Categorical Classification of Industries

The CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) has classified the industrial sectors into four categories which are Red, Orange, Green, and White categories according to their Pollution index score for grant of Consent establish and Consent to Operate to maintain uniformity across the country.
Pollution Index (PI) score denotes the value of industrial sector from 0 to 100. Ascending oder of Pollution index score shows the increase in the pollution load fom the Industrial sectors.
CPCB re-classified the industrial categorisation into four categories as per its order dated 7 March 2016.

Required Environmental Compliances	Project Categorisation
	Red	Orange	Green
EIA NOC	Environmental Clearance in case of the projects covered under EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006 and subsequent amendments.
Six monthly EIA Reports	Six monthly compliance reports for projects covered under EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006 and subsequent amendments
CTE NOC	✔	✔	✔
CTO NOC	✔	✔	✔
CTO Compliances	✔	✔	✔
Environmental Monitoring, Sampling & Testing	✔	✔	✔
Water NOC	(if using Groundwater for drinking, domestic and processing from the borewell)
Hazardous waste authorisation	Authorisation under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Trans boundary Movement) Rules, 2016
E- waste authorisation/EPR Licesne	Authorisation under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016
Plastic waste authorisation/ EPR License	Authorisation under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016
Battery waste authorisation/ EPR License	Authorisation/Registartion The Batteries (Management & Handling)Rules,2001
Bio-Medical waste authorisation	Authorisation/Registartion Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016
Aravali NOC	(Applicable in Gurugram & Mewat regions only) uner the MoEF notification the 7th May 1992
Forest NOC	If forest land is involved or forest land diversion is there unde the Forest Conservation Act 1980

List of Red Category Industries

Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index (PI) score 60 and above are classified under the Red category.

S.no	Industrial Sector
1	Isolated storage of hazardous chemicals (as per schedule of manufacturing, storage of hazardous chemicals rules ,1989 as amended)
2	Automobile Manufacturing (integrated facilities)
3	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Spent cleared metal catalyst containing copper,, Spent cleared metal catalyst containing zinc
4	Manufacturing of lubricating oils ,grease and petroleum based products
5	DG Set of capacity > 5 MVA
6	Industrial carbon including electrodes and graphite blocks, activated carbon, carbon black
7	Lead acid battery manufacturing(excluding assembling and charging of lead- acid battery in micro scale)
8	Phosphate rock processing plant
9	Fire crackers manufacturing and bulk storage facilities
10	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Dismantlers Recycling Plants
11	Milk processes and dairy products(integrated project)
12	Phosphorous and its compounds
13	Pulp & Paper ( waste paper based without bleaching process to manufacture Kraft paper)
14	Coke making , liquefaction, coal tar distillation or fuel gas making
15	Manufacturing of explosives, detonators, fuses including management and handling activities
16	Manufacturing of paints varnishes, pigments and intermediate (excluding blending/mixing)
17	Organic Chemicals manufacturing
18	Airports and Commercial Air Strips
19	Asbestos and asbestos based industries
20	Basic chemicals and electro chemicals and its derivatives including manufacturing of acid
21	Cement
22	Chlorates, per-chlorates & peroxides
23	Chlorine, fluorine, bromine,iodine and their compounds
24	Dyes and Dye- Intermediates
25	Health-care Establishment (as defined in BMW Rules)
26	Hotels having overall waste- water generation @ 100 KLD and more.
27	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 –
27
29	Mining and ore beneficiation
30	Nuclear power plant
31	Pesticides (technical) (excluding formulation)
32	Photographic film and its chemicals
33	Railway locomotive workshop/Integrated road transport workshop/Authorized service centers
34	Yarn/Textile processing involving any effluent/emission generating processes including bleaching, dyeing, printing and colouring
35	Chlor Alkali
36	Ship Breaking Industries
37	Oil and gas extraction including CBM (offshore & on-shore extraction through drilling wells)
38	Industry or process involving metal surface treatment or process such as pickling/ electroplating/paint stripping/ heat treatment using cyanide bath/ phosphating or finishing and anodizing/enamellings/ galvanizing
39	Tanneries
40	Ports and harbour, jetties and dredging operations
41	Synthetic fibers including rayon,tyre cord, polyester filament yarn
42	Thermal Power Plants
43	Slaughter house and meat processing industries, bone mill, processing of animal horn, hoofs and other body parts
44	Aluminium Smelter
45	Copper Smelter
46	Fertilizer (basic) (excluding formulation)
47	Iron & Steel (involving processing from ore/ integrated steel plants) and or Sponge Iron units
48	Pulp & Paper ( waste paper based units with bleaching process to manufacture writing & printing paper)
49	Zinc Smelter
50	Oil Refinery (mineral Oil or Petro Refineries)
51	Petrochemicals Manufacturing (including processing of Emulsions of oil and water )
52	Pharmaceuticals
53	Pulp & Paper ( Large-Agro +wood) , Small Pulp & Paper (agro based-wheat straw/rice husk)
54	Distillery (molasses / grain / yeast based)

