Engineering

Air Pollution and Control

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technical assistance
and guidance to the
To provide
Board.
State Pollution Control
investigations and research
T o carry out and sponsor
control and
abatement of air
related to prevention,
pollution.
technical and
To collect, compile and publish
and
statistical data related to air pollution;
To lay down and annul standards for the quality of air
The mandate provided to the CPCB under the Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act empowers it to set

standards for the quality of air.

.10.4. Industries Specified in the Schedule
Various industries enlisted in the schedule under the Air
Act (1981), are as follows.
.
Asbestos and asbestos products industries
2 Cement and cement
products industries
3 Ceramic and ceramic
products industries
4 Chemical and Allied industries
5. Coal and
6.
lignite-based chemical industries
Engineering industries
7. Ferrous
8.
metallurgical industries
Fertilizer industries
9. Foundries
10. Food and
11. Mining industry
Agricultural Products industries
12.
Non-Ferrous metallurgical industri