India, Nov. 27 -- The Union environment ministry has clarified a 'specific condition' in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification, 2006 in order to facilitate the establishment of industrial estates/complexes where individual industrial units within those estates do not require separate environmental clearance.

"The Ministry has received representations requesting procedural facilitation for the establishment of Industrial Estates/Complex in terms of the provisions contained in the Specific Condition in the EIA Notification, 2006, as amended, wherein individual projects and/or activities may be set up on the basis of appraisal done for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) to the Industrial Estate/Complex, precluding the ne...