Lok Sabha Question No. 5229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Setting up of CETPs
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Pushpendra Saroj

## SETTING UP OF CETPS

## 5229.  SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a)  the  number  of  textile  clusters  sanctioned,  approved  under  the  Integrated  Processing  Development Scheme  (IPDS)  or  any  other  Central  schemes  for  setting  up  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants (CETPs), State and district-wise including Uttar Pradesh;

(b) the number of CETPs currently functional versus those pending or delayed along with the reasons for such delays, State and district-wise including Uttar Pradesh;

(c) the monitoring mechanism adopted by the Government to ensure that CETPs funded through Central assistance are actually treating industrial effluents to prescribed environmental standards;

(d)  the  instances  where  textile  units  continued  discharging  untreated  or  partially  treated  dye  effluents despite the availability of CETPs and the action taken against such units; and

(e) the corrective measures proposed to be taken to ensure that Central funds for CETPs translate into effective pollution control rather than continued contamination of groundwater in textile clusters?

## उत्तर ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री (श्री गिरििाज स ंह)

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (e): Under the Integrated Processing  Development Scheme (IPDS) of the Ministry of Textile , 6 projects have  been  approved,  5  in  Rajasthan  and  1  in  Gujarat.  Other  than  IPDS,  there  are  225 operational CETPs across 21 states in the country including 7 in Uttar Pradesh, with a combined design treatment capacity for the treatment of 2245 million litres per day (MLD) of industrial wastewater. Out of which 56 CETPs are designed to achieve Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD ) , located in various states. To strengthen self-regulation with Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring Systems (OCEMS), 184 CETPs have been equipped with enable real-time monitoring and alert system with connectivity to the server of SPCBs/PCCs and CPCB. The state-wise number of CETPs is attached as Annexure I.

To  strengthen  pollution  monitoring  in  CETPs,  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has issued  directions  u/s  18(1)  (b)  of  the  Water  (Prevention  &  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974,  dated 31.03.2016 to all the concerned SPCBs/PCCs to carry out monitoring of all CETPs and the associated industrial areas at least every quarter and upload the performance status of all CETPs in respect of each monitoring on the SPCB website regularly.

Further,  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC),  has  notified notification no. S.O. 3864(E) dated 09.09.2024, wherein the roles and responsibilities are fixed for State Governments/State Boards, CETP operating agencies, and member industries, which will ensure more effective management of industrial wastewater.

Subsequently, the MoEF&CC vide Notification No. S.O. 389 (E) dated 28 th January  2026  has exempted  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  (CETPs)  from  the  requirement  of  prior  Environment Clearance  (EC)  under  the  provisions  of  EIA  Notification,  2006.  The  MoEF&CC  has  issued  Office Memorandum, dated 28.01.2026 prescribing Environmental safeguards to be followed while operation of such CETPs.

Annexure I

| S. No.   | Name of States   | Installed capacity (MLD)   | Operational capacity (MLD)   |   No. of CETPs |   Connectivity to CPCB |   Treated effluent disposal system/ZLD |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 37.02                      | 8.70                         |              8 |                      7 |                                      3 |
| 2        | Assam            | 1.00                       | 1.00                         |              1 |                      0 |                                      0 |
| 3        | Delhi            | 212.30                     | 0.00                         |             13 |                     13 |                                      0 |
| 4        | Gujarat          | 972.30                     | 921.85                       |             45 |                     38 |                                      5 |
| 5        | Haryana          | 233.68                     | 205.68                       |             22 |                     20 |                                      0 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh | 27.35                      | 22.35                        |              2 |                      2 |                                      0 |
| 7        | Jammu& Kashmir   | 3.45                       | 2.40                         |              6 |                      1 |                                      0 |
| 8        | Jharkhand        | 1.25                       | 0.10                         |              2 |                      0 |                                      0 |
| 9        | Karnataka        | 6.88                       | 6.23                         |             10 |                      9 |                                      0 |
| 10       | Kerala           | 10.15                      | 7.44                         |              9 |                      5 |                                      0 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   | 10.20                      | 9.20                         |              5 |                      4 |                                      5 |
| 12       | Maharashtra      | 254.85                     | 168.25                       |             25 |                     21 |                                      0 |
| 13       | Odisha           | 1.00                       | 1.00                         |              1 |                      0 |                                      0 |
| 14       | Punjab           | 111.14                     | 88.06                        |              7 |                      5 |                                      0 |
| 15       | Rajasthan        | 125.80                     | 50.75                        |             14 |                     11 |                                     10 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu       | 130.64                     | 113.22                       |             36 |                     31 |                                     32 |
| 17       | Telangana        | 9.33                       | 9.33                         |              6 |                      6 |                                      1 |
| 18       | Tripura          | 1.50                       | 0.50                         |              2 |                      0 |                                      0 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh    | 41.75                      | 38.35                        |              7 |                      7 |                                      0 |
| 20       | Uttarakhand      | 13.00                      | 9.00                         |              3 |                      3 |                                      0 |
| 21       | West Bengal      | 40.00                      | 21.60                        |              1 |                      1 |                                      0 |
| Total    | Total            | 2,245                      | 1,685                        |            225 |                    184 |                                     56 |

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