The organization maintains national environmental standards, monitors water and air quality, and maintains monitoring data in consultation with regional, tribal, and local governments.
- It is a statutory body
- Ministry
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
- Established
- This statutory body has been created in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
- It has been empowered through the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, and assigned functions under the Act.
- Ministry
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
- Work
- Coordinates activities of State Pollution Control Boards and resolves disputes.
- Chairperson appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
- Acting Chairman
- Shri Tanmay Kumar IAS
