Category: Environmental

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on August 13, 2019, has issued guidelines for ensuring pollution control in kolhus (Jaggery units) pursuant to NGT order dated November 22, 2017. The guidelines have been issued on …

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n order to improve the consent management system and to make consent processing more transparent and speedier, AP Pollution Control Board has launched Online Consent Management and Monitoring System (OCMMS). Consent for Establishment and Consent …

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MoEF has issued clarification on amendment in environmental clearance relation to the increase in number of working days for distilleries. As per the clarification, PCBs shall monitor emission standards for boilers before issuing Consent to …

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The Haryana Pollution Control Board has ordered that units which are closed by the Board due to the non-compliance of the prescribed standards for discharge of pollutants and due to the inadequacy of pollution control …

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Telangana State Pollution Control Board on 6 May, 2019 as a part of the initiative to ease the way of doing business, amends the central inspection framework for surprise inspections to limit the scope of …

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The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has issued a Comprehensive Inspection Policy to assist and ease the investments and new start-ups in the State. The policy undertakes a computerized system for allocation of inspectors and …

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The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board issued a public notice on June 6, 2019, directing all the persons and institutions like Laboratories, Hospitals, Clinical Establishments, Research or Educational Institutions, including any Health camps/ Blood Donation …

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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has introduced registration charges for white industries in order to curb the advantages taken by white industries set up in non-confirming areas, which are not entitled to free registration.

The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has released a public notice to inform all stakeholders to take caution and ensure not to breach license condition or legal requirements under the Environment Protection …

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Odisha SPCB notified all Non-Bedded Health care facilities including Research Organizations and the Laboratories in the Universities, to dispose biomedical waste only through a Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility and apply for authorization.