New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) With the objective of enhancing ease of doing business, the government has accepted the long-standing demand of industry to remove dual compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) for setting up of new industries, an official said on Thursday.
Now, non-polluting white category industries will not be required to take CTE or Consent to Operate (CTO) at all. The industries which have taken EC will not be required to take CTE, said a statement.
This will not only reduce compliance burden but also prevent duplication of approvals. Notifications to this effect have been issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the Air Act and Water Act.
The notification effectively integrates these two approvals and a Standard of Procedure has also been issued in this regard to take into account the issues considered during the CTE process, in the EC itself.
State Pollution Control Boards will be consulted during the EC process. Further, the CTE fee shall be required to be paid by the industry, so that there is no loss of revenue to the states.
Earlier, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired 4th meeting of the Apex Committee of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) on the occasion of Swachh Vayu Diwas (International Day of Clean Air for blue skies) in Jaipur in September and reviewed the implementation of National, State and City clean air action plans implemented in 24 States/UTs and 131 cities.
Under this programme, a performance-based grant of Rs 19,612 crore has been allocated to 131 cities for the implementation of city action plans from the years 2019-20 to 2025-26.
So far Rs 11,211 crore has been provided to these cities to achieve the targets of 40 per cent reduction or achieving National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in PM10 levels by 2025-26.
Air quality improvement activities undertaken in 131 cities in sectors of road dust, vehicular pollution, waste management, greening of urban spaces and industrial pollution were presented in the meeting.
–IANS
rch/kvd
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
