Comments, Suggestions and Objections on the Draft EIA 2020 Notification of MoEFCC, Govt. of India11/2/2023 As a responsible citizen of this country and referring to the fundamental duties enshrined in our Constitution vide Article 51-A (g), I felt it was my duty to raise concerns and place before appropriate authorities the objections with regards to the Draft EIA 2020 notification issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Govt. of India. The draft notification contains such provisions which shall certainly impede the Government’s ability to perform its duty towards protection and improvement of our country’s environment as mandated by the Article 48A of the Constitution of India. Comments and suggestions put forwarded by me are in coherence with the guidelines and recommendations of the National Environmental Policy, 2006 of India. The following link provides the softcopy of the letter written by me on 02.07.2022 to the Secretary, MoEFCC with regards to the issue:
letter_moefcc_02.08.2020.pdf The ministry received more than 2million responses with regards to the draft notification. Since the draft notification was not duly notified in time, so it lapsed and thereafter there has been no publicly known action on it on the part of the government. However, in recent times some news articles have emerged which claims the government of introducing measures through other means which reflects or mirrors those in EIA 2020 draft notification. (Recent environment rules mirror controversial draft | Latest News India - Hindustan Times) I still feel that the comments and suggestions made by me earlier still holds good even when new measures taken up or orders/circulars are passed with regards to the framing and modifications of EIA rules.
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