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Ayaskant Das
Modi Govt Scraps Corporate Environment Responsibility Fund
09 Oct 2020
This has opened an easy way for corporates to procure prior environmental clearances, but the chances of non-compliance to the environmental commitments are now high.
Ayaskant Das
Did Modi Govt Tweak Green Laws to Allow Oil and Gas Exploration in Assam’s Rainforests?
19 Aug 2020
The OIL has proposed in its project report that hydrocarbons will be extracted by drilling seven wells beneath the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park using the modern state-of-the-art technology called ‘…
Ayaskant Das
How Draft EIA Notification Compromises Rights of Tribal and Forest Dwelling Communities
12 Aug 2020
The draft notification seeks to dilute the concept of public consultations, which lies at the core of the Environment Impact Assessment process, for a large number of projects.
Arun Kumar Das
Decline in Tiger Population in Odisha Linked to Poaching?
29 Jul 2020
Odisha has excellent habitat and vast forests for tigers to live and flourish. However, rampant poaching of prey base and tigers is taking a toll on their population.
Sonali Jain
Draft EIA Notification 2020: Whose Interests Does it Secure?
24 Jul 2020
The new draft EIA Notification proposed by the Union government recently is a regressive departure from the 2006 EIA and would supersede it.
Newsclick Report
Website Blocked for ‘Multiple Emails’ on EIA Draft Received by Prakash Javadekar
23 Jul 2020
The Delhi Police had threatened the volunteers’ collective ‘Fridays for Future’ with the UAPA Act for simply making an email template available for the people to participate in the consultation on…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Delhi High Court Seeks MoEFCC Response on Ambiguity in its Notification on EIA
26 Jun 2020
RTI responses reveal that Union Minister Javadekar deferred senior officials on extending deadline for receiving public comments on draft EIA 2020
Newsclick Report
Elephant Probably Accidentally Ate Cracker-Laden Fruit, Says Ministry; Javadekar’s ‘Not Indian Culture’ Remark Busted
08 Jun 2020
On Monday, after primary investigations, the Environment Ministry noted that many a times locals resort to an illegal act of planting explosive-filled fruits to repel wild boars from entering…
Ayaskant Das
‘Post Facto’ Environmental Clearance Set to be New Normal in India
04 May 2020
The draft notification pushed during the lockdown, in more ways than one, tries to minimise public participation in determining impacts of any particular industrial project on livelihoods and…
Newsclick Team
In Times of Panic, Religious-entertainment or Self-protection?
28 Mar 2020
The decision to lockdown the country in wake of the awful effects of COVID-19 could be the immediate way forward, but it's not a silver bullet.