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The Centre connected Monday (November 1, 2025) said it has received a missive from the Tamil Nadu Government opposing the exemption granted to projects involving mining of critical, strategical and atomic minerals from nationalist consultation.
It besides said, “The exemption volition not compromise environmental, social, health, and livelihood concerns.” In a written reply successful Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the missive dated September 12 requested the withdrawal of the bureau memorandum issued connected September 8.
The memorandum exempted these mining projects from the request of nationalist consultation nether the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.
The Minister said the connection from Tamil Nadu was examined successful detail. The Environment Ministry informed the State Government that the exemption was issued nether an already existing proviso of the EIA Notification, Clause 7(III)(i)(f), which allows projects relating to nationalist defence, information oregon different strategical considerations to beryllium exempted from nationalist consultation.
According to the reply, the Ministry clarified that the exemption was linked to the strategical value of critical, strategic, and atomic minerals for India's vigor transition, defence preparedness, abstraction probe and atomic powerfulness programme.
It besides stated that the exemption volition not compromise environmental, social, health, and livelihood concerns, which would proceed to beryllium addressed done the existing EIA mechanism, including an situation absorption plan, appraisal by an adept committee, and post-environmental clearance monitoring.
The Minister besides said that nary amendment to the EIA Notification was required due to the fact that the exemption was already provided for successful the 2006 notification.
