Why is Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) seen as a regulatory hurdle to development rather than an integral part of developmental planning? How far can the recently proposed ranking system for State EIA Authorities (SEIAAs) help in changing this perception?

EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) is the monitoring of environmental impact of a project and proposes remedies to avoid alternatives and minimize adverse impact. Requires each project to submit DPR (detailed project report) Monitors impact every project need EIA clearance to continue Environmental statement balanced with development under rules Why EIA seen as hurdle: 1. Unnecessary regulatory burden - act as ban Barrier to investment reducing EoDB

2. Cost of Environmental compliance - if project cancelled causes damages, heavy that cost need to bore by private 3. Delay in clearance - is there hurdle projects => manages complexity of projects - have cost of interest of projects 4. Writ model of State, historically been part of EIA and hence change is new Reality of SEIAAH: Ranking could help because: 1. Regulation, monitoring of SEIAAH => will make ranking easier on EIA => more vigilant on EIA 2. Competitive of SEIAAH => reduces long delays in EoDB increases 3. Infer development because of faster clearances 4. More seriousness among SEIAAH