Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process and Procedures as per Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change Guidelines

EIA is a formal study process used to predict environmental risk and assist decision-makers in considering the proposed project’s environmental costs and benefits. When the benefits sufficiently exceed the costs, the project can be viewed as environmentally justified. Based on EIA, the regulatory measures can be identified, and the roles of concerned agencies defined for achieving more efficient environmental management. The objectives of EIA include prediction of the environmental impact of projects, finding ways and means to reduce adverse impacts, shaping the project to suit the local environment, and presenting the predictions and options to the decision-makers. MoEF and Climate Change, Govt. of India has made it mandatory to conduct EIA for all developmental projects. with the above issues in focus, the National Institute of Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (ni-msme) is organizing a three-day training programme on “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and procedures as per Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change Guidelines” during 09 to 13 September 2024.