In the name of “strategic importance”, the Executive can now exempt any project from public consultation, thereby frustrating the whole objective of Environmental Impact Assessment.
Text of the EIA 2006 Notification, Government of India
Anurag Mishra, Neha Mohanbabu, Krishna Anujan | Down to Earth
The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in widespread public concern
Courtesy: The Week Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements on Sunday have raked up many concerns surrounding the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 notification. “The EIA 2020 draft is a disaster. It seeks to silence the voice of communities who will be directly impacted by the environmental degradation it unleashes.Read More
Being positioned as a future alternative to Jawaharlal Nehru Port or JNPT in Mumbai, the Gujarat government has been planning to develop a port in Valsad since 1997.
Nikhil Ghanekar | IndiaSpend New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on July 7, 2021 issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for dealing with cases of industrial projects that are operating without prior environmental clearance under the Environment Impact Notification (EIA), 2006. Action will be taken against projects that doRead More
Arsh Rampal | The Leaflet
The Constitution establishes representative government in India. The scope of public participation has accordingly gradually increased. In a participative democracy, the public is involved in government decision-making. Information disclosure is another norm of such a system. However, recent trends highlight attempts to inhibit the participatory element of governance.
Ayaskant Das | The Wire Science
The Government Is Effectively Helping Industries Bypass Environmental Safeguards
Gaurav Sarkar | Mid-Day
Civil society organisations, individuals write to union environment minister, seek transparency in the finalisation of draft EIA notification 2020
‘Strategic’ nuclear plants may no longer require green clearance 
Waste-to-Energy project expansion in the Aravallis and a farcical public hearing 
Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk 
Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts 
Twin-tunnel link roads infrastructural project near Mumbai exempt from precautionary EIA study 
Endangered Landscapes