List of Orange Category Industries

Industrial Sectors Pollution Index (PI) score 41 to 59 are classified underthe Orange category.

S.no	Industrial Sector
1	Dismantling of rolling stocks ( wagons/ coaches)
2	Bakery and confectionery units with production capacity > 1 TPD. ( With ovens / furnaces)
3	Chanachur and ladoo from puffed and beaten rice( muri and shira) using husk fired oven
4	Coated electrode manufacturing
5	Compact disc computer floppy and cassette manufacturing / Reel manufacturing
6	Flakes from rejected PET bottle
7	Food and food processing including fruits and vegetable processing
8	Jute processing without dyeing
9	Manufacturing of silica gel
10	Manufacturing of tooth powder, toothpaste, talcum powder and other cosmetic items
11	Printing or etching of glass sheet using hydrofluoric acid
12	Silk screen printing, sari printing by wooden blocks
13	Synthetic detergents and soaps(excluding formulation)
14	Thermometer manufacturing
15	Cotton spinning and weaving ( medium and large scale)
16	Almirah, Grill Manufacturing (Dry Mechanical Process )
17	Aluminium & copper extraction from scrap using oil fired furnace (dry process only)
18	Automobile servicing, repairing and painting (excluding only fuel dispensing)
19	Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicine
20	Brickfields ( excluding fly ash brick manufacturing using lime process)
21	Building and construction project more than 20,000 sq. m built up area
22	Ceramics and Refractories
23	Coal washeries
24	Dairy and dairy products ( small scale)
25	DG set of capacity >1MVA but < 5MVA
26	Dry coal processing, mineral processing, industries involving ore sintering, pelletisation, grinding & pulverisation.
27	Fermentation industry including manufacture of yeast, beer, distillation of alcohol (Extra Neutral Alcohol)
27	Ferrous and Non- ferrous metal extraction involving different furnaces through melting, refining, re-processing, casting and alloy- making
28	Fertilizer (granulation / formulation / blending only)
29	Fish feed, poultry feed and cattle feed
30	Fish processing and packing (excluding chilling of fishes)
31	Forging of ferrous and non- ferrous metals ( using oil and gas fired furnaces)
32	Formulation/pelletization of camphor tablets, naphthalene balls from camphor/ naphthalene powders.
33	Glass ceramics, earthen potteries and tile manufacturing using oil and gas fired kilns, coating on glasses using cerium fluorides and magnesium fluoride etc.
34	Gravure printing, digital printing on flex, vinyl.
35	Heat treatment using oil fired furnace ( without cyaniding)
36	Hot mix plants
37	Hotels (< 3 star) or hotels having > 20 rooms and less than 100 rooms.
38	Ice cream
39	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely Paint and ink Sludge/residues.
40	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Brass Dross, Copper Dross, Copper Oxide Mill Scale, Copper Reverts, Cake & Residues, Waste Copper and copper alloys in
41	Industry or processes involving foundry operations.
42	Lime manufacturing (using lime kiln).
43	Liquid floor cleaner, black phenyl, liquid soap, glycerol mono-stearate manufacturing.
44	Manufacturing of glass.
45	Manufacturing of iodised salt from crude/ raw salt.
46	Manufacturing of mirror from sheet glass
47	Manufacturing of mosquito repellent coil
48	Manufacturing of Starch/Sago
49	Mechanized laundry using oil fired boiler
50	Modular wooden furniture from particle board, MDF< swan timber etc, Ceiling tiles/ partition board from saw dust, wood chips etc., and other agricultural waste using synthetic adhesive resin, wooden box making (With boiler).
51	New highway construction project
52	Non-alcoholic beverages(soft drink) & bottling of alcohol/non alcoholic products.
53	Paint blending and mixing (Ball mill)
54	Paints and varnishes (mixing and blending)
55	Ply-board manufacturing( including Veneer and laminate) with oil fired boiler/ thermic fluid heater(without resin plant)
56	Potable alcohol ( IMFL) by blending, bottling of alcohol products
57	Printing ink manufacturing
58	Printing press
59	Reprocessing of waste plastic including PVC
60	Rolling mill (oil or coal fired) and cold rolling mill
61	Spray painting, paint baking, paint shipping.
62	Steel and steel products using various furnaces like blast furnace/ open hearth furnace/induction furnace/arc furnace/submerged arc furnace / basic oxygen furnace/ hot rolling reheated furnace.
63	Stone crushers
64	Surgical and medical products including prophylactics and latex
65	Tephlon based products
66	Thermocol manufacturing (with boiler)
67	Tobacco products including cigarettes and tobacco/opium processes
68	Transformer repairing/ manufacturing ( dry process only)
69	Tyres and tubes vulcanization/ hot retreating
70	Vegetable oil manufacturing including solvent extraction and refinery /hydrogenated oils
71	Wire drawing and wire netting
72	Dry cell battery (excluding manufacturing of electrodes) and assembling & charging of acid lead battery on micro scale
73	Pharmaceutical formulation and for R & D purpose ( For sustained release/ extended release of drugs only and not for commercial purpose)
74	Synthetic resins
75	Synthetic rubber excluding molding
76	Cashew nut processing
77	Coffee seed processing
78	Parboiled Rice Mills
79	Foam manufacturing
80	Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely Used Oil – As per specifications prescribed from time to time.
80

