India, Feb. 10 -- While the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) in October 2024 exempted 'white category' industries from taking dual permission namely environmental clearance (EC) and consent to establish (CTE) in order to make the process less time-consuming for them, the Centre has now sought comments from state pollution control boards (SPCBs) in the country to a recent amendment to the notifications related to exemption-from-consent in January 2025. Industries that are practically non-polluting are categorised as white industries and are exempt from certain permits.

The central government amended section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and section 25 of the Water (Prevention and ...