Whether the Government has made any assessment of the quantum of damage to environment caused by pollution in the country;

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO:

3128

ANSWERED ON:

06.12.2019

Damage to Environment by Pollution

Shankar Lalwani

Will the Minister of

ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has made any assessment of the quantum of damage to environment caused by pollution in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether any accountability has been fixed by the Government in this regard; and (d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO) (a) to (d) Methodologies have been developed for evaluating environmental compensation to be levied on the person/authority responsible for environmental pollution in respect of certain categories. These cover violations by industrial units, violations of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), NCR-Delhi, untreated discharge of sewage by concerned individual/authority, and non-compliance of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 by concerned municipal authority (Annexure-I). Based on it, Central Pollution Control Board has imposed Rs 52.63 crore as environmental compensation on non-complying industries. *****