Centre eases pollution compliance rules for low-impact industrial plants

Low-impact industrial plants and those with prior environmental clearances will no longer need permission from the state pollution control boards to establish or operate, according to a new notification issued by the Centre.

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The notification, issued on Tuesday, aims at reducing compliance burdens and promoting ease of doing business.

Under the new rules, industrial plants with a "pollution index score" of 20 or below, as well as those with prior environmental clearances under a 2006 environment ministry notification, are exempt from requiring state-level permissions.