With a view to curtail the damaging impact of industrialisation on environment. Government has taken following steps for protection, conservation and development of the government:

1. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was constituted as a statutory body in 1974.
2. Government set up “Common effluent Treatment Plants" (CETPs) in industrial estates. In September, 2006, Environment Impact Assessment was formed to make environmental planning more efficient, transparent and decentralised.
3. A National Clean Development Mechanism Authority has been set up to receive projects for evaluation and approval of carbon market under Kyoto Protocol.
4. Government has notified standards for emissions and effluents.
5. Government is regulating the string of industries.
6. Government is monitoring compliance to environmental standards.
7. Legal action is being taken up for non compliance.