CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
The Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB) was constituted in September, 1974 under the provisions of
The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The main functions of
CPCB, as spelt out in The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974,
and The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, are: (i) to promote
cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States through prevention,
control and abatement of water pollution; and (ii) to improve the quality of air
and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
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FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD
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Advise the Central Government on any matter concerning prevention and control
of water and air pollution and improvement of the quality of air;
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Plan and cause to be executed a nation?wide programme for the prevention, control
or abatement of water and air pollution;
- Co-ordinate
the activities of the State Boards and resolve disputes among them;
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Provide technical assistance and guidance to the State Boards, carry out and sponsor
investigations and research relating to problems of water and air pollution, and
for their prevention, control or abatement;
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Plan and organise training of persons engaged in programmes on prevention, control
or abatement of water and air pollution;
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Organise through mass media, a comprehensive mass awareness programme on prevention,
control or abatement of water and air pollution;
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Collect, compile and publish technical and statistical data relating to water
and air pollution and the measures devised for their effective prevention, control
or abatement;
- Prepare
manuals, codes and guidelines relating to treatment and disposal of sewage and
trade effluents as well as for stack gas cleaning devices, stacks and ducts;
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Disseminate information in respect of matters relating to water and air pollution
and their prevention and control;
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Lay down, modify or annul, in consultation with the State Governments concerned,
the standards for stream or well, and lay down standards for the quality of air;
and
- Perform such other
functions as and when prescribed by the Government of India.
