Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Delay in Environmental Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.221

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2015

## Delay in Environmental Clearance

## 221. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether  some  of  the  States  are  responsible  for  delay  in  granting  environmental clearances for various projects;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c)        the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  solve  these  issues  with  each  of  the concerned States during the remaining period of the 12th Five Year Plan?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) & (b) No, Sir. The state wise list of projects under appraisal is at Annexure-1.
- (c) The  initiatives  taken  by  the  Ministry  inter  alia  include  delegating  more powers  to  States,  exempting  the  construction  of  industrial  shed,  school, college, university,  hostels for educational institution from requirement of EC subject to following environmental guidelines, exemption to all highway projects  in  border  States  from  the  requirement  of  ToR  and  exempting  all linear  projects  in  border  States  from  the  requirement  of  public  hearing subject to suitable conditions prescribed by the Ministry, non requirement of no objection for transfer of environment clearance of cancelled coal block to legal person to whom such block is subsequently allocated and also without referring  it  to  EAC/SEAC,  standardising  the  Terms  of  Reference  for preparation of EIA Report, increasing the validity of Environment Clearance from  5  to  7  years.  The  Ministry  has  launched  web  portal  for  online application for EC to category 'B' projects under State Environment Impact Assessment  Authority  (SEIAA)/  State  Environment  Appraisal  Committee (SEAC).

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## Annexure-1

Status of pending cases for appraisal/EC in States: May 2015

| S. No.   | State / UT                       | Total Pendency                          |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                   | 490                                     |
| 2.       | Andamaan & Nicobar               | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 4.       | Assam                            | 10                                      |
| 5.       | Bihar                            | 475                                     |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                       | 0                                       |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                     | 798                                     |
| 8.       | Delhi                            | -                                       |
| 9.       | Goa                              |                                         |
| 10.      | Gujarat                          | 445                                     |
| 11.      | Haryana                          | 400                                     |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh                 | 90                                      |
| 13.      | Jammu and Kashmir                | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                        | 290                                     |
| 15.      | Karnataka                        | 763                                     |
| 16.      | Kerala                           | 60                                      |
| 17.      | Lakshwadeep                      | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh                   | 250                                     |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                      | 800                                     |
| 20.      | Manipur                          |                                         |
| 21.      | Mizoram                          |                                         |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                        | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 23.      | Nagaland                         | SEIAA Non functional/Under Constitution |
| 24.      | Odisha                           | 50                                      |
| 25.      | Puducherry                       |                                         |
| 26.      | Punjab                           | 984                                     |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                        | 3000                                    |
| 28.      | Sikkim                           |                                         |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                       | 601                                     |
| 30.      | Telangana                        | 85                                      |
| 31.      | Tripura                          | 0                                       |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh                    | 983                                     |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                      | 71                                      |
| 34.      | West Bengal                      | 05                                      |
| 35.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu | -                                       |
|          | Total                            | 10640                                   |