Evaluation Study on Functioning of State Pollution Control Boards

Abstract

State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, are entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring and controlling environmental pollution. Successive enactment and framing of rules have specified the powers and functions of the SPCBs in different areas of their intervention. Constituted with a two-tier administrative set-up consisting of a Board of Members and the regular administrative and technical staff and with a network of field offices, each SPCB is required to perform such functions as advising the State Government on matters relating to pollution, developing methods, standards and technology to abate pollution, administering pollution control and creating awareness among the public about the ill-effects of pollution.