What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes for major projects in India? Cite four examples with all important details.
What the examiner wants
For Environmental NGOs & EIA, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes for major projects in India? Cite four…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.
Demand-wise check
- 1What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes for major projects in India? Cite four examples with all important details≈55 words
- 2For Environmental NGOs & EIA, explain the underlying scientific principle before moving to application, Indian relevance and limits/risks≈55 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on Environmental NGOs & EIA instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)…’
- Missing the evidence burden: this PYQ explicitly asks for examples/cases, so generic assertions on Environmental NGOs & EIA cannot carry the answer
Value addition
- Environmental NGOs & EIA: working-principle schematic — input → process → output/application → risk/limit
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
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