As HuffPost India reported earlier , this PIL has sought prohibition on the publication of a final notification based on the draft EIA 2020 as it has certain “regressive” provisions which it wants to be removed. The Dr S R Wate led expert committee considered this request but rejected it stating that one specific sector cannot be favored over others. But the draft EIA 2020 proposes to tweak the CER definition in a way that the real estate industry would get what it wants. Based on official environment ministry documents that this reporter accessed under the Right to Information, HuffPost India has published a detailed report about this previously. The expert committee suggested this be done only in a limited number of projects, according to the criteria it laid down.

Source: Huffington Post September 14, 2020 02:26 UTC