Industries are categorised based
on their pollution load by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEFCC).
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.
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Categories of Industries based on
MoEFCC
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Category
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Pollution Range
(on a scale of 1 to 100)
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Examples
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Red category
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>=60
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Cement industry
Petrochemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Sugar
Paper and pulp
Nuclear power plants
Organic chemicals
Fertilizers
Fire crackers
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Orange category
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41 – 59
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Coal washeries
Glass manufacturing
Paints
Stone crushers
Aluminium and copper extraction from
scrap
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Green category
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21 – 40
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Aluminium utensils
Steel furniture
Soap manufacturing and
Tea processing
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White category
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<=20
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Air cooler or air conditioning units
Chalk factories
Biscuit tray units
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