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RPCB Classification of Industries/Projects/Processes/Activities as Red/Orange/Green/White vide order dated 07.03.2013 & 31.05.2016 and corresponding category as per EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein

LIST OF RED CATEGORY

S.No. Industries/Projects/Processes/Activities (As per RPCB classification dated 07.03.2013 & 31.05.2016)

Category as per EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein1

1. Aerial rope way Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

2. Airports and Commercial Air Strips Category 'A' 3. Aluminum Smelter Category 'A' or 'B'

Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

4. Any industry/industrial activity which is not covered in above list having coal fired boiler with steam generation capacity more than 5 T/hr will be covered under red category.

Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

5. Asbestos and asbestos based industries Category 'A' 6. Automobiles Manufacturing (Integrated Facilities) Category 'A' or 'B'


7. Basic Chemicals and electro chemicals and its derivatives including manufacture of acids

Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

8. Cement Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

9. Ceramic, Refractories Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 10. Chlor Alkali Category 'B' 11. Chlorates, perchlorates and peroxides


12. Chlorine2, fluorine, bromine , iodine, and their compounds Category to be decided based on product/ process/

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capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

13. Clinker grinding unit Category 'B' 14. Coal Washeries Category 'A' or 'B'


15. Coke making, liquefaction, coal tar distillation or fuel gas making Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

16. Coke oven plant Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

17. Common treatment and disposal facilities (CETP, TSDF, E-Waste recycling, CBMWTF Effluent conveyance project, incinerators, Solvent/Acid recovery plant, MSW sanitary landfill sites, STP)

Category 'B'

18. Copper smelter Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

19. Distillery including fermentation industry Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

20. Dry coal processing/mineral processing, industries involving ore sintering, palletisation, grinding, pulverization.


21. Dyes and Dye-Intermediates Category 'B' 22. Emulsion of oil & water Category 'B' 23. Fermentation industry including manufacture of yeast, beer,

distillation of alcohol (ENA) Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

24. Ferrous and nonferrous metal extraction involving different furnaces through melting, refining, reprocessing, casting and alloy making.


25. Fertilizer (Basic) (excluding formulation) Category 'A' or 'B'

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26. Fiber glass production and processing (Excluding moulding) Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

27. Fire crackers manufacturing and bulk storage facilities2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

28. Flakes from rejected PET bottle Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 29. Fly ash export, transport and disposal facilities Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 30. Halogenated hydrocarbons Category to be decided based on product/ process/


31. Health care establishment (As defined in BMW Rules) Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

32. Heavy engineering including Ship Building (With investment on Plant & Machineries more than Rs. 10 Crores)


33. Heavy water Category 'A' 34. Hot mix plants Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 35. Hotels (3 Star & Above) and Hotels having 100 rooms and above Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 36. Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives Category to be decided based on product/ process/


37. Industrial carbon including electrodes and graphite blocks, activated carbon, carbon black


38. Industrial Estate/Parks/ Complexes/ Areas/ Export Processing Zones/ SEZs/ Biotech Parks/Leather Complexes except solar/ wind Industrial Estate/ Parks/ Complexes/ Areas upto 500 hectares


39. Industrial inorganic gases namely:- a)Chemical gases: acetylene, Category to be decided based on product/ process/

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hydrogen, chlorine2, fluorine, ammonia2, sulphur dioxide, ethylene, hydrogen suphide, phosphine; b) Hydrocarbon gases: Methane, ethane, propane


40. Industries engaged in recycling/reprocessing/recovery/ reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule IV of Hazardous Waste (M, H & TBM) Rules, 2008 and its amendments.


41. Industry of process involving foundry operations Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

42. Industry or process involving metal surface treatment or process such as pickling/plating/electroplating/paint stripping/heat treatment/phosphating or finishing and anodising/enameling/ galvanizing


43. Ink, Pigment and Intermediates other than formulation Category 'B' 44. Iron and Steel (Involving processing from ore/integrated steel

plants) and or Sponge Iron industries Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

45. Isolated storage of hazardous chemicals (as per schedule of Manufacture, Storage & Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 as amended )

Category 'B'

46. Lead acid battery manufacturing (excluding assembling & charging of acid lead battery in micro scale [< Rs. 25 Lakhs])


47. Lime manufacturing (Using Lime Kiln) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 48. LPG bottling plant Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 49. Manufacture of Starch/Saggo Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 50. Manufacturing of explosives, detonators, fuses including

management and handling activities2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

