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Govt. of India has announced the new
Environment Policy to protect the environment after the announcement of new Industrial
Policy 1991, keeping the items in AnnexureII of new Industrial Policy subject to
compulsory licensing on account of environmental reasons which include hazardous
chemicals, drugs, pharmaceuticals, industrial explosives, chameous leather, etc. As per
the policy, neither the expansion nor modernisation of existing industry or setting up the
new project listed under Schedule I & II of the said notification can be under taken
in any part of India, unless it has been given environmental clearance by the Central
Government for the industries listed in Schedule-I and by the State Government for the
industries listed in ScheduleII. The details of the industries covered are given as
follows:
SCHEDULE I
LIST OF PROJECTS REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
FROM THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
| 1 |
Atomic Power |
| 2 |
Thermal Power |
| 3 |
Multi-purpose River Valley Projects |
| 4 |
Ports, Harbours and Airports |
| 5 |
Railway Lines (Involving acquisition of non- railway land) |
| 6 |
Refineries |
| 7 |
Pesticides and Insecticides |
| 8 |
Petrochemicals |
| 9 |
Explosives and Accessories |
| 10 |
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Except
Formulations) |
| 11 |
Production of Plastics |
| 12 |
Rubber-Synthetic |
| 13 |
Asbestos and Asbestos Products |
| 14 |
Sodium or Potassium Cyanide |
| 15 |
Primary Metallurgical Industries (Zinc,
Lead, Copper, Aluminium and Steel) |
| 16 |
Integrated Steel Plants |
| 17 |
Tyres/tubes of Trucks, Jeeps, Cars and Other Heavy Vehicles |
| 18 |
Alkalis (NaOH) |
| 19 |
Integrated Paint Complex |
| 20 |
Man-made Fibres (Synthetics & Semi-Synthetics, Rayon,
Nylon and Polyester) |
| 21 |
Storage Batteries with Lead Processing |
| 22 |
Incineration Plants for Hazardous Waste and Chlorinated
Hydrocarbons. |
| 23 |
All projects with threshold criteria above those specified in
Schedule - II. |
SCHEDULE I
LIST OF PROJECTS REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
FROM THE
STATE GOVERNMENT
|
Nature of Projects |
Threshold
Criteria (if any) |
| Ceramics |
----- |
| Coal Washery |
------ |
| Briquetting |
------- |
| Carbonising Plant |
------- |
| Engineering (Tubings, Castings, Rolling Mills) |
------- |
| Refractories |
------- |
| Pipelines (RCC, Steel, Seamless) |
------- |
| Calcium Carbide |
------- |
| Carbon Black |
------- |
| Reprocessing Lubricating |
------- |
| Oil |
------- |
| Glass |
------- |
| Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Formulations) |
------- |
| Electroplating |
------- |
| Storage Batteries (non-lead Processing) |
------- |
| Alkalis (Na2CO3 and CaCO3) |
------- |
| Plastics Processing |
------- |
| Tyres/Tubes of Two Wheeler and Cycle Rickshaws |
------- |
| Retreading of all Types of Tyres |
------- |
| Paints (Varnish,Coal Tar Chemicals,Pigments) |
------- |
| Dye Single Industry |
------- |
| Soaps and Detergents |
------- |
| Food Processing (Meat, Fish, Animal Products) |
------- |
| Milk Processing |
------- |
| Paper Products |
------- |
| Incineration Plants for non-hazardous waste |
------- |
| Production Capacity Hydroelectric Power |
------- |
| (A) New Projects |
Upto 10 MW |
| (B)All Power Houses to be Located on
existing canal falls or existing dams with already embedded
penstocks |
Upto 10 MW |
| Cement |
Upto 200 TPD |
| Steel Plants |
Upto 50,000 TPA |
| Leather Tannery Skins |
Upto 5,000 PD |
| Distilleries |
Upto 150 KID |
| Sugar Cane |
Upto 4,000 TPD |
| Textile |
Upto 500 Mtrs/d |
| Pulp, Paper & Newsprint |
Upto 33,000 TPA |
| Dye Intermediates |
Upto 5 TPD |
| Thermosets Phenol and |
Upto 5,000 TPD |
| Urea Formaldehyde Acids |
Upto 500 TPD |
| Vegetable Oil Processing |
Upto 500 TPD |
CAPITAL COSTS
| Foundries |
Upto Rs. 200 million |
| Communications |
Upto Rs. 200 million |
| Tourism and other projects Within 1 Km. of HTL of seaor at locations with
an elevation of more than1000 mts. |
Upto Rs. 50 million |
AREA
| Irrigation Command |
Upto 2000 Hectares |
| Mining Lease |
Upto 5 Hectare |
| Roads (in Himalayas or involving Forest Land) |
Upto 5 Kms Length |
| Industrial Estates |
Upto 100 Units |
Industrial Township (New & Expansion) dwelling
|
Upto 5000 units |
Source: Doing Business with India
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