Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
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Dr. Nirmal Kumar Sharma Senior Scientific Assistant at Central Pollution Control Board
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Delhi, India
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HPS Rathore Scientist at Central Pollution Control Board (Cpcb)-
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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HARISHCHANDRA MAURYA scientific assistant at Central Pollution Control Board (Cpcb)-
Delhi, India
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Sweta sahu pollution control board at Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)-
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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sonam lally Senior Research Fellow at Central Pollution Control Board-
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Overview
The CPCB is entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It serves as a field formation and also provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment and Forests under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. It Co-ordinates the activities of the State Pollution Control Boards by providing technical assistance and guidance and also resolves disputes among them. It is the apex organisation in country in the field of pollution control, as a technical wing of MoEFC. The board is led by its Chairperson, who is generally a career civil servant from the Indian Administrative Service appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of the Government of India. The current acting chairman is Shri Ravi Shanker Prasad and the Member Secretary is Dr. Prashant Gargava. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), statutory organisation, was constituted in September, 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Further, CPCB was entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It serves as a field formation and also provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Principal Functions of the CPCB, as spelt out in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, (i) to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and (ii) to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
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