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Environmental Impact Assessment or EIA is the process or study which predicts the effect of a proposed industrial/infrastructural project on the environment. It prevents the proposed activity/project from being approved without proper oversight or taking adverse consequences into account India's new EIA draft has been widely criticised for its problematic changes in rules. Many say most of the provisions in the new draft of EIA proves to be a regressive departure from the earlier version. Here is a list few changes proposed by MoEFCC (Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change) proposed in the draft: a. The new draft allows for post-facto approval for projects, meaning that the clearances for projects can be awarded even if they have started construction without securing environmental clearances. b. Public consultation process under the draft notification is reduced from 30 days to 20 days giving less time to the public to submit their responses during a public h...