Re-engineering the legal and policy regimes on environment

Environment impact assessment was supposed to be a critical tool in environmental decision-making. But it has been re-engineered to severely reduce its usefulness as an instrument for public participation in decision-making.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2008
Kanchi Kohli, Manju Menon
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Public Participation, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), World Bank, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), India