The Pandemic was no deterrent to dilution of Environmental Clearance Law
Even the COVID-19 pandemic has been no deterrent for the current government which continued diluting environmental clearance norms to promote ‘ease of doing business’.
Even the COVID-19 pandemic has been no deterrent for the current government which continued diluting environmental clearance norms to promote ‘ease of doing business’.
The Delhi High Court expressed its dismay at government’s reluctance to translate the draft Environment Impact Assessment 2020 on grounds that doing so would cause ‘administrative problems’.
Sonali Huria | The Ecologist
The targeting of environmental justice groups shows how the Modi government’s criminalization of dissent is gaining pace.
Abhishek Chakravarty | Down to Earth
The draft EIA 2020 notification aims to set aside several essential provisions such as public consultation, and plans to introduce ex-post facto clearance for many projects
Courtesy: Down to Earth
With easier green clearance under the new EIA regime for dams and hydroelectric projects, experts fear mass inundation of forested areas.
Courtesy: Scroll The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to environmental conservationist Vikrant Tongad after the Centre filed a review petition against an order to translate the draft Environmental Impact Assessment notification into 22 vernacular languages, PTI reported. The Centre had initially filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, butRead More
Akshaya Nath | India Today
The ‘kolam protest’ against EIA 2020 draft was organised by members of the civil society in Tamil Nadu. The organisers said initially the plan was to organise public gatherings, but due to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, it was decided that they would voice their opposition by making colourful kolam designs.
Sayan Banerjee | Down to Earth India’s northeastern region — comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura — is a unique biodiversity hotspot. The region, however, faces many environmental problems. Successive Indian forest surveys in 2015, 2017 and 2019 reported net deforestation of 628, 630 andRead More
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