PRODUCTION
AND CONSUMPTION OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES IN INDIA :
India
produces and uses the following seven of the twenty substances controlled under
the amended Montreal Protocol.
| Annexure
A, Group I | CFC-11,
CFC-12, CFC-113 |
| Annexure
A, Group II | Halon-1211,
Halon-1301 |
| Annexure
B, Group II | Carbon
tetrachloride (CTC) |
| Annexure
B, Group III | Methyl
chloroform (MCF) |
The
production, consumption and import of these seven ODS and their ozone depletion
potential (ODP) equivalent in 1991 are shown in Table below. India's ODS consumption
in 1991 assessed on the basis of producers' data and estimates refined by user
groups was about 10,330 tones. In ODP terms, the total consumption in 1991 was
13,111 tones.
In ODS terms, solvents was the major user sector accounting for 47.7% followed
by Refrigeration and Air conditioning sector (19.2%), foams (15.2%) Aerosol (10.6%)
and Fire extinguishing (7.2%). In ODP terms, solvent was again the larger user
sector accounting for 36.6% of total ODP use. This was followed by the fire extinguishing
(27.8%)& R&AC (15.2%), Foam (12.0%) and Aerosols (8.4%).
There
are six enterprises in India which are engaged in manufacture of ODS.
Small-scale industries are major users of foams, aerosols, solvents and halons.
It is estimated that about two thirds of the total production of CFC in the country
is utilized by the small scale and informal sector. DCSSI has undertaken a project
on survey of ODS consuming enterprises in small-scale and informal sector of India.
CPCB has also done survey of ODS consuming/producing enterprises in the domestic
refrigerator, automotive and air conditioning sector of the national capital Region,
Delhi. Similar surveys are also being conducted for Maharastra region.
