Lok Sabha Question No. 2681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Pollution by Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SEETARAM AJMEERA NAIK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2681

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2015

## Pollution by Industries

2681. PROF. A.S.R. NAIK:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of pollution caused by industrial units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise, along with the loss estimated so far including the fertilizers and petrochemical units which caused pollution; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  encourage  such  industries  for  plantation programmes in the surrounding regions to check pollution, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) & (b)  Yes Sir. The Government is aware of pollution caused by industrial units in the country.  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  had  issued  directions  under  Section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control  Committees  (PCCs)  to  submit  updated  environmental  compliance  status  of  all  the large and medium scale industries falling under the highly polluting 17 categories to CPCB.

The State/ UT /Sector-wise environmental compliance status of compliance of the 17 category of highly polluting industries including fertilizers and petrochemicals as reported by the concerned SPCBs/PCCs is given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II.

- (c)    In order to prevent and control pollution, emission & effluent standards are notified for various  industrial  sectors.  To  implement  these  standards  industry  prepares  its  action  plan which inter  alia includes  plantation/  green  belt  development.  These  plans  are  reviewed  & revised from time to time. Besides, specific programmes viz. pollution control in 17 category of highly polluting industrial sectors (including fertilizers & petrochemicals) are taken up for implementation.  The industries are asked to ensure green belt/ plantation within and outside their  premises  as  per  the  conditions  stipulated  in  'Environmental  clearance'  and  'Consent mechanism.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  AND  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARED  QUESTION  NO.  2681  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  15/12/2015  REGARDING POLLUTION BY INDUSTRIES RAISED BYPROF. A.S.R. NAIK.

Status of 17 categories of industries (State-wise)

|   S. No. | State             |   Complying |   Non Complying |   Closed |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|----------|---------|
|        1 | A.P.              |         359 |              74 |       39 |     472 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |           2 |               0 |        0 |       2 |
|        3 | Assam             |          33 |              12 |        1 |      46 |
|        4 | Bihar             |          16 |               4 |        0 |      20 |
|        5 | Chattisgarh       |          71 |               6 |        1 |      78 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |           0 |               0 |        0 |       0 |
|        7 | Daman & Diu       |           1 |               1 |        1 |       3 |
|        8 | Delhi             |           2 |               0 |        0 |       2 |
|        9 | Goa               |          13 |               2 |        0 |      15 |
|       10 | Gujarat           |         302 |               7 |        8 |     317 |
|       11 | Haryana           |          97 |               3 |       12 |     112 |
|       12 | H.P.              |          14 |               0 |        3 |      17 |
|       13 | Jharkhand         |         103 |              48 |       22 |     173 |
|       14 | Jammu & Kashmir   |           7 |               0 |        3 |      10 |
|       15 | Karnataka         |         183 |              28 |       26 |     237 |
|       16 | Kerala            |          21 |              11 |        6 |      38 |
|       17 | Lakshadeep        |           0 |               0 |        0 |       0 |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh    |          65 |              16 |        2 |      83 |
|       19 | Maharashtra       |         317 |             145 |       58 |     520 |
|       20 | Meghalaya         |           4 |              12 |        1 |      17 |
|       21 | Mizoram           |           1 |               0 |        0 |       1 |
|       22 | Nagaland          |           0 |               0 |        0 |       0 |
|       23 | Orissa            |          37 |              17 |       11 |      65 |
|       24 | Puducherry        |           5 |               2 |        0 |       7 |
|       25 | Punjab            |          72 |               8 |       16 |      96 |
|       26 | Rajasthan         |          69 |              31 |       18 |     118 |
|       27 | Sikkim            |           3 |               1 |        0 |       4 |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu        |         165 |              19 |        5 |     189 |
|       29 | Tripura           |          10 |               1 |        6 |      17 |
|       30 | U.P.              |         278 |              36 |       89 |     403 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       |          39 |               8 |        4 |      51 |
|       32 | West Bengal       |          43 |              74 |       14 |     131 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  AND  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARED  QUESTION  NO.  2681  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  15/12/2015  REGARDING POLLUTION BY INDUSTRIES RAISED BYPROF. A.S.R. NAIK.

Status of 17 categories of industries (Category-wise)

|   Sl No | Sector                  |   Complying |   Non Complying |   Closed |   Total |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------|-----------------|----------|---------|
|       1 | Aluminium               |           6 |               1 |        3 |      10 |
|       2 | Cement                  |         247 |              54 |       21 |     322 |
|       3 | Chlor Alkali            |          26 |               2 |        2 |      30 |
|       4 | Copper                  |           4 |               1 |        1 |       6 |
|       5 | Distillery              |         230 |              46 |       44 |     320 |
|       6 | Dye & Dye Intermediates |         119 |               5 |       11 |     135 |
|       7 | Fertilizers             |          76 |               5 |       16 |      97 |
|       8 | Iron & Steel            |         148 |              88 |       17 |     253 |
|       9 | Oil Refinery            |          20 |               3 |        0 |      23 |
|      10 | Pesticide               |          63 |               4 |        8 |      75 |
|      11 | Petrochemical           |          33 |               5 |        3 |      41 |
|      12 | Pharmaceutical          |         547 |              48 |       63 |     658 |
|      13 | Power Plant             |         220 |              88 |        8 |     316 |
|      14 | Pulp & Paper            |         188 |              26 |       29 |     243 |
|      15 | Sugar                   |         340 |             178 |       84 |     602 |
|      16 | Tannery                 |          59 |              11 |       36 |     106 |
|      17 | Zinc                    |           6 |               1 |        0 |       7 |