(a) the number and the details of proposals for effluent treatment plants sent by the State Government of Maharashtra to the Central Government;
(b) whether all the proposals sent by the State Government have been approved and if so, the date of their approvals and if not, the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved; and
(c) whether the funds for approved proposals has been disbursed to the State Government and if not, the time by which the funds would be provided?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a)– (c): Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) was implementing a scheme to fund setting up of Common Effluent Treatment plants (CETPs) for treatment of effluents generated from Small Scale Industries located in clusters since 1991 and the said scheme has been discontinued in FY 2017-18. Moreover, no proposal for setting up of CETP from the State of Maharashtra is pending with MoEF&CC.
Setting up of CETP for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises through a cluster development approach is undertaken by Ministry of Textiles under Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) for textile processing sector. As per information provided by the Ministry of Textile, no project proposal under IPDS for the State of Maharashtra has been received.
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