Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Loopholes in Environmental Clearance Process of Projects

A consultancy project was awarded to IIT, Delhi to prepare a Project Report on the establishment of a National Environment Protection Authority. IIT, Delhi has made certain findings and recommendations relating to refinement of processes of environmental clearance in its final Report titled “Scope, Structure and Processes on National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority” submitted to the Ministry. The Final Report of IIT, Delhi has also been uploaded on the Ministry’s website.

The Ministry proposes to establish a National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA) with domain expertise, technological finesse and field outreach in order to strengthen and professionalize the regimes of environment impact assessment and coastal zone management under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The details and the time schedule for setting up the Authority have not yet been finalised.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan in a written reply to a question by Shri Rama Chandra Khuntia in Rajya Sabha today.

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