Lok Sabha Question No. 2732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Vacancies in CPCB and SPCBs
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2732

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## Vacancies in CPCB and SPCBs

## 2732.   SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA:

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

- (a) whether the Indian Institute of Public Administration in 2016 had recommended the recruitment  of  an  additional  207  officials  to  address  the  increased  administrative burden on the Central Pollution Control Board;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether  there  are  any  vacancies  of  the  sanctioned  posts  in  the  Central  Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Board (SPCB); and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) & (b): A detailed work study was conducted by Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)  which  recommended creation  of  207  new  posts  in  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB). Out of these, 80 posts were created and operationalized in Central Pollution Control Board ( Annexure-I ) with the approval of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

(c)  &  (d): Total  131  posts  out  of  total  603  sanctioned  posts  are  vacant  in  CPCB,  as  on 01.03.2025, the details are given as Annexure-II. Total 5671 posts out of 11,562 sanctioned posts are vacant in SPCBs / PCCs. The details are given as Annexure III .

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Annexure-I

|   Sl. No. | Name of post                | Level of Post   |   No. of post proposed |   No. of posts agreed Created and operationalized in CPCB |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Scientist G                 | Level-14        |                      2 |                                                         0 |
|         2 | Scientist F                 | Level-13A       |                     11 |                                                         0 |
|         3 | Scientist E                 | Level-13        |                      3 |                                                        02 |
|         4 | Additional Director (Law)   | Level-13        |                      1 |                                                         0 |
|         5 | Scientist D                 | Level-12        |                     11 |                                                        06 |
|         6 | Senior Law Officer          | Level-12        |                      2 |                                                         0 |
|         7 | Scientist C                 | Level-11        |                     20 |                                                        10 |
|         8 | Law Officer                 | Level-11        |                      2 |                                                        01 |
|         9 | Scientist B                 | Level-10        |                     50 |                                                        20 |
|        10 | Procurement Officer         | Level-10        |                      1 |                                                         0 |
|        11 | Accounts Officer            | Level-10        |                      3 |                                                        02 |
|        12 | Assistant Law Officer       | Level-7         |                     10 |                                                        06 |
|        13 | Assistant Accounts Officer  | Level-7         |                      4 |                                                        03 |
|        14 | Senior Scientific Assistant | Level-6         |                     14 |                                                        07 |
|        15 | Technical Supervisor        | Level-6         |                      2 |                                                        02 |
|        16 | Senior Technician           | Level-6         |                      5 |                                                         0 |
|        17 | Junior Scientific Assistant | Level-6         |                     28 |                                                         0 |
|        18 | Junior Technician           | Level-4         |                      1 |                                                        01 |
|        19 | Senior Laboratory Assistant | Level-4         |                      9 |                                                        06 |
|        20 | Junior Lab Assistant        | Level-2         |                     14 |                                                        07 |
|        21 | Field Attendant             | Level-1         |                     14 |                                                        07 |
|        21 | Total                       |                 |                    207 |                                                        80 |

