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Official documents show the Modi Govt did a u-turn on its own Corporate Environment Responsibility guidelines citing a real estate lobby group& #39;s petition in court.

What are the implications?

Highlights in thread, full details in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten">report https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
The Corporate Environment Responsibility guidelines, issued in May 2018, said companies must pay a maximum of between 0.25% and 2% of their capital investment for CER activities. This was applicable for firms in all sectors, including real estate. https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
The #EIA2020, which is currently stuck in litigation, came out in March 2020. 3 months before this, the CREDAI filed its petition in the Delhi HC challenging the environment ministry& #39;s Corporate Environment Responsibility guidelines. https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
The environment ministry strongly defended its Corporate Environment Responsibility guidelines in an affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court in February. See details of what the ministry said in its affidavit here https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
But on 30 Sep 2020, the MoEF quietly did a u-turn and scrapped the 2018 Corporate Environment Responsibility guidelines by issuing a new set of norms that essentially gives the real estate lobby what it wants. The ministry has contradicted itself. https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
The contradiction here is so obvious that, in response to my queries over email, even environment minister @PrakashJavdekar wrote to his officials noting an & #39;& #39;important contradiction" in the situation. Copy of his internal email to MoEFCC officials here https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: RĂĽckhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
What are the consequences of the union environment ministry scrapping its 2018 guidelines? This “dismantles the financial support for community based activities affected by the project," said environment lawyer @shilpachohan https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
The new norms, said retired IFS & Convenor of @yamunajiye , are "akin to sounding death knell to the very concept of Corporate Environment Responsibility and reinforces MoEFCC’s present reputation as defender of everything but environment and ecology." https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
According to Adv @lara_jesani, the new norms are similar to the #EIA2020 draft. “The project proponent now has an excuse to not do any additional spending towards environment conservation or sustainability in the guise of doing CER activities under EMP.” https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
Adv Ghosh found this odd, she explained, because, "the three orders available in this matter on the Delhi HC website show that no substantive order has been issued in the case yet." Read the full report to understand the full import of this u-turn. https://bit.ly/31jLzxg ">https://bit.ly/31jLzxg&q...
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