1. Domestic Investment
  2. Thimphu
  3. Business creation (service, production and manufacturing industries)
  4. Medium and large industry
  5. Inside industrial estate
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Request environment clearance
(last modified: 28/03/2023)

You can apply for this step online

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Contact details

Entity in charge

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE), Department of Industry

Doebum Lam, Thimphu 11001
Tel: +975 2 325 323 / +975 2 323 597
Fax: +975 2 337 624
Website: www.moice.gov.bt

Unit in charge

Environment Services Section, DoI

Mon: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Environment Officer, ESS

Environment Officer

Expected results

Application ID via SMS (for EC) Application ID via SMS (for EC)

Requirements

1. Provisional Letter of Interest
Provisional Letter of Interest (Simple copy)
2. Initial environment examination (IEE) - General
Initial environment examination (IEE) - General (original)

Legal justification

1. Environmental Assessment Act, 2000
Environmental Assessment Act, 2000
2. Regulation for the Environmental Clearance for Projects 2016
Regulation for the Environmental Clearance for Projects 2016

Additional information

On the citizen services system, select the Business option and log in to the system.

Select the 4th service (Application for Environment Clearance) and submit the application online. As soon as the application is submitted, a notification for payment for EC fees will be sent to the applicant via SMS along with an application ID. 

Refer the list of activities delegated ESS, DoI and to relevant competent authority for issuance of EC. 

Note: This environmental clearance is only for the activities delegated with the ESS, DoI.

DoECC delegated list of activites .pdf DoECC delegated list of activites .pdf
ESS,DoI delegated list of acitivites_1.pdf ESS,DoI delegated list of acitivites_1.pdf

Recourse: Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE), Department of Industry

Entity in charge

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE), Department of Industry

Doebum Lam, Thimphu 11001
Tel: +975 2 325 323 / +975 2 323 597
Fax: +975 2 337 624
Website: www.moice.gov.bt

Unit in charge

Environment Services Section, DoI

Mon: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Tue: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Wed: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Thu: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Fri: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Sat: closed
Sun: closed

Person in charge

Karchen Dorji

Head of the Environment Services Section
Tel: 02332121
Email: kdorji@moice.gov.bt
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