51. Manufacturing of Glass Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 52. Manufacturing of Glue and Gelatin2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO

Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

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53. Manufacturing of lubricating oils, greases or petroleum based products


54. Manufacturing of paints, Varnishes, pigments and intermediate (excluding blending/ mixing)

Category 'B'

55. Milk processing and dairy products (integrated project) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 56. Mineral grinding (except asbestos industries) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 57. Mineral stack yards/Railway sidings Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 58. Mining and ore beneficiation Category 'A' or 'B'


59. New highway construction projects Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

60. Non-alcoholic beverage (Soft drink) & bottling of alcoholic/ non-alcoholic products (Capital investment on plant & machinery >Rs. 1 Crore)


61. Nuclear power plants Category 'A' 62. Oil & Gas extraction including CBM (Offshore & onshore

extraction through drilling wells) Category 'A'

63. Oil and gas transportation pipeline Category 'A' 64. Oil refinery (Mineral oil or Petro Refineries) Category 'A' 65. Organic chemicals manufacturing Category 'B' 66. Parboiled rice mills (more than 10 TPD) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 67. Pesticide specific intermediates Category 'A' 68. Pesticides (Technical) (excluding formulation) Category 'A' 69. Petrochemicals (Manufacture of and not merely use of as raw

material) Category 'A'

70. Pharmaceuticals (excluding formulation) Category 'B' 71. Phosphate rock processing plant Category to be decided based on product/ process/


72. Phosphorous and its compounds Category to be decided based on product/ process/

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73. Photographic films and its chemicals Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

74. Ports & Harbours, Jetties and Dredging Operations Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

75. Power generation plants (excluding the following): a) wind & Solar renewable Power plants of all capacities, b) Mini Hydel power plants of less than 25 MW capacity c) DG set of capacity of < 5 MVA Capacity)

Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

76. Processes involving chlorinated hydrocarbons Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

77. Processing of nuclear fuel Category 'A' 78. Pulp and paper (paper manufacturing with or without pulping ) Category 'A' or 'B'


79. Railway Locomotive workshops/integrated Road transport workshop/authorized service centers


80. Reprocessing of used oils and waste oils Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

81. River valley project Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

82. Ship breaking activities Category 'A' 83. Slaughter houses (as per the notification S. O. 270(E) dated

26.03.2001) and meat processing industries, bone mill, processing of animal horns, hoofs and other body parts2

Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

84. Steel and steel products using various furnaces like blast Category to be decided based on product/ process/

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furnaces/open health furnaces/induction furnace/arc furnace/submerged arc furnace/basic oxygen furnace/hot rolling using reheating furnace


85. Stone crushers2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

86. Sugar (excluding Khandsari) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 87. Surgical and medical products involving prophylactics and latex Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 88. Synthetic detergents and soaps (excluding formulation) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 89. Synthetic fibers including rayon2, tyre cord, polyster filament

yarn Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

90. Synthetic leather, foam and related products except isolated moulding


91. Synthetic resins Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 92. Synthetic rubber excluding molding Category 'B' 93. Tanneries Category 'B' 94. Thermal power plants Category 'A' or 'B'


95. Tobacco products including cigarettes and tobacco/opium processing


96. Vegetable oils including solvent extraction and refinery/ hydrogenated oils


97. Yarn/ textile processing involving any effluent/emission-generating process, bleaching, dyeing, printing and scouring


98. Zinc smelter Category 'A' or 'B' Category to be decided based on T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

Note: 1.The Category (as per EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein) mentioned against the respective industry sector is for illustrative purpose only and in case of any ambiguity, decision of MoEF&CC/RPCB shall be binding. Applicant is advised to verify the Category of the project based on his/her project parameters and may seek guidance from MoEF&CC / RPCB/ NABET accredited EIA (Environment) Consultant Organisation.

2. Please refer list of Obnoxious Industries 'Form B' annexed to RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979, and may seek guidance from RIICO.

