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QUESTION 7
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10 marks

How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006?

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What the examiner wants

Assess: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006?” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on EIA.

AssessAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006?≈55 words
  2. 2Support the Assess with directly relevant evidence/examples and end with a reasoned conclusion≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Define/processCauses/driversImpacts and spatial/India evidencePolicy/management responseLimitations and way forward

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about EIA without directly resolving: “How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification, 2006?”
  • Using facts/examples as decoration without linking them to the Assess judgement required by the question

Value addition

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