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36 ‘white’ industries exempt from green clearance | Prakash Javadekar

It is time to rejoice for SMEs related to cotton and woolen hosiery, wind power, solar power, handloom weaving, toys, air coolers, etc as government has kept these industries in white category so that there is no need to take environmental clearance from government for such industries. A new category of 36 industries, which have ‘no pollution index’, have been kept in the white category.

“The new category of white industries, which is practically non-polluting, will not require environmental clearance (EC) and consent. This is a landmark decision to give a fair picture of the industries,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said after releasing the new categorization of industries.

In a major step towards ‘ease of doing business’, government has re-classified industries in four colour scheme- Red, Green, Orange and White. Under the new categorization, the most polluting industry will fall under Red color and industries which moderately pollute will be under orange.

Industries that have low pollution will be considered as green category and the industries which emit no pollution will be classified as white category.

The new system is based on the pollution index. Pollution Index ranges from 0 to 100 where a higher number indicates higher pollution load from the industrial sector. The index is derived from the quantity of emissions (contamination of air), effluents (water pollution), hazardous wastes generated and consumption of resources by an industry.

“The new system of re-categorization is based on an elaborate scientific exercise. The new categories will remove this lacuna and will give clear picture to everyone” Javadekar added.

The Environment Ministry said that 60 industries, including pesticides, oil refinery, sugar, thermal power plants etc which have a pollution index score of 60 and above, will be placed under red category. 83 industries like automobile servicing, Hotels and restaurants etc which ranges between 41 and 59 will be in the orange category.

Similarly, 63 industries like dal and flour mills, polythene and plastic products,  marble stone and Oil and gas transportation pipeline etc which have a pollution index score between 21 and 40, have been kept in the green category and further 36 industries which have no pollution index will be considered in white category.

The new scheme may compel industries to adopt a cleaner technology and it will also help to get fund as there will not be any restriction for businesses. It will ensure smooth business with vying all environmental issues.

Table 1: List of Red Category of Industries 

Sl No.

Industry Sector Sl No. Industry Sector
1 Isolated storage of hazardous chemicals 39

Yarn / Textile processing

2 Automobile Manufacturing (integrated) 40 Chlor Alkali
3 Hazardous waste recycling  (Spent cleared metal catalyst ) 41 Ship Breaking
4 Lubricating oils  and grease mfg. 42 Oil and gas extraction
5 DG Set  (> 5 MVA) 43 Metal surface treatment
6 Carbon black & allied 44 Tanneries
7 Lead acid battery 45 Ports /harbor/jetties
8 Phosphate rock processing 46 Synthetic fibers
9 Power generation plant 47 Thermal Power Plants
10 Hazardous Waste Recyclers (Spent catalyst) 48 Slaughter house
11 Chlorinated hydrocarbons 49 Aluminium Smelter
12 Sugar 50 Copper Smelter
13 Fibre glass production 51 Fertilizer (basic)
14 Fire crackers 52 Integrated Iron & Steel
15 E-Waste Recyclers 53 Pulp & Paper ( bleaching)
15 Milk and dairy products 54 Zinc Smelter
17 Phosphorous 55 Oil Refinery
18 Pulp & Paper 56 Petrochemicals
19 Coke making 57 Pharmaceuticals
20 Explosives / detonators 58 Pulp & Paper ( Large-Agro + wood),
21 Paints varnishes, pigments 59 Distillery
22 Organic Chemicals 60 Railway locomotive work shop/  service centers
23 Airports and Commercial Air Strips
24 Asbestos
25 Basic chemicals
26 Cement
27 Chlorates, per-chlorates & peroxides
28 Chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine
29 Dyes and Dye- Intermediates
30 Health-care Establishment
31 Hotels (Big)
32 Lead acid battery -recyclers
33 Waste electrical and electronic recyclers
34 Glue and gelatin
35 Mining and ore beneficiation
36 Nuclear power plant
37 Pesticides
38 Photographic film /chemicals

