Lok Sabha Question No. 41 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Environmental Clearance to Pending Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Subrata Pathak, Khagen Murmu

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 41 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## Environmental Clearance to Pending Projects

## *41. SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK: SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

- (a) whether the projects of Centre and State Governments are pending with various States and Union Territories for want of environmental clearance;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the schemes/projects of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar which are under consideration of the Ministry; and
- (d) the present status thereof and the time by which the Ministry is likely to take a decision in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Sabha Starred Question No. 41 to be answered on Monday, the 24 th  July, 2023 on 'Environmental Clearance to Pending Projects' by Shri Subrat Pathak and Shri Khagen Murmu.

(a) to (d) As per the provisions laid down in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended, the proposals are appraised and recommended by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) or State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) considering the  Environmental  Management  Plan  (EMP)  prepared  to  address  the  issues  raised  in EIA/Public consultation.  Based on the recommendation of the EAC/SEAC, projects are further considered by the Ministry or State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for approval for grant of Environmental clearance (EC) or otherwise.

As per information available on PARIVESH Portal, retrieved on 20.07.2023, there are a total 153 proposals relating to the Central/State Governments/UTs (Annexure-1) at various stages of consideration with the respective SEIAA as per provisions of the said notification.

There is one proposal of Uttar Pradesh Government namely 'Construction of 4 lane Inner Ring Road Phase-1 in and around Prayagraj city starting from near village Adampur, and ending near  Khodaypur  Kasgaon  village,  in  Prayagraj  and  Kaushambi  districts  by  M/s  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)' and one proposal of Bihar related to 'Development of economic corridors, inter corridors, feeder routes and borders road for improving the efficiency of  freight  movement in India (Sasaram-Arrah)' by M/s NHAI which relates to the Central Ministry.

As per the provisions stated above,  EC  is granted  only after considering all environmental issues  and  incorporation  of  appropriate  environmental  safeguards  including  mitigatory measures as prescribed in the EMP.

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Annexure 1 Number of proposals related to Central/State/UTs government as on Parivesh Portal.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs           |   Number of proposals |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar |                     1 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                     4 |
| 3.        | Assam               |                     4 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh        |                     3 |
| 5.        | Delhi               |                     5 |
| 6.        | Goa                 |                     3 |
| 7.        | Gujarat             |                     1 |
| 8.        | Haryana             |                     3 |
| 9.        | Karnataka           |                     4 |
| 10.       | Kerala              |                     2 |
| 11.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                     3 |
| 12.       | Maharashtra         |                    45 |
| 13.       | Odisha              |                    11 |
| 14.       | Orissa              |                     8 |
| 15.       | Punjab              |                    12 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu          |                    26 |
| 17.       | Telangana           |                     9 |
| 18.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                     3 |
| 19.       | Uttarakhand         |                     5 |
| 20.       | West Bengal         |                     1 |
|           | Total               |                   153 |