The Standing Committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) approved an amendment in proposal regarding online issuance and renewal of licences for household industries at a meeting on Wednesday.
A preamble was put up before the Standing Committee in this regard and passed.
After the amendment, household industrial units with maximum nine workers and 11 kilowatt power may be allowed to continue in residential areas and new industrial units of this type could be permitted in residential areas subject to statutory clearances from Labour and industries Department and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), a senior NMC official said.
“The go-ahead will be given with the condition that no polluting industrial unit shall be permitted as household industry,” he said.
He said that while polluting industries are prohibited and fire-prone material may not be stored, the new policy lists 112 activities that may be carried out in such establishments, including making agarbattis, non-allopathic medicines, electronic items, sewing machines, candles, sweets, among others.
