Lok Sabha Question No. 1324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Environmental Clearance to Companies
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

Annexure

| Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)& (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 1324 for reply on 22.12.2017   |
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| Proposal received up to 13th September, 2017 - State and Sector-wise breakup (ToR)                               |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1324

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2017

## Environmental Clearance to Companies

## 1324.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided a six months time from date of notification, as a  one-time  opportunity  to  the  units,  which  have  not  obtained  prior  environmental clearance, to apply for the same;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  a  State  and  sector-wise  breakup  of  the  applications received in this regard;
- (c) whether any  penalty  will  be  imposed  on  companies  that  have  gone  ahead  with  the construction of projects without obtaining the requisite clearances; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)& (b) The Ministry has issued a Notification vide S.O.804(E) dated the 14 th March, 2017under  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986to  appraise  the  projects,  which  have started the work without taking prior environmental clearance in terms of the provisions of the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006. The said Notification provides one time opportunity to such projects/units to apply for the same within six months. The State and sector-wise breakup of the applications received in this regard is at Annexure.

(c) & (d) Pursuant  to  the  above  Notification,  the  project  proponent  are  required  to submit  a  bank  guarantee  equivalent  to  the  amount  of  remediation  plan,  natural  and community resource augmentation plan with the concerned State Pollution Control Board, as per  recommendations  of  the  Expert  Appraisal  Committee  and  finalized  by  the  Regulatory Authority.

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| S.No .   | Sector / State          | Coal Mining   | Industry -1   | Industry -2   | MIS   | NCP   | Non Coal   | Therma l   | River Valley &Hyder o Electric Project   |   Total |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|-------|------------|------------|------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 1             | 1             | -             | -     | -     | 711        | -          | -                                        |     713 |
| 2        | Assam                   | -             | -             | -             | -     | 1     | -          | -          | -                                        |       1 |
| 3        | Bihar                   | -             | -             | -             | -     | -     | 1          | -          | -                                        |       1 |
| 4        | Chhatisgarh             | -             | 1             | -             | -     | 1     | 7          | -          | -                                        |       9 |
| 5        | Delhi                   | -             | -             | 2             | -     | 1     | -          | -          | -                                        |       3 |
| 6        | Daman &Diu              |               |               | -             | -     | -     | -          | -          | -                                        |       0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                 | -             | -             | 4             | 3     | 14    | 52         | -          | -                                        |      73 |
| 8        | Haryana                 | -             | -             | -             | -     | 17    | -          | -          | -                                        |      17 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh        | -             | 1             | -             | -     | -     | 3          | -          | -                                        |       4 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir         | -             | 1             | -             | -     | 1     | 1          | -          | -                                        |       3 |
| 11       | Jharkhand               | 2             | 1             | 1             | -     | 3     | 52         | -          | -                                        |      59 |
| 12       | Karnataka               | -             | -             | 17            | -     | 3     | 2          | -          | -                                        |      22 |
| 13       | Kerala                  | -             | -             | -             | -     | 3     | -          | -          | -                                        |       3 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | -             | -             | 1             | -     | 59    | 16         | 1          | -                                        |      77 |
| 15       | Maharashtra             | -             | 1             | 11            | 1     | 50    | 4          | -          | -                                        |      67 |
| 16       | Meghalaya               | -             | -             | -             |       | -     | 1          | -          | -                                        |       1 |
| 17       | Orissa                  | -             | 3             | -             | 1     | 5     | 8          | -          | -                                        |      17 |
| 18       | Punjab                  | -             | -             | -             | -     | 15    | -          | -          | -                                        |      15 |
| 19       | Rajasthan               | -             | 1             | -             | 1     | 9     | 8          | -          | -                                        |      19 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu              | 1             | -             | 1             | 1     | 46    | 548        | -          | -                                        |     597 |
| 21       | Telangana               | 10            | -             | 3             | -     | 22    | 67         | -          | -                                        |     102 |
| 22       | Uttara Pradesh          | -             | 2             | -             | -     | 21    | -          | 1          | -                                        |      24 |
| 23       | Uttarakhand             | -             | -             | -             | -     | 2     | 1          | -          | -                                        |       3 |
| 24       | West Bengal             | -             | -             | 1             | -     | 49    |            | -          | -                                        |      50 |
|          | Total Cases Sector-wise | 14            | 12            | 41            | 7     | 322   | 1482       | 2          | 0                                        |    1880 |