{"id":5604,"date":"2025-02-20T06:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T04:18:55","slug":"central-pollution-control-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/central-pollution-control-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Pollution Control Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Central Pollution Control Board Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently filed a report before the National Green Tribunal&#8217;s Principal Bench revealing concerning findings regarding the river water quality at Prayagraj (UP) during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela.<\/p>\n<h2>About Central Pollution Control Board, Powers, Functions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>statutory organisation<\/strong> constituted in September, 1974, under the <strong>Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Further, CPCB was <strong>entrusted with the power<\/strong>s and functions u<strong>nder the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It serves as a field formation and also <strong>provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment <\/strong>and Forests <strong>of the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, <\/strong>1986.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Principal Functions of the CPCB:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>To promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control, and <strong>abatement of water pollution.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or <strong>abate air pollution<\/strong> in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>advises the Central Government <\/strong>on matters related to control and abatement of air and water pollution.<\/li>\n<li>It also<strong> coordinates the affairs of other State Pollution Control Boards<\/strong>, <strong>assists them<\/strong>, furnishes guidance, and <strong>helps in conflict resolution<\/strong> in case of any disagreement among them.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>CPCB has <strong>delegated its powers and functions<\/strong> under the Water (Prevention &amp; Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Water (Prevention &amp; Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977, and the Air (Prevention &amp; Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, <strong>to the respective regional administration with respect to Union Territories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Standard development activities of CPCB:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>CPCB takes up the development\/<strong>revision of Environmental Standards<\/strong>, the <strong>upgradation of Comprehensive Industrial Document (COINDS)<\/strong>, and guidelines for environmental management in various industrial sectors.<\/li>\n<li>In consultation with the state government concerned, CPCB <strong>laid down the standard for stream or well or quality of air<\/strong> and also prepared <strong>manuals, codes, and guidance relating to the treatment and disposal of sewage <\/strong>and t<strong>rade effluents,<\/strong> as well as for stacks gas cleaning devices, stacks, and ducts;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPCB develops Standards for:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National ambient air quality<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Water Quality Criteria from different sources<\/li>\n<li>Standards for Emission or Discharge of Environmental Pollutants from various Industries (Issued under Environment Protection Rules, 1986)<\/li>\n<li>Standards for Treatment and Disposal of Bio-Medical Waste by Incineration<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emission standard, Noise limits for Diesel Engines<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Emission and Noise Limit of LPG and CNG Generator Sets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>CPCB also <strong>formulates the Minimal National Standards (MINAS)<\/strong> specific <strong>for various <\/strong>categories of <strong>industries <\/strong>with regards to their effluent discharge (water pollutants), emissions (air pollutants), noise levels, and solid waste.\n<ul>\n<li>These standards are <strong>required to be adopted by State Governments as minimal standards.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Central Pollution Control Board FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is Central Pollution Control Board situated?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. CPCB has its head office in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Is CPCB a statutory body?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yes, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a statutory body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) functions under which ministry?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/environment\/cpcb-high-levels-faecal-bacteria-river-water-prayagraj-maha-kumbh-ngt-284324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a statutory organisation constituted in September, 1974, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}