Parliament proceedings | Lockdown reduced number of environment clearances
The Hindu
The lockdown reduced the number of clearances accorded by the Environment Ministry by about 45%, a perusal of data suggests.
To a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Environment Babul Supriyo said environmental clearances were accorded to 311 Category ‘A’ projects, or those needing a clearance from the Centre from March 20 to December 31, 2020. From January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019, there were 1,757 clearances accorded to similar category A projects. Though a year-wise break-up isn’t available, this works out to an average of 585 projects annually. The lockdown year doesn’t include projects cleared in January and February — the data being immediately unavailable — and so the number of clearances could be higher.
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