A categorization of industries based on their pollution load has been released by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The purpose of the categorization is to ensure that the industry is established in a manner which is consistent with the environmental objectives. The new criteria will prompt industrial sectors willing to adopt cleaner technologies, ultimately resulting in generation of fewer pollutants. Another feature of the new categorization system lies in facilitating self-assessment by industries as the subjectivity of earlier assessment has been eliminated. This ‘Re-categorization’ is a part of the efforts, policies and objective of the government to create a clean & transparent working environment in the country and promote the Ease of Doing Business. Categories and criteria for categorisation The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has developed the criteria of categorization of industrial sectors based on the Pollution Index which is a function of the emissions (air pollutants), effluents (water pollutants), hazardous wastes generated and consumption of resources. For this purpose the references are taken from the the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution ) Cess (Amendment) Act, 2003, Standards so far prescribed for various pollutants under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Doon Valley Notification, 1989 issued by MoEFCC. The Pollution Index PI of any industrial sector is a number from 0 to 100 and the increasing value of PI denotes the increasing degree of pollution load from the industrial sector. The following are the criteria on ‘Range of Pollution Index' for the purpose of categorization of industrial sectors. Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 60 and above - Red category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 41 to 59 – Orange category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 21 to 40 – Green category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score incl.& upto 20 - White category Implications of categorisation Non-polluting white category industries will not be required to take Consent to Establish (CTE) or Consent to Operate (CTO) at all. The industries who have taken EC will not be required to take CTE. The CTE fee shall be required to be paid by the industry, so that there is no loss of revenue to the States. No Red category of industries shall normally be permitted in the ecologically fragile area / protected area. List of Red Category of Industries Sl. No. Industry Sector 1. Isolated storage of hazardous chemicals 2. Automobile Manufacturing (integrated) 3. Hazardous waste recycling (Spent cleared metal catalyst ) 4. Lubricating oils and grease mfg. 5. DG Set (> 5 MVA) 6. Carbon black & allied 7. Lead acid battery 8. Phosphate rock processing 9. Power generation plant 10. Hazardous Waste Recyclers (Spent catalyst) 11. Chlorinated hydrocarbons 12. Sugar 13. Fibre glass production 14. Fire crackers 15. E-Waste Recyclers 16. Milk and dairy products 17. Phosphorous 18. Pulp & Paper 19. Coke making 20. Explosives / detonators 21. Paints varnishes, pigments 22. Organic Chemicals 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 39. Yarn / Textile processing 40. Chlor Alkali 41. Ship Breaking 42 Oil and gas extraction 43. Metal surface treatment 44. Tanneries 45. Ports /harbor/jetties 46. Synthetic fibers 47. Thermal Power Plants 48. Slaughter house 49. Aluminium Smelter 50. Copper Smelter 51. Fertilizer (basic) 52. Integrated Iron & Steel 53. Zinc Smelter 54. Oil Refinery 55. Petrochemicals 56. Pharmaceuticals 57. Pulp & Paper ( Large-Agro + wood), 58. Distillery 59. Pulp & Paper ( bleaching) 60. Railway locomotive work shop/ service centers List of Orange Category of Industries Sl. No. Industry Sector 1. Almirah, Grill Manufacturing 2. Aluminium & copper extraction from scrap 3. Automobile servicing, repairing 4. Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicine 5. Brickfields 6. Building and construction >20,000 sq. in 7. Cashew nut processing 8. Ceramics and Refractories 9. Chanachur and Iadoo using husk fired oven 10. Coal washeries 11. Coated electrode 12. Coffee seed processing 13. Compact disc computer floppy 14. Copper waste recyclers 15. Dairy and dairy products(small scale) 16. DG set ( >1MVA but < 5MVA) 17. Dismantling of rolling stocks 18. Dry cell battery 19. Dry coal / mineral processing 20. Fermentation (Extra Neutral Alcohol) 21. Ferrous and Non- ferrous metal extraction 22. Fertilizer (granulation/formulation/blending 23. Fish feed, poultry feed and cattle feed 24. Fish processing and packing 25. Flakes from rejected PET bottle 26. Foam manufacturing 27. Food and food processing 28. Forging of ferrous and non- ferrous 29. Formulation/pelletization of camphor tablets etc. 30. Glass ceramics, earthen potteries and tile 31. Gravure printing, digital printing on flex, v 32. Heat treatment using oil fired furnace 33. Hot mix plants 34. Ice cream 35. Industry or processes involving foundry operations 36. Iodized salt from crude/ raw salt 37. Jute processing without dyeing 38. large Bakery and confectionery 39. Transformer repairing/ manufacturing 40. Tyres and tubes vulcanization/ hot retread 41. Vegetable oil manufacturing 42 Wire drawing and wire netting 43. Large Cotton spinning and weaving 44. Lime manufacturing (using lime kiln) 45. Liquid floor cleaner, black phenyl 46. Manufacturing of glass 47. Manufacturing of mirror from sheet glass 48. Manufacturing of mosquito repellent coil 49. Manufacturing of Starch/Sago 50. Mechanized laundry using oil fired boiler 51. Medium scale Hotels 52. Modular wooden furniture 53. New highway construction project 54. Non-alcoholic beverages(soft drink) 55. Paint blending and mixing (Ball mill) 56. Paints and varnishes (mixing and blending) 57. Parboiled Rice Mills 58. Pharmaceutical formulation 59. Ply-board manufacturing 60. Potable alcohol ( IMFL) by blending 61. Printing ink manufacturing 62. Printing or etching of glass sheet 63. Printing press 64. Producer gas plant 65. Recyclers-used oils 66. Recyclers - waste oils 67. Recycling - Paint and ink Sludge 68. Reprocessing of waste plastic /PVC 69. Rolling mill (oil or coal fired) 70. Silica gel 71. Silk /saree screen printing 72. Spray painting 73. Steel and steel products with furnaces 74. Stone crushers 75. Surgical and medical products (latex) 76. Synthetic detergents and soaps 77. Synthetic resins 78. Synthetic robber excluding molding 79. Tephlon based products 80. Thermocol manufacturing ( with boiler) 81. Thermometer 82. Tobacco products including cigarettes 83. Tooth powder, toothpaste, talcum powder List of Green category of Industries Sl. No. Industry Sector 1. Aluminium utensils 2. Ayurvedic medicines 3. Small Bakery /confectionery 4. PP film 5. Biomass briquettes 6. Melamine resins 7. Brass and bell metal utensils 8. Candy 9. Cardboard / corrugated box 10. Carpentry & wooden furniture 11. Cement products 12. Ceramic colour by mixing 13. Chilling plant and ice making 14. Coke briquetting 15. Small Cotton spinning and weaving 16. Dal Mills 17. Decoration of ceramic cups 18. Digital printing on PVC clothes 19. Handling, storage of food grains 20. Flour mills 21. Electrical Glass , ceramic, earthen potteries 22. Glue from starch 23. Gold and silver smithy 24. Non-polluting Heat treatment 25. Insulation /coated papers 26. Leather foot wear /products 27. Blending of Lubricating oil, greases 28. Pasted veneers 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) 36. Ready mix cement concrete 37. Reprocessing of waste cotton 38. Rice mill (Rice hullers only) 39. Rolling mill (gas fired) and cold rolling mill 40. Rubber goods (gas operated baby boiler) 41. Saw mills 42 Soap manufacturing 43. Spice Blending 44. Spice grinding 45. Steel furniture 46. Grains processing 47. Tyres /tube retreating 48. Chilling /ice plant 49. CO2 recovery 50. Distilled water 51. Small Hotels 52. Optical lenses 53. Mineralized water 54. Tamarind powder 55. Marble stone 56. Emery powder 57. Flyash export 58. Mineral stack yard 59. Oil and gas transportation pipeline 60. Seasoning of wood 61. Synthetic detergent 62. Tea processing 63. Pulverization of bamboo 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 Source : CPCB