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 … Continue reading Comparative Analysis: EIA Draft, 2020 v. IAA, 2019
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, … Continue reading The Curious Case of India’s Draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020
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 … Continue reading The EIA Draft Notification, 2020: A(nother) step towards the dilution of the environmental regulatory regime
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 … Continue reading Dereliction of Public Consent in EIA: The Sterlite Plant Controversy
