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Promoting Ease Of Doing Business In India: An Analysis Of Changes In The Environmental Classification System For Setting Up New Industries

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The Government of India has accepted the long-standing demand of industry to remove the dual compliance requirement of Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) for setting up new

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The Government of India has accepted the long-standing demand of industry to remove the dual compliance requirement of Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) for setting up new industries, as per notification no. Q-15012/2/2022-CPW-Part (1) /e-240741 issued on the 12th November 2024. Non-polluting white category industries will no longer be required to obtain CTE or Consent to Operate (CTO). Industries that have already obtained EC will no longer need to acquire CTE. This move aims to1 4 reduce the compliance burden and prevent duplication of approvals. Notification to this effect has been issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

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