DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) NORMS 2020

July 19, 2020

Opposition parties have claimed that the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) norms 2020 is a regressive departure from the 2006 version it seeks to replace.

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  • Under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, India notified its first EIA norms in 1994, setting in place a legal framework for regulating activities that access, utilise, and affect (pollute) natural resources.

  • Every development project has been required to go through the EIA process for obtaining prior environmental clearance ever since.

  • The 1994 EIA notification was replaced with a modified draft in 2006. Earlier this year, the government redrafted it again to incorporate the amendments and relevant court orders issued since 2006, and to make the EIA “process more transparent and expedient.”

Source : The Hindu

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