The recently approved National Manufacturing Policy has stringent norms to ensure ‘green manufacturing'.

These include mandatory environmental and water audit for all industrial and institutional units in the National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs).

According to the policy, establishment of NIMZs is a key instrument to catalyse the growth of manufacturing.

The policy has also made activities such as wastewater treatment and rain water harvesting compulsory for all industrial and institutional units in the NIMZs.