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: CATEGORIZATION OF INDUSTRIES :

RED CATEGORY

GREEN  CATEGORY

ORANGE CATEGORY

Classification of Industries

(As per Board Notification No:KSPCB/188(Vol-3)/CC/2011-12/966 Dated: 23-05-11)

Red Category of industries

Sl No Re-Categorization of industries effective from 01.04.2011
1 Nuclear power and related projects such as Heavy Water Plants, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Rare Earths.
2 River valley projects including hydel power, major irrigation and their combination including flood control.
3 Ports, Harbours, Airports (except minor ports and harbours).
4 Petroleum Refineries including crude and product pipelines.
5 Petrochemical complexes (both Olefinic and Aromatic) and petrochemical intermediates such as DMT, Caprolactam, LAB etc., and production of basic plastics such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, PVC.
6 Petroleum storage, gas filling and transfer facilities.
7 Chemical fertilizers (Nitrogenous and Phsophatic other than single super phosphate).
8 Pesticides (Technical) (except formulation).
9 Bulk drugs and pharmaceuticals (except formulation).
10 Exploration for oil and gas and their production, transportation and storage.
11 Synthetic rubber.
12 Asbestos and Asbestos products.
13 Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives. 
14 (a) Primary metallurgical industries (such as production of Iron and Steel, aluminum, Copper, Zinc, Lead and Ferro Alloys).
14 (b) Electric arc furnaces (mini steel plants).
14 (c) Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metal extraction.
15 Dry coal processing/mineral processing industries like ore sintering, benefication, pellatisation, etc.
16 Coke oven by-products and coal tar distillation products.
17 Coke making, coal liquification and fuel gas making industries.
18 Chlor-alkali industry.
19 Integrated paint complex including manufacture of resins and basic raw-materials required in the manufacture of paints.
20 Paints, enamels and varnishes.
21 Viscose staple fiber and filament yarn.
22 Storage batteries integrated with manufacture of oxides of lead and lead antimony alloy.
23 Thermal power plants (including coal, oil, nuclear, agro waste, etc., and barge mounted, co-generation).
24 Mining projects (major minerals) with lease area more than 5 hectares.
25 Highway projects.
26 Tarred roads in Himalayas and/or Forest areas.
27 Distilleries (except re-distilling and bottling).
28 (a) Raw Skins and Hides (including processing of internal organs).
28 (b) Unhairing, soaking, Deliming, Bating of hides.
29 Slaughtering of animals, rendering of bones, washing of meat and meat processing.
30 Leather industry including tanning and processing.
31 (a) Pulp, Paper and Newsprint.
31 (b) Kraft paper mills.
31 (c) Manufacture of pulp-wood pulp, mechanical and chemical (including dissolving pulp).
32 Dyes & Dye Intermediates.
33 Pigment dyes and their intermediates.
34 Foundries (individuals).
35 Electroplating.
36 Surface coating industries.
37 Bleaching.
38 Degreasing.
39 Phosphating.
40 Pickling and Tanning.
41 (a) Miscellaneous glassware without involving use of fossil fuel combustion.
41 (b) Glass and Glass products involving use of coal.
42  Surgical and medical products containing prophylactics and latex products. 
43 Instant Tea/Coffee processing.
44 Glue and Gelatin.(Except vegetable glue)
45 Metallic Sodium.
46 Manufacture of photographic films, papers and photographic chemicals including film processing.
47 Phosphate rock processing plants.
48 (a) Cement plants with horizontal rotary kilns including bagging.
48 (b) Cement plants with vertical shaft kiln technology.
49 Manufacture of lubricating oils and grease.
50 Vanaspathi hydrogenated vegetable oils and industrial purposes.
51 Sugar Mills (white and khandasari).
52 Potash manufacturing.
53 Electro-thermal products (artificial abrasives, calcium carbide, etc.).
