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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Green Ministry eases SEZ clearance norms-Urmi A Goswami

Green Ministry eases SEZ clearance norms-Urmi A Goswami

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published Published on Dec 17, 2012   modified Modified on Dec 17, 2012
-The Economic Times

The environment ministry has simplified the procedures for granting clearances to special economic zones as it seeks to shed the anti-industry image.

A recent order issued by the environment ministry states that the environmental clearance process for SEZs will now follow the system laid out for National Industrial and Manufacturing Zones under the National Manufacturing Policy 2011.

Under the new system, the central and state governments will delegate power to the State Pollution Control Board official posted in the zone to implement environmental laws and regulations. The ministry has exempted individual units from meeting the requirement of public hearing in cases where the entire SEZ has gone through the public hearing process.

In practice, clearance is mandatory for 30 notified industries. These include petroleum refineries, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, petrochemical complexes, bulk drugs and pharmaceuticals, oil exploration, synthetic rubber, distilleries, raw skins and hides, dyes, cement, foundries and electro-plating.

However, if new units in the SEZ project area are not of the type for which clearance was given in the first place, then fresh public hearing would be required for the unit. With a view to improve industrial growth, the ministry has said that both the central and state governments would issue "facilitative instructions and guidelines" from time to time.

While these instructions will be aimed "at promotion of SEZs" these will also seek to safeguard "environmental integrity". The Environmental Impact Assessment Notification of September 2006 stipulates a time limit of 60 days from the day the complete application has been submitted to set out the terms of reference for a project. It also sets out 105 days for appraisal of the project and a decision.

The environment ministry is seen by industry as a big hurdle in project execution as many large investment proposals have been blocked because of issues with the ministry. The coal ministry has repeatedly complained that environmental clearances were a big hurdle in its effort to raise coal output. Numerous coal mines cannot be developed because they do not have environmental clearance. 

The Economic Times, 17 December, 2012, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/green-ministry-eases-sez-clearance-norms/articleshow/17644170.cms


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