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{{Short description|Indian pollution control agency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board
| formed          = 1976
| date1           = 
| date1_name      = 
| date2           = 
| date2_name      = 
| superseding     = 
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| headquarters    = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], india
| employees       = 
| budget          = 
| minister1_name  = [[Pawan Kalyan]]
| minister1_pfo   = Ministry of Environment
| chief1_name     = Kaveti Vijayanand, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = Chairperson
| website         = https://pcb.ap.gov.in/UI/Home.aspx
}}
'''Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board''' ('''APPCB''') is a statutory organisation of [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] to implement Environment protective laws and rules.

It was established on 24 January 1976 to control [[water pollution]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The additional responsibility to control [[air pollution]] was given in 1981.

==History and Administration==

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==See also==

* [[Haryana State Pollution Control Board]]
*[[Awaaz Foundation]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093920/http://www.appcb.ap.nic.in/main/index_flat1.php Official website]
{{State agencies of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:1976 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1976]]
[[Category:State agencies of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:State pollution control boards of India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Vijayawada]]


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