Category: Environment
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Comparative Analysis: EIA Draft, 2020 v. IAA, 2019
INTRODUCTION Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a mandatory internationally recognized process through which the regulatory authorities evaluate, examine and predict the environmental impact that various developmental projects would entail considering human-health, socio-economic, and cultural effects and then accordingly grant/reject the Environmental Clearance (EC). This process aims to mitigate the adverse effects on natural resources and tries…
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The Curious Case of India’s Draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020
For the past few months, there’s been an immense hue and cry over the draft EIA Notification, 2020. It is claimed by many activists, environmental groups, biologists and students that the notification is “anti-people”, “anti-environment” and “pro-industries”. In this article, I will discuss the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and the repercussions and consequences of the…
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The EIA Draft Notification, 2020: A(nother) step towards the dilution of the environmental regulatory regime
Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period. Environmental Impact Assessment is the process of identifying the likely environmental, social, economic, cultural, health-related impacts and risks associated with a proposed project, prior to actual groundwork being initiated for the same. The objective of this…
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Understanding Market-based Instruments: The Bridge between Development and Environment Protection
Throughout the phase of setting new national and global levels of development, the dynamic economies of the world seem to have downplayed their ecological responsibilities. With more and more industries overwhelming the background, economies have stayed ahead in their development standards but failed dismally in their environmental obligations. The illusion that the economy and the…
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