Environmental Standards in India

ENVIROCARE - EC_ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has developed National Standards for Effluents
and Emission under the statutory powers of the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
These standards have been approved and notified by the Government of India, Ministry of
Environment & Forests, under Section 25 of the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986.
Till now, Effluent standards for 37 categories of industries and Emission Standards for 31
categories of industries have been evolved and notified besides standards for ambient air
quality, ambient noise, automobile and fuels quality specifications for petrol and diesel.
Guidelines

have

also

developed

separately

for

hospital

waste

management.

Please refer to individual Consent letters from the respective State Pollution Control
Boards. The following Industry Standards, as per Central Pollution Control Board, are
available at www.cpcb.nic.in

Aluminum

Ambient Air Quality

Asbestos Products

Bagassee Fired Boilers

Battery Manufacturing Industry

Beehive Hard Coke Oven

Boiler (Small)

Brick Kilns

Briquette Industry (Coal)

10 Bullion Refining
11 Calcium Carbide Plant
12

Carbon Black Industry

13 Cement Industry
14 Ceramic Industry
15 Chlor-Alkali (Caustic Soda)
16 Coke Ovens
17 Copper, Lead & Zinc Smelting Units
18 Environment Standards for Coal Mines
19 Coal Washeries
20 Diary Industry
21 Cupola Furnace
22 Diesel Generator Sets
23 Motor Vehicles : Environmental Standards
24 Dye & Dye Intermediate Industry
25 Edible Oil & Vanaspati Industry
26 Electroplating Industry
27 Fermentation Industry (Distilleries, Maltries & Breweries)
28 Fertiliser Industry
29 Flour Mills
30 Food & Fruit Processing Industry
31 Foundaries
32 General Standards for Discharge of Environmental Pollutants
33 Glass Industry
34 Hospital Wastes
35 Integrated Iron & Steel Plant
36 Inorganic Chemical Industry
37 Jute Processing Industry
38 Lime Kilns
39 Large Pulp & Paper Industry
40 Leather Industry
41 Man-made Fibre Industry
42 Natural Rubber Processing Industry