UPSC CSE Mains 2020 · GS3
How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006?
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What UPSC asks in this theme
Repeated: draft EIA 2020 vs 2006, rehabilitation of displaced people, coal plants at pitheads, and NGOs influencing EIA.
What to cover
- EIA process: screening, scoping, public hearing
- Draft 2020 changes and criticism
- R&R policy
- Coal plant impacts
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