The Union Environment Ministry has released a notification that now allows the ‘white category’ sector to establish and operate industries without obtaining two major approvals.
It has exempted the ‘non-polluting’ units citing the need to curb the compliance burden.
The dual approval contains the compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) for setting up of new industries.
Industries that are officially deemed as causing minimal or negligible pollution fall in the ministry’s white category.
There is a total of 39 such industries in the official list mentioned in the gazettes.