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Govt to clear environmental approval backlog by mid-February

22 Jan 2014 Evaluate

After approving several long-stalled investment projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the first three weeks, the new environment and forest minister Veerappa Moily stated that 55 other projects facing environmental approval backlog to be cleared by mid-February. In order to ensure more predictability for prospective investors, Moily, who is also the Oil Minister, has asserted the need for quick decision-making in environmental clearance and stated that environment ministry will clear all pending projects in the next 20 days.

Among various approved projects, Veerappa Moily has cleared the Posco project, which had been pending for 8 years. South Korean giant Posco got environmental clearance on January 7 to build the Rs 52,000-crore steel plant in Odisha, the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in India. However, Vedanta's Niyamgiri project was rejected due to the opposition by the majority of village bodies.

Presently, the forest clearance procedures are considered by industry as the single-biggest drag on India's investment momentum. Meanwhile, the government is hopeful of putting in place a simplified forest clearance system before its term ends in a few months. In order to bring comprehensive policy for inspection, verification and monitoring in the forest clearance procedure, the Environment Ministry has kicked off a fast-track review of the cumbersome procedures involving green clearances that often take years. Now, the ministry has sought for India Inc's views on its revised draft policy to grant of forest clearance.

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