This year,in March, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC) had issued a draft Environment Impact Assesment(EIA) notification,2020. If this notification come into force then it will replace EIA notification of 2006. According to experts there are various flaws in this notification, which will erode the basic notion behind environment impact assessment. What is Environment Impact Assessment? Environment Impact Assesment is a tool which is used to anticipate the likely impact of any developmental project on environment and helps us by suggesting measures. EIA helps in maintaining balance between economic growth and environment conservation. EIA was introduced in India in 1978 to anticipate the environmental impact of river valley projects. Then in 1994 EIA notification was introduced under the provision of Environment(Protection) act, 1986. In 2006 new draft notification superceded the notification of 1994....
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