The model adopted by Ghana and Indonesia for making their industry eco-friendly will now be adopted in Himachal Pradesh which will result in the shrinking of the number of units placed under the negative list for emitting more pollutants. A high-level team from the World Bank (WB) in Washington yesterday held a meeting with senior functionaries of the state government to review the progress of the initiatives taken under the Rs 1,100-crore Policy Development Loan (DPL) extended by it. The team expressed a desire to see the industry become environment-friendly not through punitive action, but by way of the grant of incentives which would be monitored by an environment economist of the WB. "Certain initiatives will have to be taken so that more industrial units move from the category of high-polluting units to more eco-friendly units," said Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy, who chaired the meeting. He said the measures taken in a similar experiment in Ghana and Indonesia would be replicated in Himachal. As per the conditions under the DPL, certain reforms had to be initiated in various sector like power, tourism, forest and industry. The Industries Department has placed 22 industries like cement plants, mini steel plants, plastics, thermal power, paper and fiber glass in the negative list. Similarly, it also has a list of thrust areas which includes 27 industries like handicrafts, fruit and vegetable processing units, sericulture, floriculture and wool and its products. "The WB is keen that we undertake categorisation of industry and provide it incentives so that it installs new pollution control devices," said Mohan Chauhan, Director, Industries. He said the whole process would be accomplished by laying down policy parameters which had to be put in place by September before the next visit of the WB team. The department would collect exhaustive data on various kinds of industry in the state and its adverse impact on environment. However, it was the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) which would be the regulatory authority.