National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of urban development (MoUD) on an application challenging a recent notification that exempts
real estate projects of all sizes from the process of environment impact assessment (EIA) and prior environmental clearance (EC) before beginning construction.
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