Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
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33 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong><br />
6.12 Water Cess<br />
<strong>Karnataka</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>Pollution</strong> <strong>Control</strong> <strong>Board</strong><br />
The Water Cess is payable by industries and local authorities for the water consumed by them at the rates<br />
specified in the Water (Prevention & <strong>Control</strong> of <strong>Pollution</strong>) cess Act and Rules. The water cess is one of the<br />
revenue to the <strong>Board</strong>.<br />
The Cess assessed and collected for the financial year <strong>2005</strong>-20<strong>06</strong> is Rs.4,<strong>06</strong>,30,829/- and Rs.3,02,62,601/respectively.<br />
A detailed status on cess assessment is given below.<br />
Sl. Description Monthly Quarterly Half Yearly Total<br />
No. Yearly<br />
1 No. of industries covered 255 102 212 1244 1813<br />
under Cess Act<br />
2 No. of industries filing cess returns 203 88 157 772 1220<br />
3 No. of industries for which 271 84 150 609 1114<br />
Assessment orders issued<br />
4 No. of local bodies filing cess returns 41 3 1 4 49<br />
5 No. of cess returns received 1844 530 578 3429 6381<br />
6 No. of cess returns disposed 1674 468 392 1480 4014<br />
7 No. of Cess returns pending 88 64 101 923 1176<br />
8 No. of industries not submitted 145 11 15 350 521<br />
the returns<br />
9 No. of suo-moto notices issued 368 12 23 235 638<br />
10 No. of suo-moto assessment 345 7 13 88 453<br />
orders issued<br />
6.13 Geo-referencing of Industries in Bangalore urban & rural districts and Information<br />
technology implementation in KSPCB.<br />
As part of Spatial Environmental Planning <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> major industries in Tumkur, Mysore, Koppal,<br />
Belgaum, Bellary and Chamarajanagar were geo-refered.<br />
6.14 Helpdesk at Bangalore<br />
Helpdesk of the <strong>Board</strong> was commissioned on June 5th, 2004 to streamline the mechanism of receipt &<br />
issue of various consents and authorizations by the Bangalore based Regional Offices of the <strong>Board</strong><br />
(Bangalore City-1, Bangalore City-2, Bangalore North, Bangalore South-1, Bangalore Souith-2, Bangalore<br />
East, and Bangalore West) Helpdesk acts as a single point contact for industries & organizations seeking<br />
consent of the <strong>Board</strong>. The applications are received at the Help Desk & scrutinized. In case of incomplete<br />
applications, the applicant will be suitably advised regarding attending the requirements. The duly completed<br />
applications are accepted & the date on which the consents will be issued will be specified in<br />
acknowledgement slip.<br />
6.15 IVRS for complaint registration<br />
'Interactive Voice Response System' (IVRS) has started functioning from the World Environmental day<br />
2004 that is from 5th June 2004. IVRS is introduced with a view to give quick response to public regarding<br />
complaints related to pollution. The complaints are received from all over <strong>Karnataka</strong> through IVRS over the
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