Pollution Control Measures

This site provides detailed information on the Pollution Control Measures. It also focuses on other factors that governs the Petrochemical Industry and addresses Environmental concerns.

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, GOI are the concerned highest authority to deal with Pollution Control Measures. TheIndian Pollution Control Measures related issues are well addressed. TheIndian Pollution Control Measures for the protection of environment is at par with world standard.

The Pollution Control Measures undertaken by the government ofIndia are:

• Adoption of cost effective cleaner technologies should be encouraged
• Implementation of waste minimization techniques and adoption of appropriate pollution control measures
• Discard and discourage technologies which do not conform to the quality of products
• Spreading awareness messages through programs for the prospective and existing entrepreneurs on usage of cleaner technologies and pollution control
• Waste minimization for improvement of productivity and creation of Waste minimization circle
• Assistance for sustainable development to be facilitated by the Government ofIndia through fiscal incentives, technology, trainings etc
• An additional system of taxation to be introduced based on concentration of waste
• Encourage industry to regard 'pollution' as an economic problem
• To decide the cost of water, power, fuel, etc through market instruments
• Tax exemption on waste selling, resource recovery and reuse to be introduced
• Incentives may be introduced on waste selling, resource recovery, reuse, etc
• Scattered business units to follow stringent pollution control regulations
• Allowance for capital investment and cleaner technology from foreign and private players
• Simplification of Environmental clearance procedures for the industries located in industrial estates
• Encourage Common Effluent Treatment Plant
• Encourage common captive power plant and steam generation unit
• During relocation of units detailed action plan to be prepared based on
• environmental risk assessment
• change of technology
• waste minimization
• Small industries to get assistance from government
• Further Research and development of cleaner technologies is proposed

Last Updated on 13 December 2011