Syllabus: GS-III
Subject: Environment, Ecology and Disaster Management
Topic: Environmental Conservation
Issue: Environmental issues
Context: Another extension of the coal miner’s Environmental Clearance in Jharkhand.
Synopsis
- In the last 3 years over 100 projects were cleared by the Environment Ministry, including several cases of violations.
| Prelims Connect:
·        Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):  the study to predict the effect of a proposed activity/project on the environment ·        The EIA notification was first formulated in India in 1994, under the Environment (Protection) Act 1986. ·        The Act made environmental clearance mandatory for expansion, modernisation of existing projects, and for the establishment of new projects. |
