In continuation to what we reported earlier in the e-mail below, the Central Pollution Control Board has extended the last date for submission of public comments on the Draft report on “Classification of Industrial Sectors into Red, Orange, Green and White Categories” till 30th September, 2023. Previously, the last date for submitting comments was 31st August, 2023.
Comments must be sent by email to the Divisional Head, IPC-VI, CPCB, Delhi, via email at ipc6.cpcb@gov.in. with the subject line “Comments on draft report on classification”.
Background: With a view to encourage the shift towards less polluting industries and cleaner technology options, resulting in improvement in their environmental performance, it has been proposed to revise the methodology for classification of Industries into Red, Orange, Green and White Categories and it has been decided to address issues such as scoring methodology
as well as the formula for computation of pollution index, weightages assigned to the scale of operations, consideration to cleaner technologies/fuels etc.
A Copy of the Notification is linked below for your ease of reference.
Source: Central Pollution Control Board
