Environment in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Environmental Impact Assessment Follow-Up in India

This chapter provides an analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment follow-up in India. It argues that its use and particularly the application of its monitoring-evaluation-management component show a consistent decline. The chapter also argues that the judiciary is one of the key drivers of EIA fo...

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Published inLarge Dams in Asia pp. 101 - 124
Main Author Choudhury, Nirmalya
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Springer Netherlands 2014
SeriesAdvances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Subjects
Compliance monitoring
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment follow-up
Human geography
Hydropower
India
Management of land & natural resources
Physical geography
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Summary:This chapter provides an analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment follow-up in India. It argues that its use and particularly the application of its monitoring-evaluation-management component show a consistent decline. The chapter also argues that the judiciary is one of the key drivers of EIA follow-up in the country, apart from the regulatory agency and the community. The chapter identifies the instrumental role of environmental clearance in India, the market-friendly macro-political environment and the lack of institutional strengthening of regulatory institutions as the major causes of this decline.
Bibliography:Let us all accept the reality that there is undoubtedly a trade-off between growth and environment. In arriving at decisions to untangle the trade-off, three options present themselves – ‘yes’, ‘yes but’ and ‘no’. …The ‘but’ often takes the form of conditions that must be adhered to before, during the construction, and after the launch of the project. I believe that in laying down these conditions, we must strive for three things: First, the conditions must be objective and measurable, so that it is clear what is to be done and whether it has been complied with…(Jairam Ramesh, Ex-Environment and Forest Minister, India (2010, p. 3)).
ISBN:9789400727977
9400727976
ISSN:1879-7180
1879-7199
DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-2798-4_6