Consider the following statements about Environmental Impact Assessment EIA 1 It started in 1976 whe...........

Environment and Ecology Envirnment and Climate Change

Consider the following statements about Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA):

1.It started in 1976 when the Department of Science and Technology was asked by the Planning Commission to examine River valley projects.

2.Amendment in EIA Notification, 2006 centralized the process of environmental clearances.

3.Amendment in EIA Notification, 2006 reduced the categories of developmental projects to five.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

3 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

1 only

EIA is a tool used to assess the positive and negative environmental, economic, and social impacts of a project.
Environment Impact Assessment Notification of 2006 has decentralized the environmental clearance projects by categorizing the developmental projects in two categories, i.e., Category A (national level appraisal) and Category B (state level appraisal).