[CA/Econ/GK] Classification of Industries in India (by MoEFCC)

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.

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

[GK/Econ] About NIMZ (National Investment & Manufacturing Zones)

National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ)

The National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) are conceptualized as integrated industrial townships with all important elements necessary to help the growth of manufacturing, e.g. state-of-the-art infrastructure; clean and energy efficient technology; simplified business regulations; and the necessary social and institutional infrastructure.

Eight Investment Regions along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project have been announced as NIMZs:-

1)   Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region, Gujarat

2)   Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park city near Aurangabad, Maharashtra

3)   Manesar-Bawal Investment Region, Haryana

4)   Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region, Rajasthan

5)   Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region, Madhya Pradesh

6)   Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, Uttar Pradesh

7)   Dighi Port Industrial Area, Maharashtra ; and

8)   Jodhpur-Pali-Marwar Region in Rajasthan

          Fourteen NIMZs outside the DMIC region have also been given in-principle approval:-

(i) Nagpur in Maharashtra

(ii) Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh

(iii) Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh

(iv) Medak in Telangana

(v) Hyderabad Pharma NIMZ in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar Distts., Telangana

(vi) Tumkur in Karnataka

(vii) Kolar in Karnataka

(viii) Bidar in Karnataka

(ix) Gulbarga in Karnataka

(x) Kalinganagar, Jajpur District in Odisha

(xi) Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu

(xii) Ponneri Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu

(xiii) Auraiya District in Uttar Pradesh; and

(xiv) Jhansi District in Uttar Pradesh

          Out of these NIMZs, the NIMZs at (i) Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh and (ii) Medak in Telangana have been granted final approval.

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