When did the central pollution control board established

This article is written by Ritansha Lakshmi, a first-year law student of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida Introduction: What is CPCB? “In pursuit of Clean Environment.” India’s pollution watchdog, The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a statutory organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It was established on September 22, 1974, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Further, CPCB was assigned with the responsibilities and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It is responsible for Monitoring Air and Water Quality and any issues related to pollution. Why/how was it formed? The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, enacted under Article 252 of the Constitution of India provided for the establishment of Pollution Control Boards in the Centre and at the State levels. Central Pollution Control Board has been created under Section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with the main function to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in the different areas. CPCB was constituted on 22 September 1974. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed in 1981. The initial name of CPCB was “Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Pollution”. The name was later changed to the Central Pollution Control Board through Water (Prevention & Control) Amendment Act, 1988 to promote cleanliness of streams, wells etc. in diff...

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This article needs to be Please do this by following our ( November 2022) Pollution control board is a government organization responsible for the pollution control. It also has a big responsibility to ensure that not only India but also any other country is free from pollution. The Pollution Control Board, popularly known as the PCB, The Board’s mandate is to protect human health and environment from environmental pollution. The Pollution Control Board (PCB), Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) is responsible for implementing National Pollution Control Programme (NPCP) under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) and Noise pollution control Acts 1974, 1986 and Rules 1994 respectively. It also implements other Acts like Environment Protection Act 1986, Solid Waste Management Rules 2000 etc which have been enacted to ensure sustainable development through ecologically sound management of natural resources. No Objection Certificate - Pollution Control Board [ | ] The Pollution Control Board (PCB) is a government body responsible for maintaining environmental standards in India. It was established under the Environment Protection Act, 1986 and its primary role is to ensure that the environment remains safe for human welfare. The PCB has many responsibilities like protecting the natural resources and promoting clean energy sources like solar energy which are considered green technologies. The PCB requires No Objection Certificat...

Reading time: 6-8 minutes. There are entities, apart from banks and financial institutes that help in boosting the pace of economic growth of a country which often go unnoticed by the masses. It is important to note that maintaining sustainability of the environment is also a necessary step towards environment protection. The Central Pollution Control Board is one such organization which ensures that the environment is preserved and protected so as to enable the current and the future generations to benefit out of it. Along with massive growth in the industrial sector of India, the problem of environment degradation has also seen a drastic increase in its pace. It is important to address this issue at the earliest because achieving economic growth and development will be even tougher if nature starts to revolt. Although the Government of India had been framing various laws and policies concerning environment protection but the key to success has always been the implementation aspect of the same. The Central Pollution Control Board was established, bearing in mind, the urgent necessity of effective implementation and routine follow ups of the matters involving environment degradation. It is pertinent to note that this statutory organization, recently, surmounted the headlines due to the findings compiled by it, which asserted 128 sites in India to be contaminated with toxic substances. The state of West Bengal tops the list with 27 sites, followed by Odisha with 23 sites an...