Lok Sabha Question No. 1806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Classification of Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1806

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/03/2016

## Classification of Industries

1806. SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has decided to bring a fresh classification of industries to sync environmental goals of improving ease of doing business in the country and if so, the details thereof; (b) the number and type of industries proposed to be included under the new classification; (c) the criteria adopted/fixed for categorisation of the industries; (d) whether under the new classification, the pollution due to emission of effluents, and its impact on health was not considered a primary criteria; and (e) if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR) (a)to(c) Pursuant to a proposal received from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) the Ministry  has  approved  a  new  concept  for  the  categorization  of  industries  based  on  the relative pollution potential of the industrial sectors. As per the new concept, Pollution Index scores  have  been  worked  out  based  on  the  emissions  (air  pollutants),  effluents  (water pollutants),  hazardous  wastes  generated  and  consumption  of  resources,  for  various industrial categories. Based on the relative scores, the industries have been categorized as Red  category  having  score  more  than  or  equal  to  60,  Orange  category  having  score between  41  to  59,  Green  category  having  score  between  21  to  40  and  White  category having score less than 20.

As per the classification, Red category covers 60 industrial sectors, Orange category covers  83  industrial  sectors,  Green  category  covers  63  industrial  sectors  and  the  newly introduced,  White  category  covers  36  industrial  sectors,  which  are  least  polluting/nonpolluting. Under the ease of doing business, the Ministry has approved self-certification for industries (covered within the DIPP definition of Start-ups) which fall in 'White category' of industrial  sectors  and  locate  their  establishment  in  conformity  with  approved  land-use.  A summary of newly categorised industries into Red, Orange, Green and White is annexed.

(d)&(e) Under  the  new  classification  of  industries,  the  prime  criteria  is  pollution  potential because the procedure for setting standards for emission and/or effluent envisages health as one of the criteria.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARAS (a) TO (c) OF THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1806 FOR 08.03.2016 REGARDING CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES BY SHRI ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

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 | DGSet (> 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                              |          |                                               |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARAS (a) TO (c) OF THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1806 FOR 08.03.2016 REGARDING CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES BY SHRI ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

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 | DGset ( >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    |

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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) |           |                                                 |

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## 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 25MW) |
|        36 | Surgical and medical products assembling                                                                 |

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