Lok Sabha Question No. 2728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Environment Clearance for Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2728

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## Environment Clearance for Industries

## 2728.   SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  industries/factories  are  not  being  set  up  in  the  country  especially  in Jharkhand due to the environmental clearance or laws relating to environment and forests for industries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand; and
- (c) the corrective measures taken by the Government to facilitate these companies to create jobs without harming environment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

- (a) & (b) As per the available information on PARIVESH, in the last 5 years, this Ministry has accorded Environmental Clearance to 2468 Category A projects out which 64 projects are located in Jharkhand.State/UT-wise details are annexed.
- (c) To facilitate creation of jobs without harming the environment, the project proponents are required to submit Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)/ Environment Management Plan (EMP) along with their application for environmental clearance and details of employment generation. These reports are appraised by the sector specific Expert Appraisal Committees (EACs)  and  only  after  careful  analysis  of  all  the  aspects  including  their  impact  on environment; and social and economic benefits, EC is accorded to the project.

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Annexure I

## State/ UT-wise details of Environmental Clearance accorded in last 5 years

|   S.No. | State               |   Number of ECs accorded |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar |                       14 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh      |                      138 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                        9 |
|       4 | Assam               |                       27 |
|       5 | Bihar               |                       31 |

| 6.   | Chandigarh             |    3 |
|------|------------------------|------|
| 7.   | Chhattisgarh           |   71 |
| 8.   | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |    7 |
| 9.   | Daman and Diu          |    1 |
| 10.  | Delhi                  |  145 |
| 11.  | Goa                    |    4 |
| 12.  | Gujarat                |  390 |
| 13.  | Haryana                |  106 |
| 14.  | Himachal Pradesh       |   40 |
| 15.  | Jammu and Kashmir      |   10 |
| 16.  | Jharkhand              |   64 |
| 17.  | Karnataka              |   92 |
| 18.  | Kerala                 |   42 |
| 19.  | Madhya Pradesh         |   53 |
| 20.  | Maharashtra            |  423 |
| 21.  | Meghalaya              |    5 |
| 22.  | Mizoram                |    1 |
| 23.  | Orissa                 |  101 |
| 24.  | Puducherry             |    5 |
| 25.  | Punjab                 |   67 |
| 26.  | Rajasthan              |  136 |
| 27.  | Sikkim                 |    4 |
| 28.  | Tamil Nadu             |  111 |
| 29.  | Telangana              |   82 |
| 30.  | Tripura                |    4 |
| 31.  | Uttar Pradesh          |  143 |
| 32.  | Uttarakhand            |   56 |
| 33.  | West Bengal            |   83 |
|      | Total                  | 2468 |