The Central Pollution Control Board of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. It has 7 regional offices and 5 laboratories under its control. It manages environment estimation and research. It aims to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality of air, and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
Besides this, CPCB has an automatic monitoring station at ITO Intersection in New Delhi. At this station, Resizable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ozone (03), Sulphur Dioxide (S02), Nitrogen Dioxide (N02) are being monitored regularly.
