Resource information
This strategic environmental assessment
(SEA) is a technical piece intended to assist in the current
and future identification of priority industrial pollutants
and economic instruments to minimize industrial waste. This
industrial sector SEA is one of six pieces of technical
support envisioned by the Himachal Pradesh (HP) inclusive
green growth (IGG) development policy loan (DPL) to fill
knowledge gaps and strengthen operational success of the
DPL. The DPL acknowledges that industrial development is an
important economic driver within HP, and that such
development must be consistent with maintaining the
integrity of other natural resource assets on which human
health depend. The general objectives of the SEA study are:
(i) to assist in identification of priority pollutants and
industries; (ii) to review existing institutional structures
that address these pollutants; (iii) to identify and
recommend potential reform options through the introduction
of new policy approaches; and (iv) to identify complementary
institutional support necessary to implement such a program.
The SEA was undertaken from April to December 2013 based on
secondary data collection, existing literature, various
consultative meetings with key stakeholders, and diagnostic
analyses of this information. The purpose of the
consultations was to discuss the findings, issues, and
preliminary directions suggested by the desk reviews, and to
initiate a work plan for amassing additional information.
The SEA has included participatory approaches to ensure that
presented policy changes are designed and implemented in a
way that is responsive to the different segments of HP
society. This report is presented in three parts. Part one
forms a foundation for focusing subsequent diagnostic work
by providing more extensive detail on the institutional
context, pollution situation, health and environmental
linkages, and opportunities for using economic instruments.
Part two performs additional diagnostic analyses to inform
the core recommendations relating to options for new
economic instruments, institutional reforms, and capacity
building; these recommendations are presented in part three.
