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Title: To speed up mega projects, Power Ministry seeks changes in eco clearance norms
Source:The Hindu Business Line
Date:23 December 2012
The Power Ministry is seeking special dispensation from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to facilitate bidding for ultra-mega power projects of 4000 MW each in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. The Power Ministry wants the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) to offer in-principle environment clearance to the entire power project, without insisting on environment and forest clearance for the attached coal block. The nodal Ministry wants the MoEF to offer ‘in-principle’ forest clearances for linked coal blocks, prior to bidding. After the bidding, stage-I and II forest clearances for the coal blocks will be sought by the project developer.


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