| In accordance with the provisions of Section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 each industry emitting gas(es) has to obtain the consent of the Board. The statistics concerning pertaining to action taken on consent applications under the Air Act, 1981 is as follow: |
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| Sr. | Particulars | During the year
2008 - 2009 | During the year
2009 - 2010 | Cumulative
(up to 31.3.2010) |
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| 1. | Applications for consent on hand | 636 | 782* | 21518 | | 2. | Consent granted | 409 | 475 | 16783 | | 3. | Consent rejected | 155 | 174 | 3722 | | 4. | Files closed | 00 | 00 | 168 | | 5. | Applications returned to applicant(s) | (-2) | 05 | 717 | | 6. | Applications under scrutiny | 74 | 128 | 128 |
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| * This includes 708 applications received during the year 2009–10 and 74 applications pending from the previous year 2008-09. |
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