Lok Sabha Question No. 1099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Inspection of Polluting Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1099

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## Inspection of Polluting Industries

## 1099.   SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has carried out surprise/on the spot inspection of polluting industries in various States;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  outcome  thereof  including  the action taken/directions given in this regard;
- (c) whether the said industries have complied with the directions given, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of those industries which have not complied with the said directions so far and the action taken against such industries?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

## (a) to (d):

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change primarily monitors the industrial units across India through Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs),  which  are  responsible  for  ensuring  compliance  with  environmental  norms  at  the national  and  state  level  respectively.  During  the  last  3  years  i.e.  2022  to  2024,  CPCB  has inspected a total of 268 units falling in 17 categories of high pollution potential and Common Waste Treatment Facilities selected based on Online Continuous Effluent/ Emission Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) data. State-wise status of inspections is attached as Annexure-I . During the inspection,  129  units  were  found  non-complying  with  environmental  norms  against  which actions (Closure directions: 5, Show-cause Notices/Technical Directions: 67, Directives issued to industries in form of letter: 16, and Directions to SPCBs/PCCs: 41) were taken. Out of 129 units initially  found  non-complying,  37  units  have  later  complied  with  the  environmental  norms.

Closure directions have been revoked in case of industries that have complied with the directions issued  by  CPCB  after  examination  of  compliance  status  by  the  Revocation  Committee.  For remaining 92 units, notices/directives of CPCB are still in force.

CPCB also conducts annual inspection of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) operating in river Ganga & Yamuna main stem states namely Uttarakhand, Haryana, NCT-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal under the Namami Gange Programme, on surprise basis. The inspection is conducted by joint teams of officials from technical institutes like IITs, NITs and State  Pollution  Control  Boards/Committee  (SPCBs/PCC).  The  compliance  status  of  industries based on the inspections are carried out as above and follow up action by the concerned SPCBs during the last three years is as follows:

Operational units = complied + Show cause notices

| Year   | No. of GPIs   | Operational   | Self-Closed   | Complied   | Non-Complied        | Non-Complied       |
|--------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|        |               |               |               |            | Show- cause notices | Closure directions |
| 2020   | 2740          | 2146          | 495           | 1975       | 171                 | 99                 |
| 2022   | 2706          | 2184          | 476           | 1752       | 432                 | 46                 |
| 2023   | 3186          | 2466          | 655           | 2419       | 47                  | 65                 |

## Annexure-I

## State-wise status of 17 categories of high pollution potential industries and common facilities inspected by CPCB selected based on OCEMS data during 2022-24

(Status as on 18.11.2024)

| Sl . N o.   | State/UT           | Total no. of indust ries Inspec ted   | No. of industries found non- complyin g with environm ental norms   | No. of indust ries to whom closur e directi ons were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of indust ries for which closur e directi on have been revoke d   | No. of industries to whom Show-cause notices (SCNs)/Tec hnical directions were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of industries which have complied with SCNs/Tech nical Directions of CPCB   | No. of indust ries to which directi ves were issued in the form of a letter   | No. of indust ries which have compli ed with CPCB directi ves   | No. of non- complyin g units for which direction s were issued to SPCBs/P CCs u/s 18(1)(b) of Water/A   | No. of units complied with direction s (issued u/s 18(1(b) to SPCBs/P CCs)   | No. of units found non- complyin g during inspectio n but complyin g as on date   | No. of industries for which SCN/direc tions of CPCB/SP CB are still in force   |
|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |                    | A                                     | B                                                                   | C                                                                                | D                                                                     | E                                                                                                          | F                                                                               | G                                                                             | H                                                               | I                                                                                                       | J                                                                            | K=D+F+ H+J                                                                        | L=B-K                                                                          |
| 1           | Andama n& Nicobar  | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh     | 11                                    | 5                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 3                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 1                                                                             | 0                                                               | 1                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 5                                                                              |
| 3           | Arunach al Pradesh | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 4           | Assam              | 11                                    | 5                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 4                                                                                                          | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 1                                                                                                       | 1                                                                            | 3                                                                                 | 2                                                                              |
| 5           | Bihar              | 5                                     | 2                                                                   | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 1                                                                             | 1                                                               | 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 6           | Chandiga rh        | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 7           | Chhattisg arh      | 11                                    | 2                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 2                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                                       | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 2                                                                              |

| Sl . N o.   | State/UT                           | Total no. of indust ries Inspec ted   | No. of industries found non- complyin g with environm ental norms   | No. of indust ries to whom closur e directi ons were issued u/s 5 of EPA,   | No. of indust ries for which closur e directi on have been revoke d   | No. of industries to whom Show-cause notices (SCNs)/Tec hnical directions were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of industries which have complied with SCNs/Tech nical Directions of CPCB   | No. of indust ries to which directi ves were issued in the form of a letter   | No. of indust ries which have compli ed with CPCB directi ves   | No. of non- complyin g units for which direction s were issued to SPCBs/P CCs u/s 18(1)(b) of   | No. of units complied with direction s (issued u/s 18(1(b) to SPCBs/P CCs)   | No. of units found non- complyin g during inspectio n but complyin g as on date   | No. of industries for which SCN/direc tions of CPCB/SP CB are still in force   |
|-------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |                                    | A                                     | B                                                                   | C                                                                           | D                                                                     | E                                                                                                          | F                                                                               | G                                                                             | H                                                               | I                                                                                               | J                                                                            | K=D+F+ H+J                                                                        | L=B-K                                                                          |
| 8           | Daman &Diu and Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 9           | Delhi                              | 4                                     | 4                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 3                                                                             | 1                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 3                                                                              |
| 10          | Goa                                | 1                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 11          | Gujarat                            | 27                                    | 16                                                                  | 1                                                                           | 1                                                                     | 9                                                                                                          | 3                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 6                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 4                                                                                 | 12                                                                             |
| 12          | Haryana                            | 15                                    | 8                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 2                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 4                                                                             | 2                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 3                                                                                 | 5                                                                              |
| 13          | Himacha l Pradesh                  | 2                                     | 1                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 1                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                              |
| 14          | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 15          | Jharkhan d                         | 6                                     | 1                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 1                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 16          | Karnatak a                         | 24                                    | 14                                                                  | 2                                                                           | 2                                                                     | 5                                                                                                          | 2                                                                               | 2                                                                             | 1                                                               | 5                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 5                                                                                 | 9                                                                              |
| 17          | Kerala                             | 7                                     | 4                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 1                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 3                                                                                               | 1                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 3                                                                              |
| 18          | Ladakh                             | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 19          | Lakshad weep                       | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 20          | Madhya                             | 8                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |

