A secretary in the environment ministry, RP Gupta has recently responded that nothing is disturbing in the clauses of the EIA Draft Notification 2020 in an interview.
Nevertheless, the issue has had a massive public outcry. The ministry has received enormous objection mails out of which over 95% of them were found repetitive. It was exposed that the ministry is also developing a monitoring mechanism of projects which will come as a second part to this draft notification. Quoting one of his response, “To discourage violations, the best way is to ensure fast-tracking of clearances.”