54 Phosphorous and its compounds.
55 Acids and their salts (organic & inorganic).
56 Nitrogen compounds (cyanides, cyanamides and other nitrogen compounds).
57 Explosives (including industrial explosives, detonators and fuses).
58 Phthalic anhydride.
59 Processes involving chlorinated hydrocarbon.
60 Chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine and their compounds.
61 Synthetic fibers.
62 Fiber glass production and processing.
63 Industrial carbons (including graphite electrodes, modes, midget electrodes, graphite blocks, graphite crucibles, gas carbons, activated carbon, synthetic diamonds, carbon black, channel black, lamp black, etc.)
64 Electro-chemicals.
65 Polypropylene.
66 Chlorates, Perchlorates and Peroxides.
67 Synthetic resin and plastic products.
68 Dyeing & Printing.
69 Chemical industries.
70 Cooking of fibers & digesting.
71 Pulping and fermenting of coffee beans.
72 Processing of fish.
73 Vegetable oil refinery.
74 Manufacture of soaps & detergents. (Except tiny/cottage unit)
75 Manufacture of insecticides, fungicides, herbicide and pesticides.
76 Natural Latex.( Excluding tiny/cottage unit)
77 Hazardous waste processing facilities and dump sites.
78 All barge-mounted power plants.
79 Import & storage of hazardous chemicals.
80 Import and storage of oil.
81 Paint manufacture.
82 Lead refining.
83 Vinyl resin.
84 Engineering industries (with electroplating and heat treatment).
85 Holiday Resorts, Beach Resorts & Jungle Resorts. (With electroplating)
86 Tourism projects coming under CRZ.
87 Incineration plants.
88 Abattoir.
89 Wire drawing process involving pickling etc., except cold process
90 Electric bulb filament processing.
91 Mining and quarry industries.
92 Tyre manufacture.
93 Composite textile processing (except spinning).
94 Printed circuit board manufacturing units.
95 Fish processing with peeling.
96 Hotels with electroplating.
97 Paper board and straw boards manufactured using pulp. 
98 Galvanizing.
99 Formulation of Pesticide, herbicide, insecticide, & fungicide  
100 Aquaculture pond including prawn hatcheries.
101 Separation of milk and whey.
102 Manufacture of Chocolate, cocoa, mass etc., (Other than confectioneries).
103 Common disposal facility –hazardous waste,  bio medical waste  
104 Liquid propulsion & rocket testing facility 
105 All CETP’s
106 Polyester filming yarn 
107 Audio & video film processing including polyester film processing 
108 Shaving blade manufacturing 
109 Automobile body building with metal processing  
110 Fire Crackers
111 Tobacco products including cigarettes and tobacco processing
112 Naval Base
113 Rubber reclaiming
114 Lime kilns
115 Refractories
116 Nylon Plants 
117 Stone crushers 
118 Dairy
119 Food Processing
120 CNS Shell oil manufacture 
121 Hospital, nursing homes, veterinary hospitals diagnostic laboratories covered under BMW Rules 
122 Composting of Press  mud using Spent Wash 
123 Manufacture of Office & Household equipments and appliances using fossil fuel for combustion.
124 Manufacture of Organic nutrients including use of spent wash from distillery.
125 Manufacture of Bio fertilizer involving spent wash.
126 Manufacture of Bio Pesticides.
127 Bio mass power generation.
128 Meta Amino Phenol.
129 Research laboratories involving chemicals/animals.
130 Recycling of Ferrous /non ferrous metal units covered under HWM Rules 
131 Recycling of spent oil/used oil covered under HWM Rules 
132 Municipal Solid Waste treatment and disposal facility
133 Coke oven plant 
134 Sponge iron unit
135 Hot mix plants 
136 Lead Recycling units involving melting.
137 Independent ore /mineral crushing units
138 Dry Cell, Zinc carbon batteries. [memo dated 24-09-2008]
139 Fluorescent tubular lamps. [memo dated 24-09-2008]
140 Manufacture of organic nutrients. [memo dated 24-09-2008]
141 Alluminium Alloy ingots.  [memo dated 24-09-2008]
 

