E-waste has been defined as “waste electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part or rejects from their manufacturing and repair process, which are intended to be discarded”. Whereas Electrical and electronic equipment has been defined as “equipment which is dependent on electrical currents or electro-magnetic fields to be fully functional”.

CPCB has notified these rules with the primary objective to channelize electronic waste generated in the country for environmentally sound recycling which is largely controlled by the un-organized sector who are adopting crude practices that results into higher pollution and less recovery.

This new report on the status of water quality in India by CPCB shows that organic pollution of aquatic resources continues to be predominant and says that discharge of untreated domestic wastewater from urban areas is the main cause for this.

This study assesses the status of environmental management in the bee- hive coke oven plants in Assam and Meghalaya. It overviews the environmental issues of bee-hive coke oven plants and also recommends various measures for better environmental management in the beehive coke oven plants.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has established a network of monitoring stations on rivers across the country. The present network comprises of 2000 stations in 27 States and 6 Union Territories spread over the country. The monitoring network covers 383 Rivers, 127 Lakes, 9 Tanks, 59 Ponds, 40 Creeks/Seawater,17 Canals, 34 Drains and 595 Wells. Among the 2000 stations, 1085 are on rivers, 144 on lakes, 34 on drains, 33 on canals, 9 on tank, 40 on creeks/seawater, 60 on pond and 595 are groundwater stations.

Pursuant to the decisions taken in the meeting held on August 19, 2009 chaired by the Secretary, Cabinet Coordination, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi and communication received from the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Shri Rajiv Guaba, for conducting a detailed field investigation on the issue of Pollution of River Ghaggar, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) constituted a team comprising; Sh. A.K Sinha, Scientist, Sh. Mrinal Kanti Biswas, AEE, Sh. Vishal Gandhi, AEE, Sh. Satyaveer Singh, Sr. Technician and Sh. Mirajuddin, Sr.

This document “Guide Manual: Water and Wastewater Analysis” is to cater the need of evolving a simplified code of practice for the laboratories engaged in carrying out water quality assessment under Hydrology Project -II. Development and proper use of such a manual by concerned laboratories brings homogeneity for ensuring quality assurance especially in water and wastewater analysis.

CPCB is monitoring the water quality in India under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme. The present monitoring network comprises of 1429 stations in 27 States and 6 Union Territories spread over the country. The monitoring network covers 293 Rivers (810 stations), 94 Lakes (102 stations), 9 Tanks, 41 Ponds, 15 Creeks/seawater, 23 Canals, 18 Drains and 411 Wells.

Under the provisions of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the CPCB has notified fourth version of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in 2009. This revised national standard aims to provide uniform air quality for all, irrespective of land use pattern, across the country.

Incineration of hazardous wastes is one of the sources of dioxin in the ambient air. There are a number of well established technologies to handle hazardous wastes in the form of solids, liquids, sludges, tar etc. and having a high degree of variability in characteristics.