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LIST OF ORANGE CATEGORY



1. Almirah, Grill Manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 2. Aluminum and copper extraction from scarp using oil fired

furnace Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

3. Automobile servicing, repairing and painting (excluding only fuel dispensing)


4. Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicine Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 5. Bakery & confectionery industries with production capacity > 1

tpd] Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

6. Bi-axially oriented PP Film along with metalising operation Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 7. Brickfields (excluding fly ash brick manufacturing using lime

process)2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

8. Building & construction project >20000 Sq mtr built up area Category 'B' 9. Cashew nut processing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 10. CFL, tube light bulb and so on Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 11. Chanachur and ladoo from puffed and beaten rice(muri and

chira) using husk fired oven Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

12. Chilling plant and lce making Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 13. Coffee seed processing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 14. Coke briquetting(sun drying) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 15. Computer software development and business promotion

centers employing more than 50 persons


16. Cotton spinning and weaving (Medium and large scale) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 17. Cutting, sizing and polishing of marble, granite, kota stone and

other stones Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

18. Dairy and dairy products (small scale) (capital investment on plant & machinery < Rs. 1 crore)


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19. Dal Mills Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 20. DG set of cap[acity > 1MVA but <5 MVA) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 21. Digital printing on PVC cloth Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 22. Dismantling of rolling stocks (wagons/coaches) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 23. Dry cell battery (excluding manufacturing of electrodes) &

assembling & charging of acid lead battery in micro scale[< Rs. 25 lakhs]


24. Emery powder(fine dust of sand) manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 25. Engineering and fabrication industries (With investment on

plant& machineries < Rs. 10 Crores) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

26. Excavation of sand from the river bed (excluding manual excavation)

Category 'B'

27. Facility of handling, storage and transportation of food grains in bulk.


28. Fertilizer (granulation and formulation only) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 29. Fish feed, poultry feed and cattle feed Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 30. Fish processing and packaging (excluding chilling of fish) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 31. Foam manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 32. Food & food processing including fruits & vegetable processing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 33. Food additives Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 34. Food additives Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 35. Food vegetable, fruits processing industries Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 36. Footwear other than leather footwear Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 37. Forging of ferrous & nonferrous metal ( using oil or gas fired

boilers) Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

38. Formulation of Pesticides, agro chemicals and so on Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 39. Formulation/ paletization of camphor tablets, naphthalene balls

from camphor/ naphthalene powders Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

40. Gems and jewellery except tiny unit Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 41. Glass and fiber glass moulding Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 42. Glass, ceramic, earthen potteries and tile manufacturing using Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

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oil or gas fired kiln, Coating on glasses using cerium fluoride, magnesium fluoride etc.

43. Glue from starch (physical mixing) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 44. Gravure printing, digital printing on flex, vinyl Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 45. Guar and guar gum Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 46. Gypsum board Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 47. Heat treatment using oil fired furnace (excluding cyaniding) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 48. Hotels (Less than 3 star) or Hotels having more than 20 rooms

and less than 100 rooms Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

49. Ice cram Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 50. Infrastructure development project Category to be decided based on product/ process/


51. Institutions for training, education, capacity building Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 52. Jute processing without dyeing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 53. Liquid floor cleaner, black phenyl, liquid soap, glycerol

monostearate manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

54. lnk, pigment and intermediates Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 55. Lubricating oils, greases or petroleum base product Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 56. Manufacture of mirror from sheet glass Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 57. manufacturing of iodized salt from crude/ raw salt Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 58. Manufacturing of mosquito repellent coil Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 59. Manufacturing of toothpowder, toothpaste, talcum powder and

other cosmetic items Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

60. Manufacturing of Varnishes, pigments and intermediate (blending/mixing only)


61. Mechanized laundry using oil fired boiler Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 62. Metal handicraft unit having furnaces or chemical treatment

facility Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

63. Modular wooden furniture from particle board, MDF, Swan timber etc, Ceiling tiles/partition board from saw dust, wood chips etc. & other agricultural waste using synthetic adhesive


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resin, wooden box making 64. Non alcoholic beverage (soft drink) & bottling of alcoholic/non-

alcoholic products (Capital investment on plant and machinery ≤ 1 Crore


65. Packing materials manufacturing from non asbestos fibre, vegetable fibre yarn


66. Paint blending & mixing (Ball Mill) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 67. Parboiled rice mill (upto 10 TPD) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 68. Pesticides formulation and for R&D purpose ( for sustained

release / extended release of pesticides only and not for commercial purpose)


69. Pharmaceutical formulation and for R&D purpose ( for sustained release/extended release of drugs only and not for commercial purpose)


70. Plaster of paris Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 71. Plyboard manufacturing ( including veneer & laminate) with oil

fired boiler/thermic fluid heater (without resin plant) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

72. Potable alcohol ( IMFL) by blending , bottling of alcoholic products ( capital investment on plant & machinery < Rs. 1 crore


73. Potable alcohol bottling plant Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 74. Potable alcohol by blending and distillation of alcohol Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 75. Power press Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 76. Printing ink manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 77. Printing or etching of glass sheet using hydrofluoric acid Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 78. Producer gas plant using conventional up-drift coal gasification (

linked to rolling mills, glass and ceramic industry, refractories for dedicated fuel supply)


79. Pulverization of bamboo and scrap wood. Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 80. Repairing of electric motor & generator Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 81. Reprocessing of waste plastic ( excluding PVC) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 82. Restaurant > 25 Seats Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 83. Rice mill less than 10 TPD & rice hullers Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

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84. Rolling Mill ( oil or gas fired) and cold Rolling mill Category to be decided based on product/ process/ capacity as per T&C of EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein.

