
There are two types of the Consent i.e. Consent to Establish (CTE), and Consent to Operate (CTO). Consent to Establish: This consent is required to be obtained before establishing any Industry, Plant, or Process. The Consent to Establish is the primary clearance.
Under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 as amended and Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, as amended the industries have to obtain the consent of
the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) for the establishment and operation of the industry.
As per section 25 of the Water (P&CP) Act, 1974 as amended, no person shall without the previous
consent of the PPCC, establish or take any steps to establish any industrial plant or process or any
treatment and disposal system or any extension or addition thereto which is likely to discharge sewage
or trade effluent into any stream or well or sewer or on land. As per sub Section 2 of Section 25 of the
said Act, an application for consent of the PPCC under sub Section (1) shall be made in such form
containing such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. Also as per
Section 21 of the Air (P & CP) Act, 1981 as amended, no person shall without the previous consent of the
PPCC, operate any industrial plant for the purpose of any industry in an Air Pollution Control area. As per
Sub Section (2) of Section 21 of the said Act, an application for consent of the PPCC under Sub Section
(1) shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed and shall be made in the prescribed form
and shall contain the particulars of the industrial plant and such other particulars as may be prescribed.
2. All Industrial / Commercial Establishments shall obtain Consent to Establish in the first step
before establishing the unit. After obtaining Consent to Establish and one month before commencing
the Operations the project proponent shall apply for Consent to Operate after fulfilling all the conditions
in the Consent to Establish.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR CONSENT TO ESTABLISH
1. The project proponent shall apply for consent only through Online Consent Management &
Monitoring System (OCMMS). Application will not be received by offline. Web portal for online consent
application is . OCMMS is a web based generic application software package for
automating the workflow associated with Consent Management and Monitoring which is one of the
basic functions of the PPCC. This system allows the industries for online submission of application for
Consent to Establish, Consent to Operate, Renewal of Consents, uploading of documents, online
payment of consent fee, online submission of clarification and for knowing the status of application. In
order to help the project proponent on filing of application through OCMMS, PPCC operates Help Desk
in the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee Head Office at Puducherry and Branch office at Karaikal.
2. After submission of application in complete shape, it will be processed and site will be inspected
by the officers of PPCC. Thereafter, the subject will be placed before the respective Committee and
decision will be taken. The applications which are in complete shape will be cleared and consent for
establishment will be issued for a validity period of five years for non-EC cases and seven years for EC
attracting cases.
3. If the project proponent is not able to complete the establishment of the project within
stipulated years, then he/she has to apply for extension of CTE one month before the expiry of CTE.
Extension of CTE will be issued after field inspection by the concerned Officer.
4. As per EIA Notification 2006, 38 categories of industries have to obtain Environmental Clearance
from Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India / State Environmental
Impact Assessment Authority, Government of Puducherry as the case may be. (Please refer salient
features of EIA notification 2006). PPCC will issue consent to Operate directly to the projects which
attracts EIA notification 2006, on receipt of environment clearance from MOEF&CC/SEIAA and after
satisfying the siting criteria and all other requirements. Consent to Establish is not required for such
projects.
Consent to Establish validity period shall be as follows:
Projects Validity Period
For Micro and Small scale Green category projects Combined CTE & CTO issued for period of 15 years
after collecting 5 years fees
For all other projects CTE is issued for 5 Years (1 year fee)