Environment Impact Assessment Subject: Environment Context: The Supreme Court on Thursday noted that it was inclined to nullify the Centre’s notification which exempted the authorities from undertaking Environment Impact Assessment in case a road project is less than 100 kilometres long. Concept: The observation came on hearing a petition against the felling of […]

    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) EIA is the management tool for identifying environmental, social and economic impacts of a project before decision-making. Thus, it seeks to ensure optimal use of natural resources within the context of sustainable development. EIA and INDIA: EIA started in India in 1978-79 in case of river valley projects. But […]

Subject: Environment Context: Huge criticism is rising against the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 notification issued to amend rules. Concept: Environment Impact Assessment or EIA can be defined as the study to predict the effect of a proposed activity/project on the environment. A decision making tool, EIA compares various alternatives for a project and […]

Subject: Environment Context: Several students unions in the country wrote letter to government to hold draft EIA notification 2020. Concept: Environment Impact Assessment or EIA can be defined as the study to predict the effect of a proposed activity/project on the environment. A decision making tool, EIA compares various alternatives for a project and seeks […]