Lok Sabha Question No. 1838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Environment Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1838

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Environment Clearance

## 1838.  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether  the  Govenrment  proposes  to  set  up  a  new  Board  to  expedite  the environmental clearance to various projects in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said initiative is restricted to the projects related to energy and infrastructural development sector;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of projects pending for environmental clearance, State-wise; and
- (f) the time by which these projects are likely to be approved in order to increase investment and speed up the development process in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No Sir.
- (b) to (d) Do not arise.
- (e) to (f) The number of projects state wise, pending consideration for environmental clearance  is  given  at  Annexure.  Details  of  these  projects  can  be  seen  at Ministry's website.

The Ministry considers the project/activity for grant of environmental clearance as per provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006.

The  timelines  prescribed  in  the  Notification  for  various  stages  of clearance are:

- 30 days specified for prescribing the Terms  of Reference (TORs);

(After  30  days  the  standard  ToRs  generated  by  the  system  are issued automatically. It has resulted in drastic reduction in timeline for prescribing of ToRs.)

- 45 days for public consultation (wherever applicable);
- 45  days  thereafter  for  communicating  the  decision  to  project proponent.
- 60 days for appraisal; and

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## Annexure

## State-wise details of projects for Environmental Clearance (as on 7.3.2016)

|   S. No. | Name of the State/UT   |   Total |
|----------|------------------------|---------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh         |      29 |
|        2 | Andaman & Nicobar      |      07 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |      12 |
|        4 | Assam                  |      06 |
|        5 | Bihar                  |      03 |
|        6 | Chandigarh             |       0 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh           |      11 |
|        8 | Dadar Nagar Haveli     |       0 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu            |       0 |
|       10 | Delhi                  |      01 |
|       11 | Goa                    |       0 |
|       12 | Gujarat                |      45 |
|       13 | Haryana                |      12 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh       |      06 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir        |      06 |
|       16 | Jharkhand              |      13 |
|       17 | Karnataka              |      16 |
|       18 | Kerala                 |      06 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh         |      18 |
|       20 | Maharashtra            |      45 |
|       21 | Manipur                |       0 |
|       22 | Meghalaya              |      02 |
|       23 | Mizoram                |       0 |
|       24 | Nagaland               |       0 |
|       25 | Lakshadweep            |       0 |
|       26 | Pondicherry            |      01 |
|       27 | Orissa                 |      13 |
|       28 | Punjab                 |      07 |
|       29 | Rajasthan              |      74 |
|       30 | Sikkim                 |      01 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu             |      16 |
|       32 | Telengana              |      08 |
|       33 | Tripura                |      02 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand            |      19 |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh          |      10 |
|       36 | West Bengal            |      22 |