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TheMinistryofEnvironment,Forest&ClimateChangehasnotifiedtherevised
standardsforcoalbasedThermalPowerPlantsinthecountry,withtheprimaryaim
ofminimisingpollution.Thesestandardsareproposedtobeimplementedina
phasedmanner.Thermalpowerplantsarecategorisedinto3categories,namely
those:(i)Installedbefore31stDecember,2003(ii)Installedafter2003upto31st
December,2016and(iii)Installedafter31stDecember,2016.

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