Question : INDUSTRIAL LICENCING



(a) Whether in tune with the liberalization, industrial licensing has been done away with for most items of manufacturers except for a small number of hazardous chemicals, and

(b) If so, the names of such chemicals?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMCIALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI S. B. MOOKHERJEE)


a) & b: With liberalization of the Industrial Policy in 1991, most chemical products, with exception of some hazardous chemicals have been de-licensed. Entrepreneurs are, therefore, free to set up chemical industries by following the Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum Route. The names of hazardous chemicals covered under compulsory licensing are as under:

1.	Chlorine.

2. Hydrocyanic acid and its derivatives.

3. Phosgene and its derivatives.

4. Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda); Solid & in aqueous solutions.

5. Isocyanates and Diisocyanates of hydrocarbon not elsewhere specified (e.g. Methyl Isocyanates). 6. Aluminium Phosphide.

7 Dimethoate.

8. Quinalphos.

9. Carbaryl. 10. Phorate and Fenitrothion. 11. Ethylene. 12. Propene (Propylene). 13. Butadiene. 14. Benzene. 15. Toluene. 16. O-Xylene. 17. M-Xylene. 18. P-Xylene. 19. Mixed xylene isomers. 20. Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)/ethylene oxide. 21. Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94. 22. Meta Amino Phenol.