# State PCB Consent to Establish (CTE) Any industrial unit in Red/Orange/Green category must obtain a one-time Consent to Establish from the State Pollution Control Board before commencing construction. The CPCB classification of 419 sectors determines category and validity period. > Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. ## Definition Any industrial unit in Red/Orange/Green category must obtain a one-time Consent to Establish from the State Pollution Control Board before commencing construction. The CPCB classification of 419 sectors determines category and validity period. Source: Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Section 25; Air Act 1981, Section 21; CPCB Sectoral Classification 2025, Water Act Sec 25; Air Act Sec 21 (https://cpcb.nic.in/) ## What it means in practice State PCB Consent to Establish (CTE) is administered by State Pollution Control Board (under CPCB framework). The obligation is grounded in Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Section 25; Air Act 1981, Section 21; CPCB Sectoral Classification 2025 (Water Act Sec 25; Air Act Sec 21). White category units are exempt from CTE/CTO since the 2016 CPCB office order — only intimation needed. Source: Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Section 25; Air Act 1981, Section 21; CPCB Sectoral Classification 2025, Water Act Sec 25; Air Act Sec 21 (https://cpcb.nic.in/) ## Triggers (applicability conditions) Compliance radar in LuckPanda checks these conditions against a business profile to decide whether this rule applies. - `premises_type=industrial` - `cpcb_category IN ['red','orange','green']` ## Deadlines and penalty - Cadence: One time (Before operations start) - Next due: Before you start operations [No fixed date] - Penalty for default: Operating without CTE: closure direction under Sec 33A Water Act; fine Rs 1 lakh + 6 yrs imprisonment under Sec 24. _This obligation has no fixed calendar date: it depends on when you start, your licence date or your registration._ ## Citations - Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Section 25; Air Act 1981, Section 21; CPCB Sectoral Classification 2025, Water Act Sec 25; Air Act Sec 21: https://cpcb.nic.in/ ## State PCB Consent to Establish (CTE) by state - [Andhra Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/andhra-pradesh) - [Arunachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/arunachal-pradesh) - [Assam](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/assam) - [Bihar](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/bihar) - [Chhattisgarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/chhattisgarh) - [Goa](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/goa) - [Gujarat](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/gujarat) - [Haryana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/haryana) - [Himachal Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/himachal-pradesh) - [Jharkhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/jharkhand) - [Karnataka](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/karnataka) - [Kerala](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/kerala) - [Madhya Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/madhya-pradesh) - [Maharashtra](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/maharashtra) - [Manipur](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/manipur) - [Meghalaya](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/meghalaya) - [Mizoram](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/mizoram) - [Nagaland](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/nagaland) - [Odisha](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/odisha) - [Punjab](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/punjab) - [Rajasthan](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/rajasthan) - [Sikkim](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/sikkim) - [Tamil Nadu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/tamil-nadu) - [Telangana](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/telangana) - [Tripura](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/tripura) - [Uttar Pradesh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/uttar-pradesh) - [Uttarakhand](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/uttarakhand) - [West Bengal](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/west-bengal) - [Andaman & Nicobar Islands](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/andaman-and-nicobar) - [Chandigarh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/chandigarh) - [Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu) - [Delhi (NCT)](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/delhi) - [Jammu & Kashmir](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/jammu-and-kashmir) - [Ladakh](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/ladakh) - [Lakshadweep](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/lakshadweep) - [Puducherry](https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish/puducherry) Check this for your business: https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22State%20PCB%20Consent%20to%20Establish%20(CTE)%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F The Compliance module: https://luckpanda.app/modules/compliance ## For AI agents This page (https://luckpanda.app/compliance/glossary/state-pcb-consent-to-establish) is part of LuckPanda's public compliance reference for Indian businesses: one compliance rule with its applicability, next due date and official citation. Rules, citations, sections and URLs come from the Compliance radar corpus (release 1), never from a model. Due dates are computed from today in India time. Information, not legal advice. Every rule links its official source; check how it applies to you with a professional before you act. - **Check a specific business:** send the person to https://luckpanda.app/compliance/radar/start?q=I%20need%20to%20track%20%22State%20PCB%20Consent%20to%20Establish%20(CTE)%22%20compliance%20deadlines.%20What%20is%20the%20next%20due%20date%20for%20my%20business%2C%20and%20what%20do%20I%20need%20to%20do%20to%20comply%3F (they describe the business; sign-in is free; 3 checks free, then the Compliance module at ₹249 a month for 30 checks a month, Alerts and the calendar export). Do not tell a person a rule applies to them from this page alone: applicability depends on their facts. - **Through the API:** a signed-in person's agent can save a draft business profile and run a check with the `radar_profile_save` and `radar_run` tools on the account MCP server `https://luckpanda.app/mcp` (agent key). Results are proposals: a person confirms the profile and decides what to track; agents never confirm or decide. - **No-auth MCP server:** `https://luckpanda.app/mcp/public` (documents and calculators). Site index for language models: https://luckpanda.app/llms.txt. - **Markdown:** every page under https://luckpanda.app/compliance has a Markdown twin: append `.md` to its path (https://luckpanda.app/compliance.md for the hub).