In a bid to speed up infrastructure projects, the Prime Minister’s Office is said to have asked the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue fresh directions to facilitate ‘unconditional forest clearance’ waiving off the requirement for gram sabha nod for linear projects, small public utility projects and projects that do not ‘substantially’ affect the quality of the life of people.
While the PMO has been asking the MoEF for the last few months to examine ways to expedite the method of granting forest and environment clearance, in a meeting held on December 12, 2012, it was decided that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs will have to relax its guidelines. Both ministries are yet to issue any fresh circular.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/pmo-wants-new-rules-speed-linear-projects-forest-land
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anubhuti-vishnoi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/forest-clearance
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-transmission
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-tribal-affairs
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-hearing
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