85. Saw mill2 Not allowed as per list of Obnoxious industries of RIICO Disposal of Land Rules, 1979.

86. Seasoning of wood in steam heated chamber. Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 87. Silk screen printing, Saree printing by wooden blocks Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 88. Spice grinding ( > 20 HP motor) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 89. Spray painting, paint baking, paint stripping Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 90. Stone carving unit using power more than 10 hp Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 91. Synthetic leather, foam and related products except isolated

moulding Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

92. Synthetic rubber and foam moulding Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 93. Tamarind powder manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 94. Tea processing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 95. Thermocol manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 96. Thermometer making Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 97. Township and area development project ≥ 5 Ha and or dwelling

units ≥ 50 Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

98. Transformer repairing/ manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 99. Tyres and tubes vulcanization/hot retreading Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 100. Water treatment plant Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 101. Wet mix macadam Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 102. Wire drawing & Wire netting Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 103. Yarn and textile manufacturing/ processing not involving

scouring , bleaching, dyeing, printing or any effluent,/ emission generating process including spinning/weaving unit




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LIST OF GREEN CATEGORY



1. Aluminum utensils form aluminum circles Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

2. Assembling of Acid lead battery (up to 10 batteries per day excluding lead plate casting)


3. Automobile fuel outlet (only dispensing) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

4. Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicine (without Boiler) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

5. Bakery/Confectionery/Sweets production (with production capacity <1tpd with oil, gas or electrical oven)


6. Biomass Briquettes (sun drying) without using toxic or hazardous wastes


7. Blending of melamine resins & different power, additives by physical mixing


8. Brass & Bell metal utensils manufacturing from circle (without re-Rolling facility)


9. Building and construction project ≥ 2500 Sq. M and ≤ 20000 Sq. M built up area


10. Candy Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

11. Cardboard or corrugated box and paper products (excluding paper or pulp manufacturing and without using boiler)


12. Carpentry and wooden furniture manufacturing (excluding saw mill) with the help of electrical (motorized) machines such as electric wood planner, steel saw cutting circular blade etc.


13. Cement products without using asbestos) like pipe, pillar, jafri, well ring, block/tils etc. (should be done under closed covered shed to control fugitive emissions),


14. Ceramic colour manufacturing ( not using boiler and wastewater recycling process)


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15. Chilling plant and ice making without use of ammonia Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

16. CO2 recovery Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

17. Coated electrode manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

18. Compact disc, computer floppy & cassette manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

19. Cotton spinning & weaving (small scale) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

20. Decoration of ceramic cups & plates by electric furnace Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

21. Diesel Generator sets (15 KVA to 1 MVA) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

22. Distilled water Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

23. Glass, ceramic, earthen potteries and tile manufacturing using electrical kiln or not involving fossil fuel kilns


24. Gold and Silver smithy (purification with acid, smelting operation and sulfuric acid polishing operation) (using ≤ 1 litre of Sulphuric Acid/Nitric Acid per month)


25. Hotels (upto 20 rooms) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

26. Insulation and other coated papers (excluding paper or pulp manufacturing) manufacturing


27. Jobbing and machining Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

28. Leather footwear and leather products (excluding tanning and hide processing) (except cottage scale)


29. Lubricating oils, greases or petroleum based products (only blending at normal temperature)


30. Manufacturing of optical lenses (using electrical furnace) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

31. Manufacturing of pasted veneers without using boiler or Thermic Fluid Heater or by sundering.


32. Manufacturing of silica gel (without furnace) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

33. Mineralized water Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

34. Oil mill ghani & extraction (no hydrogenation/refining) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

35. Paints and varnishes (mixing and blending) (without ball mill) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

36. Phenyl/ Toilet cleaner formulation & Bottling. Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

37. Polythene & plastic processed products manufacturing (virgin plastics)


38. Poultry, hatchery, Piggery Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

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39. Power looms (without dyeing and bleaching) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

40. Printing press Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

41. Puffed rice (muri) (using oil, gas or electrical heating system) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

