EPCG scheme eligibility expanded to include textile and chemical manufacturing with specified machinery and environmental equipment allowed. Amendment to the EPCG notification adds 'textile and chemical sectors' to eligibility conditions and inserts Annexures III and IV listing eligible capital goods: textile machinery for spinning, weaving, processing, composite and worsted operations, associated testing and effluent-control equipment, and chemical/process capital goods including effluent treatment plants, process instrumentation, quality control, safety equipment, incinerators, scientific instruments and computer software systems.