Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pending Projects, 22/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pending Projects, 22/11/2016. Pending projects involving environmental clearance and forest clearance are 722 and 146 respectively in number. The details are given at Annexure 1 & 2 respectively. The Ministry appraises and grants environmental clearance under Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006, amended from time to time which prescribes timelines for different stages. Ministry has introduced online application system from 3rd July, 2014 and the average number of days required for environmental clearance for offline cases was approximately 600 days, which has now come down to 192 days.