42. Ready mix cement concrete Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

43. Reel manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

44. Reprocessing of waste cotton Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

45. Rubber goods industry (with baby boiler only) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

46. Soap manufacturing (Handmade without steam boiling) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

47. Spice grinding (< 20 HP motor) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

48. Steel furniture without spray painting Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

49. Steeping and processing of grains Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

50. Synthetic detergent formulation Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

51. Teflon based products Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

52. Tyres and tubes retreading (without boiler) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

53. Wind and Solar renewable power projects of all capacities, Mini Hydel power plants of less than 25 MW capacities and Wind and Solar Industrial Estate/ Parks/ Complexes/ Areas upto 500 hectares




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LIST OF WHITE CATEGORY



1. Agarbati making units Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 2. Assembly of air coolers/ conditioners, repairing and servicing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 3. Assembly of bicycles, baby carriages and other small non

motorizing vehicles Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

4. Bailing (hydraulic press) of waste papers Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 5. Bio fertilizer and bio-pesticides without using inorganic

chemicals2 Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

6. Biscuits trays etc from rolled PVC sheet (using automatic vacuum forming machines)


7. Blending and packing of tea Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 8. Block making for printing without foundry (excluding wooden

block making) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

9. Blue potteries Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 10. Chalk making from plaster of Paris (only casting without boilers

etc. (sun drying/ electrical oven) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

11. Cold Storage Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 12. Compressed oxygen gas from crude liquid oxygen (without use

of any solvents and by maintaining pressure & temperature only for separation of other gases)


13. Cotton and woolen hosiers making (Dry process only without any dying/ washing operation)


14. Diesel pump repairing and servicing (complete mechanical dry process)


15. Electric lamp (bulb) and CFL manufacturing by assembling only Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 16. Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry

process) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

17. Engineering and fabrication units (dry process without any heat Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

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treatment/ metal surface finishing operations/ painting) 18. Flavoured betel nuts production/ grinding of Spices (completely

dry mechanical operations) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

19. Flour Mill (Atta Chaki) without washin Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 20. Fly ash bricks/ block manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 21. Fountain pen manufacturing by assembling only Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 22. Furniture making units (without mechanized paint booth,

anodizing, pickling, galvanizing,furnace and boiler) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

23. Gems and jewelry units (without furnace and metal finishing operations)


24. General wire industries like wire drawing, Barbed wire, Chain links making units (dry process without any heat treatment/ metal surface finishing operations/ painting)


25. Glass ampules and vials making from glass tubes Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 26. Glass putty and sealant (by mixing with machine only) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 27. Ground nut decorticating Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 28. Handloom/ carpet weaving (without dying and bleaching

operation) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

29. Leather cutting and stitching (more than 10 machine and using motor)


30. Manufacturing of coir items from coconut husks Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 31. Manufacturing of metal caps containers etc Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 32. Manufacturing of shoe brush and wire brush Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 33. Medical oxygen Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 34. Mini hydel power (less than 25 MW) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 35. Organic and inorganic nutrients (by physical mixing) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 36. Organic manure (manual mixing) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 37. Packing of powdered milk Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 38. Paper pins and u clips Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 39. Production of earthen pots, bricks (using fly ash), kawelu etc.

having maximum capacity of three lac numbers per year, manufactured through Ava-Kajawa process located within a


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radius of radius of 300 kms. from any coal/ lignite based thermal power plant.

40. Production of earthen pots, bricks, kawelu etc. having maximum capacity of three lac numbers per year, manufactured through Ava-Kajawa process located within a radius of radius of 300 kms. from any coal/ lignite based thermal power plant.


41. Repairing of electric motors and generators (dry mechanical process)


42. Rope (plastic and cotton) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 43. Scientific and mathematical instrument manufacturing Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 44. Solar module non conventional energy apparatus manufacturing

unit Not covered under EIA Notification 2006

45. Solar power generation through solar photovoltaic cell and wind power


46. Surgical and medical products assembling only (not involving effluent/ emission generating processes)


47. Wax Candles (excluding manufacturing of wax) Not covered under EIA Notification 2006 Note: 1.The Category (as per EIA Notification 2006 and amendments made therein) mentioned against the respective industry sector is for illustrative purpose only and in case of any ambiguity, decision of MoEF&CC/RPCB shall be binding. Applicant is advised to verify the Category of the project based on his/her project parameters and may seek guidance from MoEF&CC / RPCB/ NABET accredited EIA (Environment) Consultant Organisation.


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