Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Inspection of Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY, RAMA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.295

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Inspection of Industries

## 295. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a) whether the Central Pollution Control Board conducts inspection of industries causing excessive pollution in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and findings thereof along with the penalties imposed on such industries during each of the last three years;
- (c) whether  the  smoke  and  dust  emitted  by  coke,  cement  and  other  factories  and  oil refineries  are  adversely  affecting  agriculture  and  health  of  persons  residing  in  nearby areas;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to check emission from the said factories?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)&(b)      Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  carries  out  surprise  inspection  of  17 categories of highly polluting industries under Environmental Surveillance Scheme (ESS) and Grossly  Polluting  Industries  under  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Project  (NGRBA).  The inspections are carried out to assess the adequacy of pollution control systems installed by the industries and ascertain the compliance to prescribed effluent and emission standards. Based on the  inspection,  CPCB  issues  directions  under  section  5  of  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act, 1986 to defaulting industries and under section 18(1)(b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)  Act,  1981  /  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  to  the  State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs).

The summary of the number of directions issued by CPCB since 2011-12 are as below:

| Year    |   No .of industries inspected |   Directions issued under section 5 |   Directions issued under section 18(1)(b) |
|---------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2011-12 |                           260 |                                  49 |                                         31 |
| 2012-13 |                           251 |                                  27 |                                         13 |
| 2013-14 |                           201 |                                  21 |                                          6 |
| 2014-15 |                            93 |                                  10 |                                          1 |
| Total   |                           805 |                                 107 |                                         51 |

(c)to(e)   The emission from coke, cement and other factories and oil refineries, if exceeds the prescribed standards, may adversely affect agriculture and health of human beings. Steps taken by the Government to check emission from industries include the following:

- Launched National Air Quality index by the Prime Minister in April, 2015 starting with 14 cities and now extended to 22 cities;
- Notification  of  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards  2009,  envisaging  12 pollutants;
- Promotion of cleaner production processes;
- Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality;
- Installation of Online Emission Monitoring System to check emission from industry;
- Formulation of stricter emission regulations / rules;
- Issuance  of  directions  under  Section  5  of  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  to industries  and  under  Section  18(1)(b)  of  Air  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution) Act, 1981.
- Prescribing effluent and emission norms for various industrial sectors.

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