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History of EIA
In the year 1984, after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Government of India formulated the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to protect the environment. 

In the year 1994, under this Act, first EIA notification was drafted, to set a legal framework which would regulate activities that access, utilise, and affect (pollute) natural resources. Since then, every development project in India requires environmental clearance. However, the 1994 norms were modified in the year 2006 through a draft notification. In 2020, the government redrafted the EIA notification to add the amendments and relevant court orders issued since 2006 to make the process more transparent and expedient.