The Environment Impact Assessment Mechanism of India: The need for reform and the shift towards the essence of Sustainable development
Keywords: Environment Impact Assessment, Sustainable Development, Strategic Environment Assessment, Public Participation ‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need; but not every man’s greed’ -Mahatma Gandhi[i] Abstract The present mechanism that prevails in India for clearing environmental projects through environmental impact assessments, defeats the entire purpose of this vindicatory exercise, which is based on the […]