Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) proposes to issue following guidelines for environmental improvement in leather tannery sector for providing guidance to the industries, industrial associations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committee (PCCs) for effective prevention and control of pollution and safeguarding the environment. Present draft guidelines are being issued for seeking comments and suggestions for improving the guidelines before they are finalised by CPCB and released for application from March 01, 2019.