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Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday defended the concerns he had raised related to the draft Environmental Impact Assessment, 2020 notification.
The Congress leader’s remarks came after Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Sunday called his suggestions “unfounded” and based on “misrepresentation”. Ramesh had said the draft notification reduces public participation in all steps of the environmental clearance process by “lessening the notice period for public hearings and doing away with them for a large category of projects”.
Ramesh is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
The senior Congress leader also pointed out that the changes were not based on research, and added that the draft was the result of an attitude that sees environmental regulation as an “unnecessary regulatory burden”, and not as a means to ensure welfare of people and sustainable development.