 

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Green Category of industries

 

SL No Item No Re-Categorization of industries effective from 1.4.2005
1 1.1 RCC Railway Sleepers
  1.2 Pre Cast RCC members such as Columns, Electrical poles, Chejjas,
  1.3 RCC Spun Pipes, Hollow bricks
  1.4 Mosaic tiles
  1.5 Inter locking paving blocks
  1.6 Fly ash bricks
2    
  2.1 Manual and wire cut bricks
  2.2 Roofing tiles, ridges, decorative tiles
  2.3 Terra-cotta
  2.4 Stone ware pipes
  2.5 Refractory bricks
3   Cashew Nut Processing including cashew roasting
4   Coffee curing, roasting and grinding
5   Tea Leaf processing including re-packing
6 6.1 All hotels, Bar & Restaurants & resorts (without laundry and electroplating Not located in CRZ areas, reserve forests & not included in EIA Notification)
  6.2 Kalyanamantapams & Community Halls.
7   Industries under Item No 7.1 to 7.7 without washing dyeing, and other water based finished operation
  7.1 Garment Stitching
  7.2 Label manufacturing
  7.3 Cotton & Woolen Hosiery  apparels
  7.4 Cotton knitting including Socks, Shoe lace
  7.5 Cotton spinning, yarn doubling & weaving
  7.6 Handlooms & power looms
  7.7 Carpet Weaving
  7.8 Silk twisting (excluding dyeing & de-gumming)
8   Industries Under Item No. 8.1 to 8.3 Excluding tanning operations
  8.1 Ready made leather garments                                                              
  8.2 Stitching of shoe uppers
  8.3 Assembly of shoes & leather chappals
  8.4 Conversion of finished leathers such as manufacture of bags, suitcases, etc
9   Items No 9.1 to 9.5 without Rubber reclaiming/reprocessing
  9.1 Tread rubber including pre-cured rubber
  9.2 Tyre retreading (Cold & Hot process)
  9.3 Rubber tubes
  9.4 Rubber foot wear
  9.5 Rubber molded articles like gasket, washers, Rubber mats, rollers etc.
10   Poultry Farms & hatcheries excluding prawn hatcheries
11   Flori-cultures & Horticultures
12   Block making printing offset printing, Book binding, Screen Printing
13   Rice Hulling & Phova manufacturing industries
14    
  14.1 Wooden furniture, carpentry units
  14.2 Steel furniture manufacturing without powder coating units & without generation of trade effluents
  14.3 Bamboo & cane products
  14.4 Saw mills
  14.5 Manufacturing of veneer only
15   Fish net manufacturing without dyeing
16   Automobile body building without generation of trade effluents, repair shops without water washing, wheel alignment centers
17   Body building of wooden boats & trawlers
18   Assembly units under Item No. 19.1 to 19.7 (without electroplating, heat treatment, surface finishing such as pickling, Phosphating, de-rusting, degreasing, PCB manufacturing)
  18.1 Electrical appliances including washing machines & refrigerators including others home appliances
  18.2 Electronic equipment such as TV’s , Radios, VCR, UPS, Computer, Telephones, electronic toys, etc,
  18.3 Air Coolers, Air Conditioners
  18.4 Bicycle assembly
  18.5 Motor & Pumps without foundry
  18.6 Transformer assembly, Motor rewinding
  18.7 Weighing machines
19   Tablets, capsules formulations (dry process)
20   Ground nut decorticating units
21   Manufacturing of agro-based fuel briquettes
22   Item No. 23.1 to 23.4 without recycling
  22.1 PVC pipes, HDPE pipes etc., by extrusion
  22.2 Plastic injection/ extrusion molding
  22.3 Plastic sack bags, woven sack with HDPE, LDPE, Polythene bags (without recycling plastic)
  22.4 Assembly of plastic components for making toys etc.
23   Ice blocks manufacturing, cold storage & refrigeration rooms
24   Vegetable Oil expellers without refinery & solvent extraction
25   Bakery products, biscuits, confectionery (without Cocoa processing), vermicelli, Fryums
26   Welding electrodes
27   Dal Mills, grams roasting, drying
28   Re- packing of finished products (Dry products)
29   Soft drinks, aerated waters excluding pulp based with production capacity less than 10,000 bottles of 300 ml equivalent/ bottle ( without caustic washing)
30   Wind power projects  
31   Snuff manufacturing, Beedi manufacturing, chewing tobacco
32   Umbrellas Assembly, rain coat stitching, tarpaulin stitching
33   Atta chakkies, chilly & masala powder, powdering of spices
34   General Engineering Industries (Excluding electroplating, heat treatment, forging, casting, pickling de-greasing Phosphating, de-rusting, quenching)
35   Jaggery manufacturing
36   Motor rewinding
37   Mineral water less than 10,000 Liters/day
38   Industrial gases (only Nitrogen, Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide)
39   Laboratory ware including glass blowing
40   Optical frames without electroplating
41   Wax Candles (excluding manufacturing of waxes)
42   Betel Nut process
43   Utensils, Brass, Aluminum, Bronze
44   Cotton ginning
45   Black smithy without foundries
46   Brush making with fibres / Plastic
47   Hair sizing
48   Building accessories such as padlocks, tower bolts, Nails, Screws without electroplating
49   Paper pins u_clips, pen holders, pencils, pen & paper products without electroplating
50   Sports Goods
51   Panel Board, Switches without electroplating
52   Plastic Cable manufacturing
53   Agarbathi Manufacturing
54   Dry distempers without kilns / furnace
55   Manufacture of corrugated box and cartoons using paper
56   Fiber glass molding, Fiber Glass reinforced plastic
57   Safety Match sticks
58   Coir Units (without soaking) & Coir furnishing units
59   Ropes (cotton, Plastic & Coir)
60   Stone  Cutting (without using water)
61   Paint formulations 
62   Apartments
63   Cinema Theaters 
64   Commercial Complexes
65   Telephone Towers
66   Office Complex/Banks
67   Formulation Organic Nutrient without the use of spent wash from distillery.
68   Manufacture of Soaps and Detergents in tiny/cottage sector.
69   Natural Latex in tiny /cottage sector.
70   Flour mill involving dry process.
71   Manufacture of Bio-fertilizer not involving spent wash.
72   Formulation of Bio- Pesticides.
73   Research laboratories not involving chemicals/animals.
74   STP’s Provided in Organizations for which there is no specific classification  
75   Gutka Packing units
76   Software units
77   Constructions projects covered under EIA notification excluding projects like Hospitals, hotels etc for which there is specific classification 
78   Hydel power plants/Canal power projects not covered under EIA notification
79   Ice cream units only tiny sector
80   Plastic units covered under Plastic Rules 1999, 2003
81   Fabrication units with painting (without generation of trade effluents)
82   Ayurvedic, Unani, Sidda Medicine manufacturing units without solvent extraction process
83   Cattle feed/poultry feed supplement manufacturing units (without the use of molasses)
84   Pickle manufacturing (24/10/2008)
85   Maize flakes and Maize grit manufacturing [memorandum dated 4-05-2009]
86   Press Board Manufacturing   [memorandum dated 13-06-2008]
 

