Centre reconstitutes Delhi's environment authority

The Centre has reconstituted Delhi's State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for three years to deal with environmental clearance of various projects in the Union Territory.
To assist SEIAA, the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has also been reconstituted for three years, the Union Environment Ministry said in a recent gazette notification.
The authority, which will be headed by retired IAS officer Krishna Mohan Sahni and comprise two other members, will take decision on green clearances to projects based on the SEAC recommendations, it said.
SEAC, comprising eight members, will be chaired by IIT Delhi professor Mukhesh Khare, it added.

The committee's main function is to screen, scope and appraise projects or activities in Category 'B' projects like mining, thermal power, cement and others.
The Centre, with prior concurrence of the concerned state governments, constitutes one SEAC for more than one state/UT for reasons of administrative convenience and cost. SEAC/SEIAA are constituted after every three years.