Notifications under The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th January, 1992
S.O.78(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of
the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess (Amendment) Act, 1991 (53 of
1991), the Central Government hereby appoints the 26 th day of January, 1992 as the date
on which the said Act shall come into force.
[ No.1(14)/91-PL]
MUKUL SANWAL, Jt. Secy

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th May, 2003
S.O.498(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess (Amendment) Act, 2003 (19 of 2003),
the Central Government hereby appoints the 6 th day of May, 2003 as the date on which
the said Act shall come into force.
[F.No. 17(8)/95-PL]
C.VISWANATH, Jt. Secy.

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th January, 1980
G.S.R. 190.- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 258 of
the Constitution, the President, with the consent of the State Governments concerned
hereby entrusts to the Governments of each of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal, the functions of the Central Government under sub-section (2)
of section 4, section 12 and sub-section (3) of section 14 of the Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977) subject to the conditions that not
withstanding this entrustment the Central Government may itself exercised any of the
said functions should deem fit to do so in any case.
[ No. Q-17013/2/78-EPC]
J.N.KALIA, Under Secy.

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Notifications under The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th May, 2003
S.O.499(E).In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (2) and sub-section (2A) of
section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977)
and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Environment and Forests number S.O. 182(E), dated the 28 th February, 1992, except as
respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central
Government hereby specifies (a)

the rate of cess given in column (2) of the Table below as the rates of cess
payable by every person carrying on an industry as mentioned in the aforesaid
Act and by every local authority, calculated on the basis of the water consumed
by him or it, as the case may be, for the purpose mentioned in the corresponding
entry in column (1) thereof; and

(b)

The rates of cess given in column (3) of the Table below as the rates of cess
payable by a person carrying on an industry as mentioned in the aforesaid Act
and by every local authority consuming water for domestic purpose calculated on
the basis of the water consumed by him or it, for the purpose mentioned in the
corresponding entry in column (1) thereof, if he or it fails to comply with any of
the provisions of section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) or any of the standards laid down by the Central
Government under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986).
TABLE

S.No.

(1)

Purpose for which water Rate of cess under subis consumed

section (2) of section 3

Rate of cess
under
subsection (2A) of
section (3)
(4)
Ten paise per
kilolitre

1.

(2)
(3)
Industrial
cooling, Five paise per kilolitre
spraying in mine pits or
boiler feeds

2.

Domestic purpose

Two paise per kilolitre

Three paise per

kilolitre

3.

Processing whereby water Ten paise per kilolitre

gets polluted and the
pollutants are (i)
easily

Twenty paise
per kilolitre

Notifications under The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

S.No.

Purpose for which water Rate of cess under subis consumed

section (2) of section 3

(ii)
(iii)

4.

(ii)
(iii)

2.

Rate of cess
under
subsection (2A) of
section (3)

biodegradable; or
non-toxic; or
both non-toxic and
easily
biodegradable

Processing whereby water Fifteen paise per kilolitre

gets polluted and the
pollutants are(i)

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Thirty
paise
per kilolitre

not easily
biodegradable;
or
toxic; or
both toxic and
not easily
biodegradable

Further, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 16 of

the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977), the
Central Government hereby exempts all industries consuming water less than ten
kilo litres per day from the levy of cess specified in this notification.
Provided that no such exemption shall be applicable in case of industries
generating 'hazardous wastes' as defined in clause (1) of rule 3 of the Hazardous
Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989, made under sections 6, 8 and 25
of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986).

3.

This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the
Official Gazette.
[F.No.17(8)/95-PL]
C.VISWANATH, Jt. Secy.