Lok Sabha Question No. 2615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Effluent Treatment Plant
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2615

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02/08/2016

## Effluent Treatment Plant

2615. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a)  whether  as  per  the  provision  of  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act, 1974 it is obligatory on the industry to set up Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) to treat effluent as per prescribed norms of SPCB;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government is running a scheme called Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP);
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether this scheme is likely to help small scale industries to set up CETPs;
- (f)  if  so,  the  subsidy  being  paid  by  the  Government  to  small  scale  industries  through SPCB for this purpose; and
- (g)  the  number of CEPTs set up in the country so far, State-wise and the number of such plants in the pipeline?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a)&(b) Yes, Sir.  The polluting industries are required to take Consent to establish and Consent to operate under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and it is obligatory for industries to set up effluent treatment plants to treat the effluent to the prescribed norms.
- (c) Yes, Sir.
- (d) Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is implementing a scheme to fund setting up of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for treatment  of  effluents  generated  from  Small  Scale  Industries  (SSI)  located  in clusters.
- (e) Yes, Sir.
- (f) Financial assistance of 50% is given by the Ministry as central subsidy subject to a  ceiling  of ₹ 15  crore  per  CETP  with  conventional  treatment  system  and ₹ 20 Crore for involving zero liquid discharge system. The central subsidy is released after the release of the State subsidy of 25% from the State Government. The project proponent is required to contribute 25% of the project cost.
- (g) 193  CETPs  have  been  established  with  178  operational  and  15  are  under construction. The State-wise list of CETPs is given in the annexure.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (g)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2615 DUE FOR REPLY ON 02/08/2016 REGARDING EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT RAISED BY SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

| State / UT        |   Number of CETPs |
|-------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                11 |
| Gujarat           |                30 |
| Haryana           |                14 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                 1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |                 1 |
| Jharkhand         |                 1 |
| Karnataka         |                 9 |
| Kerala            |                 5 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                 1 |
| Maharashtra       |                27 |
| NCT of Delhi      |                13 |
| Punjab            |                 4 |
| Rajasthan         |                14 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                49 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                 8 |
| Uttarakhand       |                 4 |
| West Bengal       |                 1 |
| TOTAL             |               193 |

*****