Table 2: List of Orange  Category of Industries 

Sl. No. Industry Sector Sl. No. Industry Sector
1 Almirah, Grill Manufacturing 43 Large Cotton spinning and weaving
2 Aluminium & copper extraction from scrap 44 Lime manufacturing (using lime kiln)
3 Automobile servicing, repairing 45 Liquid floor cleaner, black phenyl
4 Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicine 46 Manufacturing of glass
5 Brickfields 47 Manufacturing of mirror from sheet glass
6 Building and construction  >20,000 sq. m 48 Manufacturing of mosquito repellent coil
7 Cashew nut processing 49 Manufacturing of Starch/Sago
8 Ceramics and Refractories 50 Mechanized laundry using oil fired boiler
9 Chanachur and ladoo using husk fired oven 51 Medium scale Hotels
10 Coal washeries 52 Modular wooden furniture
11 Coated electrode 53 New highway construction project
12 Coffee seed processing 54 Non-alcoholic beverages(soft drink)
13 Compact disc computer floppy 55 Paint blending and mixing (Ball mill)
14 Copper waste recyclers 56 Paints and varnishes (mixing and blending)
15 Dairy and dairy products ( small scale) 57 Parboiled Rice Mills
16 DG set ( >1MVA but < 5MVA) 58 Pharmaceutical formulation
17 Dismantling of rolling stocks 59 Ply-board manufacturing
18 Dry cell battery 60 Potable alcohol ( IMFL) by blending
19 Dry coal / mineral processing 61 Printing ink manufacturing
20 Fermentation (Extra Neutral Alcohol) 62 Printing or etching of glass sheet
21 Ferrous and Non- ferrous metal extraction 63 Printing press
22 Fertilizer (granulation / formulation / blending 64 Producer gas plant
23 Fish feed, poultry feed and cattle feed 65 Recyclers – used oils
24 Fish processing and packing 66 REcyclers – waste oils
25 Flakes from rejected PET bottle 67 Recycling  – Paint and ink Sludge
26 Foam manufacturing 68 Reprocessing of waste plastic /PVC
27 Food and food processing 69 Rolling mill (oil or coal fired)
28 Forging of ferrous and non- ferrous 70 Silica gel
29 Formulation/pelletization of camphor tablets etc. 71 Silk /saree screen printing
30 Glass ceramics, earthen potteries and tile 72 Spray painting
31 Gravure printing, digital printing on flex, v 73 Steel and steel products with furnaces
32 Heat treatment using oil fired furnace 74 Stone crushers
33 Hot mix plants 75 Surgical and medical products (latex)
34 Ice cream 76 Synthetic detergents and soaps
35 Industry or processes involving foundry operations 77 Synthetic resins
36 Iodized salt from crude/ raw salt 78 Synthetic rubber excluding molding
37 Jute processing without dyeing 79 Tephlon based products
38 large Bakery and confectionery 80 Thermocol manufacturing ( with boiler)
39 Transformer repairing/ manufacturing 81 Thermometer
40 Tyres and tubes vulcanization/ hot retread 82 Tobacco products including cigarettes
41 Vegetable oil manufacturing 83 Tooth powder, toothpaste, talcum powder
42 Wire drawing and wire netting

Table 3: List of Green category of Industries

Sl. No. Industry Sector Sl. No. Industry Sector
1 Aluminium utensils 36 Ready mix cement concrete
2 Ayurvedic medicines 37 Reprocessing of waste cotton
3 Small Bakery /confectionery 38 Rice mill (Rice hullers only)
4 PP film 39 Rolling mill ( gas fired) and cold rolling mill
5 Biomass briquettes 40 Rubber goods (gas operated baby boiler)
6 Melamine resins 41 Saw mills
7 Brass and bell metal utensils 42 Soap manufacturing
8 Candy 43 Spice Blending
9 Cardboard / corrugated box 44 Spice grinding
10 Carpentry & wooden furniture 45 Steel furniture
11 Cement products 46 Grains processing
12 Ceramic colour by mixing 47 Tyres /tube retreating
13 Chilling plant and ice making 48 Chilling /ice plant
14 Coke briquetting 49 CO2 recovery
15 Small Cotton spinning and weaving 50 Distilled water
16 Dal Mills 51 Small Hotels
17 Decoration of ceramic cups 52 Optical lenses
18 Digital printing on PVC clothes 53 Mineralized water
19 Handling, storage of food grains 54 Tamarind powder
20 Flour mills 55 Marble stone
21 Electrical Glass , ceramic, earthen potteries 56 Emery powder
22 Glue from starch 57 Flyash export
23 Gold and silver smithy 58 Mineral stack yard
24 Non-polluting Heat treatment 59 Oil and gas transportation pipeline
25 Insulation /coated papers 60 Seasoning of wood
26 Leather foot wear /products 61 Synthetic detergent
27 Blending of Lubricating oil, greases 62 Tea processing
28 Pasted veneers 63 Pulverization of bamboo
29 Oil mill Ghani
30 Packing materials
31 Phenyl/toilet cleaner
32 Polythene and plastic products
33 Poultry, Hatchery and Piggery
34 Power looms (without dye and bleaching)
35 Puffed rice (muri) (gas or electrical heating)

Table 4: List of White category of Industries

Sl. No. Industry Sector
1. Air coolers /conditioners
2. Bicycles ,baby carriages
3. Bailing of waste papers
4. Bio fertilizer /bio-pesticides
5. Biscuits trays
6. Blending / packing of tea
7. Block making of printing
8. Chalk making
9. Compressed oxygen gas
10. Cotton and woolen hosiers
11. Diesel pump repairing
12. Electric lamp ( bulb) and CFL
13. Electrical and electronic item
14. Engineering and fabrication units
15. Flavoured betel nuts
16. Fly ash bricks/ block
17. Fountain pen
18. Glass ampules
19. Glass putty and sealant
20. Ground nut decorticating
21. Handloom/ carpet weaving
22. Leather cutting and stitching
23. Coir items from coconut husks
24. Metal caps containers etc
25. Shoe brush and wire brush
26. Medical oxygen
27. Organic and inorganic nutrients
28. Organic manure
29. Packing of powdered milk
30. Paper pins and u clips
31. Repairing of electric motors /generators
32. Rope (plastic and cotton)
33. Scientific and mathematical instrument
34. Solar module non-conventional energy apparatus
35. Solar power generation through solar photovoltaic cell, wind power and mini hydel power (less than 25 MW)
36. Surgical and medical products assembling

Table Source: PIB

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