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Despite the elimination of the "locational" restriction, the establishment of an industry remains subject to zoning, to land use regulations at the state level, and to environmental regulations at the central level, including all domestic or foreign companies planning a project in an area listed in the Schedule to the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification

Imports of unshredded metallic waste and scrap are permitted through 26 designated ports to ensure that consignments are free of arms, explosives, and radioactive-contaminated materials

The 2010/11 Budget introduced the "clean energy cess" (Rs 50/tonne) to be levied on coal, lignite, and peat produced in India and imported in order to finance the establishment of a National Clean Energy Fund to fund research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies

The BIS is the national certifying body in charge of the normal product certification scheme and granting licences to environment-friendly products under a special scheme and awarding the ECO mark to such products

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has proposed comprehensive labelling requirements for genetically modified (GM) foods, requiring all packages of food/food ingredients of GM origin, that are subject to the approval of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), to bear a label indicating that they are of GM origin, and that the product has been cleared for sale in the exporting country

Export taxes are used as a policy instrument to, inter alia, preserve natural resources

Export prohibitions apply mainly for environmental, food-security, marketing, pricing, and domestic supply reasons; and to comply with international treaties

State trading of exports has the stated purpose of ensuring better marketing and prices of agricultural and minor forest products, grown by small-scale farmers, as well as to prevent fluctuations in domestic prices; and to ensure supply of kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (used as domestic fuels), and conservation and proper use of some metal ores

A special licence granted by the Board of Approvals is necessary to set up an EOU to manufacture arms and ammunition, explosives and defence equipment, atomic substances, narcotics and psychotropic substances and hazardous chemicals, distillation and brewing of alcoholic drinks, cigarettes/cigars and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Deduction of profits are granted to firms involved in collecting and processing of bio-degradable waste, while ISO 9000/14001 and HACCP certification are reimbursed