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Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organisation under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). It was established in 1974 under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. CPCB is also 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. It Co-ordinate the activities of the State Boards by providing technical assistance and guidance and resolve disputes among them. It is an apex organisation in country in the field of pollution control, as technical wing of MoEF.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/NRTOL-Profile.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/IIMLko.pdf )〕 The board is led by its chairman, who is nominated by the Central Government. The current acting chairman is ''Shri Arun Kumar Mehta IAS ''. CPCB has its head office in New Delhi, with seven zonal offices and 5 laboratories. The board conducts environmental assessment and research. It is responsible for maintain national standards under a variety of environmental laws, in consultation with zonal offices, tribal, and local governments. It has monitoring the water and air quality and maintains respective quality data. The agency also works with industries and all levels of government in a wide variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts. It advise the central government to prevent and control water and air pollution. It also advise the Governments of Union Territories about an industry or the pollution source causing water and air pollution. CPCB along with its counterparts State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) are responsible for implementation of legislations relating to prevention and control of environmental pollution. The board has approximately 500 full-time employees〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.oecd.org/environment/outreach/37838061.pdf )〕 including engineers, scientists, and environmental protection specialists. ==History== CPCB is constituted on 22 September 1974 under Section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with the main function to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in the different areas of the States. In 1981, after Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was passed, CPCB comes under the powers and functions of the act. The original name of CPCB was Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Pollution. It was changed to CPCB on 1 April 1988 through Water (Prevention & Control) Amendment Act, 1988 to promote cleanliness of streams, wells.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/IIMLko.pdf )〕 The Environment Protection Act (EPA) was passed in 1986 to close the gaps in the Water and Air Act, by adding some more functions to the CPCB. CPCB plays role in abatement and control of pollution in the country by generating relevant data, providing scientific information, rendering technical inputs for formation of national policies and programs, training and development of manpower and organising activities for promoting awareness at different levels of the Government and public.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cpcb.nic.in/IIMLko.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cpcb.nic.in/Functions.php )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Pollution Control Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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