environment rules

Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a notification regarding genset regulations. This notification, which applies to all fuels, revises the power category slabs from three to five. According to the general conditions of the notification, genset engines and gensets adhering to the old standards can only be supplied until June…

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) for industrial boilers. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l,- (a) for serial number 70 in which these standards are mentioned is substituted by the…

MOEFCC has released Environment (Protection) Third & Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021 which define revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry applicable to all modes of disposal. As per the third amendment rules, revised standards are applicable with immediate effect. However, as per fourth amendment rules, revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry are…

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in its continuous effort to enhance road safety and reduce environmental impact, has recently introduced the Central Motor Vehicles (Twenty-second Amendment) Rules, 2021. These amendments mark a significant step forward in regulating vehicle Emission Standards and Effective Dates. The first major amendment involves the measurement of emissions over…