Environment, Ecology and Climate

Environmental clearances, forest diversion and remedies

The general EIA methods in environment.assessment-and-sustainability and the forest-rights module in polity.special-areas-and-classes have already been studied. First study of the selected approval and tribunal provisions.

Includes

• Selected legal provisions and the short ministry explanation
• Comparison of authority roles, approval conditions and remedies
• Available mapped practice, error analysis and an initial closed-book review

Separate time needed

• Repeated study of generic EIA stages, forest-rights eligibility or claims procedures
• Later revisions, full mock tests and ongoing amendment tracking
• Current project classifications, operational filing, fee tables and litigation advice

Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data

• Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2020 ↗

  Clause 20(4), PDF p. 28: annual report with authority to request more frequent reports.

• Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006: original instrument ↗

  Paragraph 10(i), PDF p. 8: original half-yearly requirement; historical baseline only.

• Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006: original instrument ↗

  Original 14 September 2006 notification, paragraphs 2, 4(i–iii), 7(i) stage overview, I, II(i) definition, III(i) definition and III(ii), (vi–vii), IV(i), 8(i–ii) authority relationship, and 10 compliance-report principle; PDF pp. 2–8. Assign conceptual roles and distinctions only. Exclude original project schedules, thresholds, exemption lists, deadlines, deemed permissions and validity periods as present procedure. This is not a consolidated current notification. Read with the 8 August 2024 ministry explanation for continued framework context.

• Consolidated Guidelines and Clarifications under the forest conservation framework ↗

  Act section 2(1)(i–iv), PDF p. 7, and section 3, p. 8; Rules 2023 rule 9(1), p. 15; 10(10) and 11(1–7), pp. 20–21; 11(12), p. 21; handbook 2.1, p. 53, and 3.1–3.2, p. 62. Study central approval, conditional stages, other-law/forest-rights compliance, compensatory afforestation, NPV and monitoring. Exclude section 1A land-scope litigation, non-forest-purpose exceptions, fee/rate tables and current project-specific permission advice. ID denotes the rule version, not a verified publication year of this compilation.

• The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 ↗

  Retained India Code Act: sections 14(1–2) and 15(1–2), PDF p. 10; 16(h–i), 17(1–3), p. 11; 19(1–2), p. 12; 20, p. 13. Jurisdiction, remedies, clearance appeals, natural justice, mandated principles and liability distinctions. Exclude limitation periods, changing Schedule I contents, appointment rules and obsolete evidence/criminal-law cross-references. No claim that this retained copy alone verifies every current amendment.

• Natural disasters in Himalayan region: parliamentary reply, 8 August 2024 ↗

  Natural disasters in Himalayan region, parliamentary reply dated 8 August 2024: first two paragraphs only. EIA 2006 as amended, assessment stages, environmental/social impacts and site-specific disaster mitigation in EMP. Exclude fund allocations and later disaster-management paragraphs. A dated explanatory supplement, not the consolidated notification or an assertion that every stage applies to every project.

• Consent under Water and Air Acts: two-stage framework ↗

  Opening two consent-stage definitions only: establishment and operation after installation of pollution-control systems. This state-board overview illustrates the distinction for activities requiring consent. Exclude universal coverage assumptions, fee/delegation tables, fixed renewal periods and current exemption eligibility; it is not a national compliance checklist.

• Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2020 ↗

  Historical draft only: preamble and clause 1(ii), PDF pp. 1–2; clause 14(1–2), pp. 18–19; clause 20(4), p. 28; clause 22(1–3), p. 29; Appendix I paragraph 3.1, p. 47. Compare with the original 2006 instrument, distinguishing continuities from proposals. The draft states that commencement requires a final Gazette notification; it is not proof of enactment or current procedure. No exhaustive amendment, exemption or later judicial-law survey; no diagrams assigned.

• Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006: original instrument ↗

  Historical comparison supplement: paragraph 7(i) III(i)(e–f), paragraph 10(i) and Appendix IV paragraph 3.1, PDF pp. 5,8,38. Compare the original instrument with the draft, not the fully amended law as of 2020 or today.