## Details of Sanctioned Posts & 131 vacant posts in CPCB

Annexure-II

| S.No.   | Name of the Post             |   Sanctioned Posts | Filled   | Vacant Post   |
|---------|------------------------------|--------------------|----------|---------------|
| 1       | Scientist 'F'                |                205 | 10       | -             |
| 2       | Scientist 'E'                |                205 | 48       | -             |
| 3       | Scientist 'D'                |                205 | 15       | -             |
| 4       | Scientist 'C'                |                205 | 33       | -             |
| 5       | Scientist 'B'                |                205 | 76       | 23            |
| 6       | Senior Law Officer           |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 7       | Sr. Administrative Officer   |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 8       | Administrative Officer       |                 07 | 07       | -             |
| 9       | Law Officer                  |                 03 | 02       | 01            |
| 10      | Assistant Law Officer        |                 08 | 06       | 02            |
| 11      | Assistant Director (OL)      |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 12      | Accounts Officer             |                 04 | 03       | 01            |
| 13      | Assistant Accounts Officer   |                 08 | 06       | 02            |
| 14      | Section Officer              |                 10 | 10       | -             |
| 15      | Private Secretary            |                 19 | 03       | 16            |
| 16      | Senior Technical Supervisor  |                 09 | 04       | 05            |
| 17      | Draughting Supervisor        |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 18      | Senior Scientific Assistant  |                 66 | 58       | 08            |
| 19      | Senior Translator            |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 20      | Technical Supervisor         |                 16 | 11       | 05            |
| 21      | Assistant                    |                 18 | 11       | 07            |
| 22      | Data Processing Assistant    |                 04 | 04       | -             |
| 23      | Senior Draughtsman           |                 01 | 00       | 01            |
| 24      | Stenographer Grade-I         |                 02 | 02       | -             |
| 25      | Accounts Assistant           |                 08 | 04       | 04            |
| 26      | Junior Translator            |                 02 | 01       | 01            |
| 27      | Publication Assistant        |                 01 | 01       | -             |
| 28      | Junior Technician            |                 08 | 05       | 03            |
| 29      | Senior Laboratory Assistant  |                 35 | 24       | 11            |
| 30      | Junior Laboratory Assistant  |                 38 | 34       | 04            |
| 31      | Field Attendant              |                 14 | 13       | 01            |
| 32      | Upper Division Clerk         |                 22 | 12       | 10            |
| 33      | Lower Division Clerk         |                 22 | 15       | 07            |
| 34      | Multi-Tasking Staff Grade-I  |                 16 | 15       | 01            |
| 35      | Driver Special Grade         |                 01 | 00       | 01            |
| 36      | Driver Grade-I               |                 06 | 02       | 04            |
| 37      | Driver Grade-II              |                 02 | 01       | 01            |
| 38      | Driver (Ordinary Grade)      |                 10 | 08       | 02            |
| 39      | Data Entry Operator Grade-I  |                 02 | 02       | -             |
| 40      | Data Entry Operator Grade-II |                 06 | 05       | 01            |
| 41      | Stenographer Grade-II        |                 03 | -        | 03            |
| 42      | Multi-Tasking Staff          |                 22 | 16       | 06            |
|         | Total                        |                603 | 472      | 131           |

Annexure-III

Status of posts sanctioned and vacancy in SPCBs

| S.No.         | SPCBs             | Posts    | Posts   |
|---------------|-------------------|----------|---------|
| S.No.         | SPCBs             | Sanction | Vacancy |
| 1.            | Andhra Pradesh    | 291      | 204     |
| 2.            | Arunachal Pradesh | 27       | 0       |
| 3.            | Assam             | 265      | 31      |
| 4.            | Bihar             | 127      | 30      |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh      | 328      | 204     |
| 6             | Goa               | 140      | 13      |
| 7             | Gujarat           | 430      | 260     |
| 8.            | Haryana           | 450      | 273     |
| 9.            | Himachal Pradesh  | 375      | 149     |
| 10            | Jharkhand         | 271      | 198     |
| 11            | Karnataka         | 723      | 437     |
| 12            | Kerala            | 434      | 25      |
| 13            | Madhya Pradesh    | 1228     | 783     |
| 14            | Maharashtra       | 839      | 366     |
| 15            | Manipur           | 119      | 75      |
| 16            | Meghalaya         | 152      | 71      |
| 17            | Mizoram           | 14       | 4       |
| 18            | Nagaland          | 17       | 0       |
| 19            | Odisha            | 463      | 273     |
| 20            | Punjab            | 652      | 309     |
| 21            | Rajasthan         | 808      | 488     |
| 22            | Sikkim            | 11       | 11      |
| 23            | Tamil Nadu        | 1118     | 493     |
| 24            | Telangana         | 230      | 104     |
| 25            | Tripura           | 28       | 4       |
| 26            | Uttarakhand       | 130      | 79      |
| 27            | Uttar Pradesh     | 732      | 339     |
| 28            | West Bengal       | 308      | 128     |
| Sub-Total (A) | Sub-Total (A)     | 10710    | 5351    |

Status of Posts in Pollution Control Committees

| S.No.         | PCCs           | Posts    | Posts   |
|---------------|----------------|----------|---------|
|               |                | Sanction | Vacancy |
| 1.            | A&N            | 9        | 3       |
| 2.            | Chandigarh     | 9        | 1       |
| 3.            | DNH&DD         | 12       | 10      |
| 4.            | Delhi          | 344      | 153     |
| 5.            | Jammu& Kashmir | 445      | 139     |
| 6.            | Ladakh         | 16       | 11      |
| 7.            | Lakshadweep    | 5        | 0       |
| 8.            | Puducherry     | 12       | 3       |
| Sub-Total (B) | Sub-Total (B)  | 852      | 320     |
| Total (A+B)   | Total (A+B)    | 11562    | 5671    |