| Sl . N o.   | State/UT      | Total no. of indust ries Inspec ted   | No. of industries found non- complyin g with environm ental norms   | No. of indust ries to whom closur e directi ons were issued u/s 5 of EPA,   | No. of indust ries for which closur e directi on have been revoke d   | No. of industries to whom Show-cause notices (SCNs)/Tec hnical directions were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of industries which have complied with SCNs/Tech nical Directions of CPCB   | No. of indust ries to which directi ves were issued in the form of a letter   | No. of indust ries which have compli ed with CPCB directi ves   | No. of non- complyin g units for which direction s were issued to SPCBs/P CCs u/s 18(1)(b) of   | No. of units complied with direction s (issued u/s 18(1(b) to SPCBs/P CCs)   | No. of units found non- complyin g during inspectio n but complyin g as on date   | No. of industries for which SCN/direc tions of CPCB/SP CB are still in force   |
|-------------|---------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |               | A                                     | B                                                                   | C                                                                           | D                                                                     | E                                                                                                          | F                                                                               | G                                                                             | H                                                               | I                                                                                               | J                                                                            | K=D+F+                                                                            | L=B-K                                                                          |
|             | Pradesh       |                                       |                                                                     |                                                                             |                                                                       |                                                                                                            |                                                                                 |                                                                               |                                                                 |                                                                                                 |                                                                              |                                                                                   |                                                                                |
| 21          | Maharas htra  | 32                                    | 18                                                                  | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 8                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 10                                                                                              | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 17                                                                             |
| 22          | Manipur       | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 23          | Meghala ya    | 5                                     | 1                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                              |
| 24          | Mizoram       | 2                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 25          | Nagaland      | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 26          | Odisha        | 11                                    | 2                                                                   | 1                                                                           | 1                                                                     | 1                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 27          | Puducher ry   | 0                                     | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 28          | Punjab        | 5                                     | 4                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 1                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 3                                                                             | 1                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                              |
| 29          | Rajastha n    | 16                                    | 6                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 2                                                                                                          | 2                                                                               | 1                                                                             | 1                                                               | 3                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 3                                                                                 | 3                                                                              |
| 30          | Sikkim        | 5                                     | 5                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 4                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 1                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 3                                                                              |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu    | 10                                    | 8                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 3                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 1                                                                             | 0                                                               | 4                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 7                                                                              |
| 32          | Telangan a    | 11                                    | 6                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 4                                                                                                          | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 2                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 4                                                                              |
| 33          | Tripura       | 3                                     | 2                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 2                                                                                                          | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                              |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh | 24                                    | 9                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 8                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 1                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 8                                                                              |
| 35          | Uttarakh      | 5                                     | 3                                                                   | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                     | 3                                                                                                          | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                               | 0                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 3                                                                              |

| Sl . N o.   | State/UT    | Total no. of indust ries Inspec ted   | No. of industries found non- complyin g with environm ental norms   | No. of indust ries to whom closur e directi ons were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of indust ries for which closur e directi on have been revoke d   | No. of industries to whom Show-cause notices (SCNs)/Tec hnical directions were issued u/s 5 of EPA, 1986   | No. of industries which have complied with SCNs/Tech nical Directions of CPCB   | No. of indust ries to which directi ves were issued in the form of a letter   | No. of indust ries which have compli ed with CPCB directi ves   | No. of non- complyin g units for which direction s were issued to SPCBs/P CCs u/s 18(1)(b) of Water/A ir Act   | No. of units complied with direction s (issued u/s 18(1(b) to SPCBs/P CCs)   | No. of units found non- complyin g during inspectio n but complyin g as on date   | No. of industries for which SCN/direc tions of CPCB/SP CB are still in force   |
|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|             |             | A                                     | B                                                                   | C                                                                                | D                                                                     | E                                                                                                          | F                                                                               | G                                                                             | H                                                               | I                                                                                                              | J                                                                            | K=D+F+ H+J                                                                        | L=B-K                                                                          |
|             | and         |                                       |                                                                     |                                                                                  |                                                                       |                                                                                                            |                                                                                 |                                                                               |                                                                 |                                                                                                                |                                                                              |                                                                                   |                                                                                |
| 36          | West Bengal | 7                                     | 3                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                     | 3                                                                                                          | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                             | 0                                                               | 0                                                                                                              | 0                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                              |
|             | Total       | 268                                   | 129                                                                 | 5                                                                                | 5                                                                     | 67                                                                                                         | 22                                                                              | 16                                                                            | 7                                                               | 41                                                                                                             | 3                                                                            | 37                                                                                | 92                                                                             |