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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30072025-265096
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2025/SHRAVANA 7, 1947
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th July, 2025
G.S.R. 511(E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to sub-section (1) of section 25 of
the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), the Central Government, in
consultation with the Central Pollution Control Board, hereby makes the following amendments in the
notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 703 (E), dated 12th
November, 2024:
In the said notification,- (i) for paragraph (a), the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
"(a) all industrial sectors or projects or processes or activities having pollution index score upto 25 as listed
in the Schedule to this notification, subject to condition that such industrial sectors or projects or processes
or activities shall inform in writing to the State Pollution Control Boards or the Pollution Control
Committees;";
(ii) for the Schedule, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:-
"SCHEDULE
List Of White Category Sectors Classified By The Central Pollution Control Board, From Time To
Time, As Per Classification-2025
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| 1. | Assembly of Bicycles, Baby carriages and other small non motorizing vehicles |
| 2. | Bailing (hydraulic press) of waste papers |
| 3. | Bio fertilizer and bio-pesticides without using inorganic chemicals |
| 4. | Block making of printing without foundry (excluding wooden block making) |
| 5. | Flavoured Batel nuts production/grinding (completely dry mechanical operations) |
| 6. | Manufacturing of shoe Brush and Wire Brush |
| 7. | Coir fibre or pith processing and/or Manufacturing of coir products from coir (only dry process) |
| 8. | Assembly of air coolers or conditioners, repairing and servicing |
| 9. | Cardboard or corrugated box and paper products (excluding paper or pulp manufacturing and |
| | without using boilers) |
| 10.| Chalk making from plaster of Paris (only casting without boilers etc. (sun drying or electrical |
| | oven) |
| 11.| Standalone manufacturing of Concrete admixtures up to 1000 MT per Month |
| | capacity by physical mixing (without boiler and reactor and no generation of wastewater) |
| 12.| Used cooking oil collection centers |
| 13.| Soap manufacturing (handmade-without steam boiling or boiler) |
| 14.| Diesel pump repairing and servicing (complete mechanical dry process) |
| 15.| Electric lamp (bulb) and Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) manufacturing by assembling only |
| 16.| Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry process) |
| 17.| Engineering and fabrication units dry process without any heat treatment/metal surface finishing |
| | operations or painting) |
| 18.| Carpentry and wooden furniture manufacturing without spray painting (excluding saw mill with |
| | the help of electrical (motorized) machines such as electrical wood planner, steel saw cutting |
| | circular blade, etc. |
| 19.| Steel furniture without spray painting |
| 20.| Compressed Bio Gas plants based on feedstock-Municipal Solid Waste, agro-residue, energy crops |
| | grass/ weeds, animal waste, press mud, etc. (as similar type feedstock apart from industrial/ |
| | process waste), not discharging any waste water and producing by-products- (i) |
| | Fermented Organic Manure and/or Liquid Fermented Organic Manure, enriched manure and/or |
| | (ii) Briquette or pellet using electricity. * |
| 21.| Hydrogen production through electrolysis(using renewable energy) on Build-Own-Operate/Build- |
| | Own-Operate-Transfer/Build-Operate-Transfer etc., located in the premises of end user industry |
| | and directly using de-mineralized water & other utilities (cooling tower, ETP, etc.) sourced from |
| | end user industry |
| 22.| Compressed oxygen Gas from crude liquid oxygen (without use of any solvents and by maintaining |
| | pressure and temperature only for separation of other Gases) |
| 23.| Glass and ampules and vials making from Glass tubes |
| 24.| Ground nut decorticating |
| 25.| Medical Oxygen |
| 26.| Handloom/carpet weaving (without dying and bleaching operation) |
| 27.| Manufacturing of scientific and mathematical |
| 28.| Manufacturing of products from jute (without dyeing or without boiler) |
| 29.| Leather foot wear and Leather products (excluding tanning and hide processing) |
| 30.| Leather cutting and stitching (more than 10 machine and using motor) |
| 31.| Organic Manure (physical mixing) |
| 32.| Packing of powdered Milk |
| 33.| Cold rolling mill (without heat treatment) |
| 34.| Wire drawing and wire netting (without pickling and without heat treatment) |
| 35.| Manufacturing of Metal caps containers etc |
| 36.| Organic and inorganic Nutrients by physical mixing (without boiler and without any reactor) |
| 37.| Biscuits trays etc. from rolled PVC sheet (using automatic vacuum forming machines) |
| 38.| Fountain Pen manufacturing by assembling only |
| 39.| Glass Putty and sealant (by mixing with machine only) |
| 40.| Manufacturing of Paper Pins, U-clips, etc. |
| 41.| Solar Power generation through solar photovoltaic cell and wind power |
| 42.| Repairing of electric motors and generators (dry mechanical process) |
| 43.| Manufacturing of plastic or cotton Rope |
| 44.| Tyre retreaders |
| 45.| Collection Centres (Without depollution, dismantling and shredding) |
| 46.| Surgical and medical products assembled only (without effluent-generating process) |
| 47.| Manufacturing of Solar module or non-conventional energy apparatus |
| 48.| Digital thermometer manufacturing |
| 49.| Blending and packing of tea |
| 50.| Garment and apparel manufacturing industry including Doubling or Reeling or TFO-Two for one |
| | unit (dry process)- without boiler |
| 51.| Cotton and woollen Hosiers making (Dry process only without any dying/washing operation) |
| 52.| Railway sidings only for defence purpose |
| 53.| Household bio-digesters/gobar-gas (cow-dung) plants based on biodegradable wastes, etc. |
| 54.| Mini Hydel power plants (Capacity -25 MV) |
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Note:- Entries from SI. Nos. 1 to 54 (Expect SI. No. 20) classified vide the Central Pollution Control Board
directions dated the 12th February, 2025.
*Classified vide Central Pollution Control Board direction dated the 25th March, 2025.”.
[F. No. Q-15012/2/2022-CPW/e-240741]
NEELESH KUMAR SAH, Jt. Secy.
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