Tag: EIA

• 5 Nov 2020

  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 […]
• 9 Aug 2020

  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 […]
• 5 Jul 2020

  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 […]
• 6 Oct 2018

  Dereliction of Public Consent in EIA: The Sterlite Plant Controversy

  

  On 22nd May 2018, Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) in the Tamil Nadu state of India, turned violent when protest demanding the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit entered in a clash between the protestors and the police, killing 11 people. These protests began nearly two decades ago intensifying after the company announced its expansion. A stay was […]