List of Green Category Industries

Industrial Sectors Pollution Index (PI) score between 21 to 40 are classified under the Green category.

S.no	Industrial Sector
1	Aluminium utensils from aluminium circles by pressing onlyn(dry mechanical operation)
2	Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines (without boiler)
3	Bakery /confectionery /sweets products (with production capacity <1tpd (with gas or electrical oven)
4	Bi-axially oriented PP film along with metalizing operations
5	Biomass briquettes (sun drying) without using toxic hazardous wastes
6	Blending of melamine resins & different powder, additives by physical mixing
7	Brass and bell metal utensils manufacturing from circles(dry mechanical operation without re-rolling facility)
8	Candy
9	Cardboard or corrugated box and paper products (excluding paper or pulp manufacturing and without using boilers)
10	Carpentry & wooden furniture manufacturing (excluding saw mill) with the help of electrical (motorized) machines such as electrical wood planner, steel saw cutting circular blade, etc.
11	Cement products (without using asbestos / boiler / steam curing) like pipe ,pillar, jafri, well ring, block/tiles etc.(should be done in closed covered shed to control fugitive emissions)
12	Ceramic colour manufacturing by mixing & blending only (not using boiler and wastewater recycling process)
13	Chilling plant, cold storage and ice making
14	Coke briquetting ( sun drying)
15	Cotton spinning and weaving (small scale)
16	Dal Mills
17	Decoration of ceramic cups and plates by electric furnace
18	Digital printing on PVC clothes
19	Facility of handling, storage and transportation of food grains in bulk
20	Flour mills (dry process)
21	Glass,,ceramic, earthen potteries, tile and tile manufacturing using electrical kiln or not involving fossil fuel kiln
22	Glue from starch (physical mixing) with gas / electrically operated oven /boiler.
23	Gold and silver smithy (purification with acid smelting operation and sulphuric acid polishing operation) (using less or equal to 1 litre of sulphuric acid/ nitric acid per month)
24	Heat treatment with any of the new technology like ultrasound probe , induction hardening , ionization beam, gas carburizing etc.
25	Insulation and other coated papers (excluding paper or pipe manufacturing)
26	Leather foot wear and leather products (excluding tanning and hide processing except cottage scale)
27	Lubricating oil, greases or petroleum based products (only blending at normal temperature)
27
29	Oil mill Ghani and extraction ( no hydrogenation /refining)
30	Packing materials manufacturing from non asbestos fibre, vegetable fibre yarn
31	Phenyl/toilet cleaner formulation and bottling
32	Polythene and plastic processed products manufacturing (virgin plastic)
33	Poultry, Hatchery and Piggery
34	Power looms (without dye and bleaching)
35	Puffed rice (muri) (using gas or electrical heating system)
36	Pulverization of bamboo and scrap wood
37	Ready mix cement concrete
38	Reprocessing of waste cotton
39	Rice mill (Rice hullers only)
40	Lubricating oil, greases or petroleum based products (only blending at normal temperature)
41	Rolling mill ( gas fired) and cold rolling mill
42	Rubber goods industry (with gas operated baby boiler)
43	Saw mills
44	Soap manufacturing (hand made without steam boiling / boiler)
45	Spice grinding (upto-20 HP motor)
46	Spice grinding (>20 hp motor)
47	Steel furniture without spray painting
48	Steeping and processing of grains
49	Tyres and tube retreating (without boilers)
50	Chilling plant and ice making without using ammonia
51	CO2 recovery
52	Distilled water (without boiler) with electricity as source of heat
53	Hotels (up to 20 rooms and without boilers)
54	Manufacturing of optical lenses (using electrical furnace)
55	Mineralized water
56	Tamarind powder manufacturing
57	Cutting, sizing and polishing of marble stone
58	Emery powder ( fine dust of sand) manufacturing
59	Flyash export, transport & disposal facilities
60	Mineral stack yard / Railway sidings
61	Oil and gas transportation pipeline
62	Seasoning of wood in steam heated chamber
63	Synthetic detergent formulation
64	Tea processing ( with boiler)

