Green clearance test for NDA
Published By: Down To Earth | Published Date: September, 15 , 2014Environmentalists are rightly alarmed that the NDA government is busy dismantling the environmental regulatory system in the country. Over the past two months, the media has reported that clearances for projects, from mining to roads, have been fast-tracked. In some ways NDA is doing what the UPA did but without any pretence. The last government killed the environmental clearance system by making it so convoluted that it stopped functioning. The real question is will new minister Prakash Javadekar keep perpetuating a bad system or make a real difference for real change?
Author(s): Sunita Narain | Posted on: Sep 22, 2014 | Views(824) | Download (175)