A global day to raise awareness about the importance of conserving the environment for future generations. Learn how best to observe it and how you can play your part. 

The environment that we are surrounded by is Nature’s gift to us. Something that we did not have to work for to receive in our lives. It was just given to us as a beautiful gift from God. The best we can do is to value it and conserve it so that we can hand down the same gift to our children and grandchildren – intact and untouched. This is why we celebrate World Environment Day year after year as a reminder to make our little contribution to our environment for the sake of future generations.
This blog highlights the importance of this day and also talks about the small yet effective ways in which we can contribute.

Types and Categories of Environmental Clearance Regulation

Firstly, there are about 39 types of industrial projects that require mandatory environmental screening and those upcoming projects cover aspects of screening, scoping, and evaluation of the upcoming project. The main purpose of this is solely to assess the impacts of the upcoming project, that it would have on the environment, and how polluting it will be. After assessing the impacts and consequences, it is made sure that it is ensured to minimise the same. 

Environmental Clearances for projects are divided into two categories. 

There are two types of projects for the same:

  1. Category A – These projects require mandatory environmental clearance in order for them to be developed and operated. These projects do not even go through the screening process mostly, as environmental clearance is necessary. Projects falling under this category go to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for clearance.
  2. Category B – These upcoming projects undergo a mandatory screening process. They go to the State Government for clearance. Projects falling under this category get further categorised into two types – B1 & B2. The only difference between these two also is that B2 Type of projects does not need to carry out preparation of the EIA Report. But depending upon the project, the Appraisal Committee can even ask for an EIA study.Â