Govt proposes ‘trust-based’ rules for industrial pollution; experts wary

State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees ensure that exempted units do not carry out activities other than those intimated.

The Union environment ministry has introduced several draft notifications to implement the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of the Provisions) Act, 2023 with provisions the government has said is meant to promote “enhanced trust-based governance, ease of living and ease of doing business”.

The notifications also propose to introduce a new trust-based regime for monitoring industries’ environmental impact. (HT Photo)

The provisions propose to amend the Air Act, 1981 and the Water Act, 1974 and will bring in a new framework that will allow some industries to be exempted, such as those considered non-polluting or those being assessed for