India, Jan. 15 -- In the name of streamlining process to get environmental clearances, the Centre has turned these rules into mere formality
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), on January 4, 2019, came up with a memorandum setting standard environmental clearance conditions for two sectors that see the highest investment-Infrastructure and building/construction projects and area development projects. This was after the ministry released a similar memorandum on August 9, 2018 for 25 major industrial sectors.
There are two very distinct sides to this issue and most of the people are divided over these.
First side: Government's development agenda
The government aims to promote ease of doing business as i...