The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification does not relax the process of public hearing, but aims to make it more meaningful, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday told Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. The Congress leader on July 25 wrote to the minister that the draft EIA Notification reduces public participation in all steps of the environment clearance process.
The draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification does not relax the process of public hearing, but aims to make it more meaningful, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday told Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. The Congress leader on July 25 wrote to the minister that the draft EIA Notification reduces public participation in all steps of the environment clearance process.