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This document lists 37 industrial activities classified as "White Category" which means: 1) They do not require consent from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, only an intimation is sufficient. 2) They are permitted in any area of West Bengal subject to site clearance by local authorities. 3) Some activities like repairing electric motors/generators and almirah/grill manufacturing have additional restrictions on where they can operate. The white category includes mechanical assembly and repair work, manufacturing using only dry processes without chemicals, and renewable energy generation below certain thresholds.

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WBPCB White - 30-6-2016 (2) - 1

This document lists 37 industrial activities classified as "White Category" which means: 1) They do not require consent from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, only an intimation is sufficient. 2) They are permitted in any area of West Bengal subject to site clearance by local authorities. 3) Some activities like repairing electric motors/generators and almirah/grill manufacturing have additional restrictions on where they can operate. The white category includes mechanical assembly and repair work, manufacturing using only dry processes without chemicals, and renewable energy generation below certain thresholds.

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WHITE CATEGORY

Sl.No. Activity
1 Assembly of air coolers / conditioners, repairing and servicing
2 Assembly of bicycles, baby carriages and other small non motorizing vehicles
3 Bailing (hydraulic press) of waste papers
4 Bio fertilizer and bio-pesticides without using inorganic chemicals
5 Biscuits trays etc. from rolled PVC sheet (using automatic vacuum forming machines)
6 Blending and packing of tea (including tea garden)
7 Block making of printing without foundry (excluding wooden block making)
Chalk making from plaster of paris (only casting without boilers etc. - sun drying /
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electrical oven)
Compressed oxygen gas from crude liquid oxygen (without use of any solvents and by
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maintaining pressure & temperature only for separation of other gases)
Cotton and woolen hosiery making (dry process only without any dyeing / washing
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operation)
11 Diesel pump repairing and servicing (complete mechanical dry process)
12 Electric lamp (bulb) and CFL manufacturing by assembling only
Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry process) (including
13 manufacturing of electrical and electronic items, electronic and mechanical toys,
hardware for computers and other information technology instruments)
Engineering and fabrication units [dry process without any heat treatment / metal
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surface finishing operations / painting]
15 Flavoured betel nuts production / grinding (completely dry mechanical operations)
16 Fly ash bricks / block manufacturing
17 Fountain pen manufacturing by assembling only
18 Glass ampoules and vials making from glass tubes (including laboratory wares)
19 Glass putty and sealant (by mixing with machine only)
20 Ground nut decorticating
21 Handloom / carpet weaving (without dyeing and bleaching operation)
22 Leather cutting and stitching (> 10 machine and using motor)
23 Manufacturing of coir items from coconut husks
24 Manufacturing of metal caps, containers etc.
25 Manufacturing of shoe brush and wire brush
26 Medical oxygen
27 Organic and inorganic nutrients (by physical mixing)
28 Organic manure (manual mixing)
Packing of powdered milk [including repacking of chemicals, bitumen etc. in small
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container without any processing or heating]
30 Paper pins and u clips [including safety pins]
31 Repairing of electric motors and generators (dry mechanical process)
32 Rope (plastic and cotton)
33 Scientific and mathematical instrument manufacturing
34 Solar module non-conventional energy apparatus manufacturing unit
Solar power generation through solar photovoltaic cell, wind power and mini hydel
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power (< 25 MW)
Surgical and medical products assembling only (not involving effluent / emission
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generating processes)
37 Almirah, grill manufacturing (Dry mechanical process and without painting operation)
Note :
(a) There is no necessity of obtaining consent for White Category of industries and an
intimation to WBPCB is sufficient.
(b) Industry / industrial activity mentioned in the White category is permitted in any area in
West Bengal subject to site clearance by local authority.
(c) Sl.No.31 (Repairing of electric motor and generator) is not permitted in congested areas.
(d) Sl.No.37 (Almirah, grill manufacturing) is not permitted in municipal areas of West
Bengal.

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