List of White Category Industries

Industrial Sectors Pollution Index (PI) scores less than 20 are classified under the White category.

S.no	Industrial Sector
1	Assembly of air coolers /conditioners ,repairing and servicing
2	Assembly of bicycles ,baby carriages and other small non motorizing vehicles
3	Bailing (hydraulic press)of waste papers
4	Bio fertilizer and bio-pesticides without using inorganic chemicals
5	Biscuits trays etc from rolled PVC sheet (using automatic vacuum forming machines)
6	Blending and packing of tea
7	Block making of printing without foundry (excluding wooden block making)
8	Chalk making from plaster of Paris ( only casting without boilers etc. ( sun drying / electrical oven)
9	Compressed oxygen gas from crude liquid oxygen ( without use of any solvents and by maintaining pressure & temperature only for separation of other gases)
10	Cotton and woolen hosiers making (Dry process only without any dying / washing operation)
11	Diesel pump repairing and servicing (complete mechanical dry process)
12	Electric lamp ( bulb) and CFL manufacturing by assembling only
13	Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry process)
14	Engineering and fabrication units (dry process without any heat treatment / metal surface finishing operations / painting)
15	Flavoured betel nuts production/ grinding (completely dry mechanical operations)
16	Fly ash bricks/ block manufacturing
17	Fountain pen manufacturing by assembling only
18	Glass ampules and vials making from glass tubes
19	Glass putty and sealant ( by mixing with machine only)
20	Ground nut decorticating
21	Handloom/ carpet weaving ( without dying and bleaching operation)
22	Leather cutting and stitching (more than 10 machine and using motor)
23	Manufacturing of coir items from coconut husks
24	Manufacturing of metal caps containers etc
25	Manufacturing of shoe brush and wire brush
26	Medical oxygen
27	Organic and inorganic nutrients ( by physical mixing) Organic manure (manual mixing)
27
29	Paper pins and u clips
30	Repairing of electric motors and generators ( dry mechanical process)
31	Rope (plastic and cotton)
32	Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry process)
33	Scientific and mathematical instrument manufacturing
34	Solar module non conventional energy apparatus manufacturing unit
35	Solar power generation through solar photovoltaic cell, wind power and mini hydel power (less than 25 MW)
36	Surgical and medical products assembling only (not involving effluent / emission generating processes)
64	Tea processing ( with boiler)