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@cmohry @mlkhattar Sir, let us introduce you to the @MahiraGroup builder who is being supported by @dtcphry, a department headed by you. MD of #MahiraGroup is #SikandarSingh alias #SikandarChhokar. Father of #SikandarSingh is #DharamSinghChhokar, who is Samalkha Congress MLA.
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1. @dir_ed and @IncomeTaxIndia raided the house of Samalkha Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhokar’s properties in Panipat, Hisar, Gurugram and Chandigarh on 17th March 2021 for tax evasion worth crores of rupees & booked under Benami Prohibition Act.
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2. Following a court order,FIR was registered against Sikandar Chhokar &his associates in SushantLok, #Gurgaon police stn for property fraud &criminal conspiracy in the name of #AffordableHousing Project under the #PMAY-U on 10acres of land at Sec-68

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#Demystifying #EIANotification Part III (Cont)
Today we deal with #Appraisal.
#Expert appraisal of a #ProjectProposal by d #Competent Authority (CA) to determine whether a Project deserves to b granted/rejected an #EnvironmentClearance (EC) is essence of #EIANotification.
The @moefcc as d CA was conscious of d fact since #EIA1994 that it wud in-house not possess necessary expertise to assess d different kinds of #projectproposals that come its way & hence provided that:

"The reports submitted with d application shall be evaluated+
& assessed by d Impact Assessment Agency, and if deemed necessary it may consult a committee of Experts , having a composition as specified in Schedule-III of this Notification."
Later #EIA2006Notification created standing committee of Experts to be called as+
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#Demystifying #EIANotification Part II
PURPOSE
Part I was abt #Evolution. This is abt #Purpose.
Purpose of #EIANotification is to properly assess in #advance d likely environmental impacts of planned developmental ‘#projects’ so that informed decisions cud be made well in time +
& then a #competent #authority (CA) could either accord or decline an EC (#EnvironmentClearance) to a project proponent (PP).
Presumption of course is that d CA is bound by its constitutional duty under Article 48A & d preamble of EPA1986 to ‘protect’ & ‘improve’ d environment.
Project
#project’ has been defined as “expansion or modernization of any activity (if pollution load is to exceed the existing one) or new project listed in Schedule I to d notification.”
#Competent #Authority (CA)
In #EIA1994Notification d CA was d Central Government +
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