 

                                                                                                                                                              

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ORANGE CATEGORY OF INDUSTRIES

 

 Sl No Re-Categorization of industries effective from 1.4.2005
1  Manufacture of Office and Household equipments and appliances without use of fossil fuel.
2 Distillation of alcohol/stillage evaporation.
3 Manufacture of mirror from sheet glass and photo framing.
4 Surgical gauges and bandages.
5 Automobile servicing and repair stations.
6 Formulations of pharmaceuticals.
7 Potassium permanganate.
8 Fragrance, flavours and food additives.
9 Flour Mills with wastewater generation.
10 Washing of fabric.
11 Trimming, cutting, juicing and blenching of fruits and vegetables (fruit processing, pulping, etc.).
12 Washing of equipments and regular floor washing using considerable cooling water.
13 Steeping and processing of grain.
14 Filtration, centrifugation and distillation.
15 DM plant exceeding 20 Kilo Liters per day capacity.
16 Solvent extraction plants (excluding refining).
17 Hotels with laundry.
18 Rerolling Mill.
19 Ceramic tiles and products (other than small ceramics).
20 Milk chilling center.
21 Shell grit and shell grit powder.
22 Hatcheries.
23 Cattle feed and poultry feed.
24 IMF bottling plant.
25 Plywood manufacturing particle boards & veneers.
26 Engineering industries with spray painting (without electroplating and heat treatment).
27 Automobile leaf springs.
28 Foam rubber.
29 Fenny manufacture.
30 Pulverising activity.
31 Tamarind powder.
32 Sago units.
33 Salt manufacturing units.
34 Malted food (except packing)
35 Washing of Fabric & Jean washing & laundry
36 Fish processing without peeling.
37 Boiled rice (steamed)
38 Surgical and Medical Products not containing prophylactics and latex product.
39 Vegetable glue.
40 Blending of Lubricating Oils and Grease.
41 Gherkin Industries.
42 Industrial estates/ areas.
43 Holiday Resorts/ Jungle resorts with laundry.
44 Mining of Minor Minerals.
45 Industrial gases other than Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon di-Oxide.
46 Stone cutting and polishing using water.
47 Arrack bottling
48 Soft drinks, aerated waters excluding pulp based with production capacity more than 10,000 bottles of 300 ml equivalent/ bottle 
49 Mineral water more than 10,000 Liters/day
50 Mechanized Concrete batch mixing plants
51 Cement bulk storage attached with bagging plant/bulk supply in tankers 
52 Repairing, cleaning, degreasing, painting and leak proof testing of L.P.G. cylinders and manufacture of cylinders caps for L.P.G. cylinders. [memo dated 24-09-2008]
53 Amusement Theme Park. [memo dated 24-09-2008]
 

 

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