M.P. Pollution Control Board, constituted in 1974, is a statutory organization with basic responsibility to ensure proper implementation of Environmental Laws within the State territory. The main objective of board is to maintain water, air and soil in healthy and usable conditions for various purposes. An adequate monitoring network has been established in the state to keep a constant vigil on the environmental conditions and related issues. Number of programmes under various national and international schemes, apart from State's own, are being implemented to achieve the objectives.