Environment Notifications

Environmental Updates & Notifications

MoEF&CC

Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change

SEIAA and SEAC: Authority to Amend and Transfer MoEF&CC ECs Simplified

July 10, 2025

SEIAA & MOEF&CC The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) recently issued an important clarification regarding the authority to amend, transfer, extend, split, or accept surrender of Environmental Clearances (ECs) and Terms of Reference (ToRs) granted earlier by the Ministry under the EIA Notification, 2006. This clarification impacts project proponents and environmental regulators […]

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3(a) Metallurgical Industries (Environment Clearance Exemption for Standalone rolling/ re-rolling / Extrusion / Forging /Drawing units not involving any type of melting and/or pickling)

November 24, 2023

MoEF&CC has published the Draft Notification related to 3(a) Metallurgical Industries dated 22nd November 2023. S.O. 5020(E).— Whereas, the Central Government proposes to issue the following draft notification in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986). […]

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Environment clearance is required for manufacturing of organics products or not?

June 22, 2023

MoEF&CC has published the circular related to Environment clearance is required for manufacturing of organics products or not on dated 9th January 2023. As per this published Circular by MoED&CC, New Delhi,  Project which pertain to extraction of organic compounds from plants without any chemical synthesis, but involve mixing/blending, percolation with water and extracting with […]

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3(a) Metallurgical Industries

February 2, 2023

MoEF&CC has published the Notification related to 3(a) Metallurgical Industries dated 20th July, 2022. Whereas, the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal vide its order, dated the 12th February, 2020, in Original Application No. 55/2019 (WZ), (Gajubha Jesar Jadeja vs Union of India &Ors.), has inter alia observed that Cold Rolled Stainless Steel Manufacturing Industries require prior […]

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Expansion up to 50% within existing premises/mine lease area

July 13, 2022

Guidelines for granting Environmental Clearance (EC) under para 7(ii)(a) of EIA Notification, 2006, for expansion up to 50%, within the existing premises/ mine lease area, without additional land acquisition – reg. Expansion or modernization of existing projects or activities listed in the Schedule to the EIA notification 2006 entailing capacity addition with change in process […]

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