         |                                                       164 |                                                       113 |
|       20 | Rajasthan        | Rajkot            |                                                       150 |                                                       116 |
|       21 | Rajasthan        | Surat             |                                                       130 |                                                       100 |
|       22 | Rajasthan        | Vadodara          |                                                       133 |                                                       121 |
|       23 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi             |                                                       174 |                                                       132 |
|       24 | Himachal Pradesh | Kala Amb          |                                                       118 |                                                       114 |
|       25 | Himachal Pradesh | Nalagarh          |                                                       146 |                                                        84 |
|       26 | Himachal Pradesh | Parwanoo          |                                                        66 |                                                        35 |

|   27 |                | Sunder Nagar    |   78 |   47 |
|------|----------------|-----------------|------|------|
|   28 | Jharkhand      | Dhanbad         |  315 |  235 |
|   29 | Jharkhand      | Jamshedpur      |  135 |  110 |
|   30 | Jharkhand      | Ranchi          |  141 |  110 |
|   31 | Karnataka      | Bengaluru       |   92 |   67 |
|   32 | Karnataka      | Devangere       |   74 |   57 |
|   33 | Karnataka      | Hubli-Dharwad   |   79 |   68 |
|   34 | Madhya Pradesh | Dewas           |   83 |   81 |
|   35 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior         |  126 |  109 |
|   36 | Maharashtra    | Akola           |  111 |   64 |
|   37 | Maharashtra    | Amravati        |  102 |   66 |
|   38 | Maharashtra    | Badlapur        |  160 |   94 |
|   39 | Maharashtra    | Chandrapur      |  118 |  104 |
|   40 | Maharashtra    | Greater Mumbai  |  161 |  106 |
|   41 | Maharashtra    | Jalgaon         |   70 |   59 |
|   42 | Maharashtra    | Jalna           |   99 |   93 |
|   43 | Maharashtra    | Kolhapur        |   89 |   81 |
|   44 | Maharashtra    | Latur           |   82 |   57 |
|   45 | Maharashtra    | Nagpur          |  100 |   68 |
|   46 | Maharashtra    | Nashik          |   82 |   59 |
|   47 | Maharashtra    | Pune            |  102 |   85 |
|   48 | Maharashtra    | Sangli          |   87 |   60 |
|   49 | Maharashtra    | Solapur         |   81 |   60 |
|   50 | Maharashtra    | Thane           |  138 |  130 |
|   51 | Maharashtra    | Ulhasnagar      |  153 |   77 |
|   52 | Nagaland       | Dimapur         |  142 |   84 |
|   53 | Nagaland       | Kohima          |  127 |   69 |
|   54 | Odisha         | Balasore        |   84 |   74 |
|   55 | Odisha         | Cuttack         |   93 |   90 |
|   56 | Odisha         | Talcher         |  113 |   81 |
|   57 | Punjab         | Amritsar        |  189 |  118 |
|   58 | Punjab         | Dera Baba Nanak |   79 |   71 |

|   59 |               | Jalandhar        |   178 |   130 |
|------|---------------|------------------|-------|-------|
|   60 |               | Khanna           |   142 |   106 |
|   61 |               | Ludhiana         |   168 |   150 |
|   62 |               | Mandi Gobindgarh |   148 |   122 |
|   63 |               | Naya Nangal      |    87 |    70 |
|   64 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur           |   172 |   126 |
|   65 |               | Alwar            |   152 |   112 |
|   66 |               | Jodhpur          |   189 |   161 |
|   67 |               | Kota             |   139 |   112 |
|   68 |               | Udaipur          |   127 |   122 |
|   69 | Tamilnadu     | Chennai          |    66 |    57 |
|   70 |               | Madurai          |    72 |    53 |
|   71 |               | Trichy           |    88 |    45 |
|   72 |               | Tuticorin        |   123 |    67 |
|   73 | Telangana     | Hyderabad        |   110 |    88 |
|   74 |               | Sangareddy       |    85 |    83 |
|   75 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra             |   202 |   146 |
|   76 |               | Allahabad        |   169 |   119 |
|   77 |               | Ghaziabad        |   285 |   216 |
|   78 |               | Kanpur           |   227 |   170 |
|   79 |               | Lucknow          |   253 |   148 |
|   80 |               | Varanasi         |   230 |   114 |
|   81 |               | Anpara           |   175 |   154 |
|   82 |               | Bareily          |   207 |   175 |
|   83 |               | Firozabad        |   247 |   137 |
|   84 |               | Gajraula         |   204 |   155 |
|   85 |               | Gorakpur         |   150 |   122 |
|   86 |               | Khurja           |   195 |   173 |
|   87 |               | Moradabad        |   222 |   155 |
|   88 |               | Noida            |   229 |   203 |
|   89 |               | Raebareli        |   145 |   112 |
|   90 | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun         |   250 |   146 |
|   91 |               | Rishikesh        |   129 |   117 |

|   92 | West Bengal   | Asansol     |   147 |   112 |
|------|---------------|-------------|-------|-------|
|   93 | West Bengal   | Barrackpore |    86 |    85 |
|   94 | West Bengal   | Howrah      |   139 |   125 |
|   95 | West Bengal   | Kolkata     |   147 |   105 |

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