Environmental regulation in India - Moving ‘forward’ in the old direction
Submitted by susan on Wed, 2015-12-30 12:37
In a bid to fast-track environmental clearances for industrial projects, the Narendra Modi government constituted a high-level committee in 2014 under T S R Subramanian to review key environmental laws. In the context of the controversial recommendations made by the T S R Subramanian Committee to ease environmental norms and dilute people’s participation in environmental governance to stimulate economic development, the article takes a critical look at the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment regime in India since its inception in 1994.
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http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2015_50/50/Environmental_Regulation_in_India.pdf
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12/12/2015