Lok Sabha Question No. 1979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Funds for Environment Impact Assessment
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1979

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## Funds for Environment Impact Assessment

1979.  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

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

- (a) whether no funds have been allocated for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) this financial year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the total number of EIA's that have been carried out since 2014 till date, year-wise and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)& (b) Funds for undertaking Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) are not required in the Ministry. The EIA reportfor grant of Environmental Clearance to a project or activity is required to be prepared by Project Proponent.
- (c) Since 2014 till date, total of 4957 EIAs have been carried out by Project Proponents for  various  proposals.  The  State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  details  are  enclosed  as Annexure-1 .

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Annexure-1: Number of EIA's conducted State/UT-wise and Year-wise since 2014

|        |                     | Year   | Year   | Year   |   Year | Year   |   Year |
|--------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl.No. | State               | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |   2017 | 2018   |   2019 |
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar | Nil    | 4      | 4      |      6 | 2      |      5 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh      | 14     | 52     | 52     |     85 | 21     |     28 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 3      | 7      | 1      |      4 |        |      1 |
| 4      | Assam               | 3      | 8      | 6      |     10 | 7      |     13 |
| 5      | Bihar               | Nil    | 13     | 7      |     16 | 16     |      2 |
| 6      | Chandigarh          | Nil    | Nil    | Nil    |      1 | Nil    |      1 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh        | 7      | 18     | 24     |     25 | 22     |     20 |

| 8   | Dadar and Nagar Haveli   | Nil       | Nil        | 1   | 3    | 6   | Nil      |
|-----|--------------------------|-----------|------------|-----|------|-----|----------|
| 9   | Daman and Diu            | Nil       | Nil        | Nil | 3    | 2   | Nil      |
| 10  | Delhi                    | 15        | 17         | 2   | 22   | 51  | 64       |
| 11  | Goa                      | Nil       | 4          | 3   | 12   | 6   | 2        |
| 12  | Gujarat                  | 58        | 146        | 90  | 143  | 108 | 108      |
| 13  | Haryana                  | 13        | 164        | 7   | 46   | 76  | 34       |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh         | 21        | 18         | 10  | 20   | 22  | 8        |
| 15  | Jammu and Kashmir        | Nil       | 9          | 4   | 8    | 5   | 2        |
| 16  | Jharkhand                | 9         | 16         | 30  | 23   | 11  | 20       |
| 17  | Karnataka                | 21        | 24         | 40  | 90   | 25  | 25       |
| 18  | Kerala                   | 20        | 14         | 12  | 47   | 32  | 9        |
| 19  | Lakshadweep              | Nil       | 1          | Nil | Nil  | Nil | Nil      |
| 20  | Madhya Pradesh           | 6         | 25         | 18  | 17   | 20  | 32       |
| 21  | Maharashtra              | 120       | 130        | 185 | 340  | 82  | 87       |
| 22  | Manipur                  | Nil       | Nil        | Nil | Nil  | 1   | 4        |
| 23  | Meghalaya                | 4         | 2          | 1   | 2    |     | 3        |
| 24  | Mizoram                  | Nil       | Nil        | Nil | 1    | 2   | Nil      |
| 25  | Orissa                   | 15        | 28         | 17  | 41   | 40  | 28       |
| 26  | Puducherry               | Nil       | 2          | 5   | 3    | 2   | 6        |
| 27  | Punjab                   | 5         | 24         | 7   | 21   | 14  | 14       |
| 28  | Rajasthan                | 43        | 97         | 58  | 33   | 44  | 42       |
| 29  | Sikkim                   | Nil       | 1          | 1   | Nil  | Nil | 2        |
| 30  | Tamil Nadu               | 12        | 76         | 46  | 39   | 55  | 16       |
| 31  | Telangana                | 24        | 24         | 24  | 10   | 18  | 60       |
| 32  | Tripura                  | Nil       | 2          | 1   | 3    | 1   | 1        |
| 33  | Uttar Pradesh            | 5         | 21         | 16  | 165  | 28  | 31       |
| 34  | Uttarakhand              | 12        | 50         | 42  | 20   | 33  | 8        |
| 35  | West Bengal              | 14        | 29         | 22  | 20   | 21  | 23       |
|     | State-wise Total         | 444 Grand | 1026 Total | 736 | 1279 | 773 | 699 4957 |