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Title: The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
Organization:Central Pollution Control Board
Year:1974

The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 is the first enactment by the Parliament in this direction. This is also the first specific and comprehensive legislation institutionalizing simultaneously the regulatory agencies for controlling water pollution. This Act aims at establishment of Central and State Pollution Control Board at the central level and also at state level for each state and giving powers to the members so as to enable them to carry out the purposes of the Act.




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