Lok Sabha Question No. 2829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Schemes for Checking Water Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BAHADUR SINGH KOLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2829

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2016

## Schemes for Checking Water Pollution

## 2829.  SHRI BAHADUR SINGH KOLI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  tardy  implementation  of various central schemes for checking the water pollution during the last several years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the various measures taken by the Government for ensuring proper implementation of the schemes related to water pollution as well as proper utilisation of the funds allocated in this regard; and
- (d) the details of funds allocated/ provided by the Government for control of water pollution during each of the last three years and the current year, scheme and State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has been receiving complaints  from  time  to  time,  regarding  issues  relating  to  environmental  pollution  including water pollution.

(b) & (c) The Ministry is implementing a number of Schemes for control and prevention of water pollution which include National River Conservation Programme (NRCP), National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP),  National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) and Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) under which financial assistance is provided to the State implementing agencies.

The Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of  pollution  in  identified  stretches  of  various  rivers,  lakes  etc.  Funds  are  released  to  the  State implementing  agencies  based  on  physical  and  financial  progress.  The  physical  and  financial progress reports are examined and unspent balances are taken into account before releasing the next  installment  of  funds.  The  monitoring  process, inter  alia ,  include  mandatory  audit  of accounts  of  grantee  organization,  submission  of  audited  utilization  certificates,  expenditure statement and a progress report of the activities conducted by the grantee organization. Several measures  have  been  taken  to  improve  implementation  and  efficacy  of  projects  under  NRCP, which include (i) Signing of Tripartite Memorandum of Agreements with the State Governments /  Urban  Local  Bodies,  (ii)  Independent  Appraisal  of  Detailed  Project  Reports  by  professional institutions, (iii)  Third  Party  Inspection  of  projects,  (iv)  Regular  review  of  progress  of implementation of schemes by State Government / Central Government Officers, including site visits.

- (d) State-wise details of the funds released during the last three years and current year under various schemes are given at Annexure.

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Annexure

Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2829  due  for  answer  on  15.03.2016  regarding  "Schemes  for  Checking  Water Pollution" raised by Shri Bahadur Singh Koli

| S. No.   | Scheme         | State             | Funds released (Rs. in Crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in Crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in Crore)   | Funds released (Rs. in Crore)   |
|----------|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Scheme         | State             | 2012-13                         | 2013-14                         | 2014-15                         | 2015-16 (upto 29.02.2016)       |
| 1.       | CETP           | Gujarat           | 4.20                            | 5.45                            | 8.40                            | 11.06                           |
| 2.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Bihar             | --                              | 91.14                           | --                              | --                              |
| 3.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Jharkhand         | --                              | 6.26                            | --                              | --                              |
| 4.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Gujarat           | 41.71                           | --                              | 44.00                           | 13.29                           |
| 5.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Maharashtra       | 5.07                            | 22.42                           | --                              | 4.99                            |
| 6.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Punjab            | 45.36                           | 98.04                           | 28.80                           | 17.61                           |
| 7.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Haryana           | 38.20                           | 10.00                           | 10.46                           | --                              |
| 8.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Uttar Pradesh     | 107.31                          | 133.80                          | 30.08                           | --                              |
| 9.       | NRCP and NGRBA | Uttarakhand       | 11.30                           | 17.05                           | 3.00                            | --                              |
| 10.      | NRCP and NGRBA | West Bengal       | --                              | 48.90                           | --                              | --                              |
| 11.      | NRCP and NGRBA | Sikkim            | 21.65                           | 15.00                           | --                              | --                              |
| 12.      | NRCP and NGRBA | Nagaland          | --                              | --                              | --                              | 10.00                           |
| 13.      | NPCA           | Maharashtra       | --                              | 0.40                            | --                              | --                              |
| 14.      | NPCA           | Bihar             | 0.16                            | --                              | --                              | --                              |
| 15.      | NPCA           | Gujarat           | 0.90                            | --                              | --                              | 1.59                            |
| 16.      | NPCA           | Haryana           | 0.67                            | 0.22                            | 0.63                            | 0.29                            |
| 17.      | NPCA           | Jammu and Kashmir | 0.71                            | 30.32                           | --                              | 15.00                           |
| 18.      | NPCA           | Karnataka         | 0.24                            | --                              | --                              | --                              |
| 19.      | NPCA           | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.60                            | --                              | 2.50                            | 4.90                            |
| 20.      | NPCA           | Manipur           | 0.34                            | 1.32                            | 0.60                            | 0.47                            |
| 21.      | NPCA           | Mizoram           | 1.40                            | 0.52                            | 0.79                            | 1.08                            |
| 22.      | NPCA           | Odisha            | 1.02                            | 0.79                            | --                              | --                              |
| 23.      | NPCA           | Puducherry        | --                              | 0.24                            | --                              | 0.42                            |
| 24.      | NPCA           | Punjab            | 0.12                            | 0.38                            | --                              | 1.52                            |
| 25.      | NPCA           | Rajasthan         | 15.65                           | 0.17                            | 25.66                           | 10.95                           |
| 26.      | NPCA           | Sikkim            | 0.31                            | --                              | --                              | 0.78                            |
| 27.      | NPCA           | Tamil Nadu        | 1.59                            | 0.59                            | 0.31                            | --                              |
| 28.      | NPCA           | Uttar Pradesh     | 32.21                           | 16.39                           | 5.07                            | 1.24                            |
| 29.      | NPCA           | West Bengal       | 8.23                            | 0.93                            | --                              | 0.92                            |
| 30.      | NPCA           | Nagaland          | --                              | 3.00                            | 1.11                            | --                              |