The ministry said that the Parivesh portal "will provide the minutes of meetings of expert appraisal and forest advisory committees, information on environment and forest clearances, coastal regulation zone proposal details and clearances". But it was mum about displaying environment impact assessments.
According to the report that the rationale behind this decision was to protect the interests of project developers and the sensitivity and confidentiality surrounding some of the information, , Parivesh, environment, decision, Right To Information (RTI) Act
The Parivesh portal that provides information on forest and other clearances for projects has not been updated since September, says a 'Hindustan Times' report.
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The Ken-Betwa river linking project got additional allocation of Rs 1,400 crore this year. Five more river-linking projects have been finalised, prompting serious concern for the environment.