Addressing the India Clean Air Summit (ICAS 2023) on Friday, he said: “I am dedicated to making Bengaluru and Karnataka more sustainable and the air cleaner."
Steep rise in consent fee a burden on industry, says KCCI
March 01, 2021
Industry body seeks revision, rationalisation of the 800 to 1,000% rise in fee
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has said that the revised consent fee to operate under the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) rules has led to an increase of more than eight times in the charge for some medium and large industries.
In a memorandum to Karnataka Environment and Ecology Minister, CP Yogeshwara, during his visit to Mangaluru, the president of KCCI, Isaac Vas, said that the consent fee structure is linked to the capital investment of industries, and various slabs of capital investment are defined.