white category

Revised White Category Guidelines Empower Cleaner Industries Introduction On 28 July 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued a significant notification revising the White Category industrial classification under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. This update, aligned with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recommendations, promotes ease of doing…

Central Pollution Control Board has released a draft notification and seeking comments on the classification of industries into red, orange, green & white categories. objective: Uttarakhand introduced the concept of classification of industries as red, orange, and green. The purpose of this classification was to facilitate decisions related to the location of these industries. Subsequently,…