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8.2.4 Statutory Environmental Approvals for oil & gas E&P activities under purview of
Required For “On shore offshore E & P various environmental regulations/Supreme
activities Court’s order and Forest Right Act is given as
follows.
A chart showing the statutory approvals required

Fig 8.3: Statutory Environmental Approvals Required for O&G E&P Activities

Environment Clearance (EC) CTE/CFE Forest Clearance Wildlife CRZ Clearance
under EIA Notification, 2006 Initially followed with (FC) under FCA, Clearance (WLC) under CRZ
CTO/CFO 1980 & RoFR under WP Act, Notification,
(after obtaining EC) under Certificate from 1972, and 2011 & IPZ
’
Apply Online in PARIVESH-2.0 Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, DC/DM/ Collector Supreme Courts Notification,
Portal of MoEF&CC 1981, and Hazardous under FRA, 2006 order dtd 2011
Waste Authorization (after 04.12.2006 on
obtaining EC) under ESZ area
Apply Online in Apply Online in
Hazardous Waste
PARIVESH- PARIVESH-2.0
(Management and
“B2” “A” 2.0 Portal of Portal of
Handling) Rules, 2016 Apply Online in
category EC category EC MoEF&CC PARIVESH-2.0 MoEF&CC
from SEIAA from Centre *Offline Process Portal of
(For (For Dev. for RoFR
Apply On-line in the MoEF&CC
Exploration Project or Certificate
Portal of respective State
and Appraisal Exploration &
PCBs or UT PCs
Proposals with Dev.
EPUs)(No PH & Combined
EIA Study Projects)(PH &
required) EIA Study ** Isolated Storage and Handling of Hazardous Chemicals are „B category
required) project under schedule 6(b) of EIA Notification
8.3 Special Provisions, Relaxations & portal manages proposals for Environmental
Enabling Reforms Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance (FC), Wildlife
Clearance (WL), and Coastal Regulation Zone
In recent years, the Government of India (CRZ) clearance. For India’s energy-intensive
has introduced a series of targeted reforms, sectors like oil and gas, PARIVESH 2.0 represents
procedural simplifications, and institutional a major step in aligning environmental
innovations to streamline statutory clearances governance with ease of doing business.
for the oil and gas sector particularly upstream
E&P operations while maintaining robust • Key Features of PARIVESH 2.0:
environmental safeguards.
Unified Proposal Dashboard: A single-
These reforms reflect a growing recognition window interface where project proponents
that efficient governance can coexist with can monitor the progress of all their proposals
environmental responsibility, and that EC, FC, WL, and CRZ in one integrated view.
procedural clarity is essential to reduce delays,
improve ease of doing business, and encourage Automated Workflows and Alerts: In-built
investment in critical energy infrastructure. automation and digital alert systems help
reduce processing time, eliminate delays
8.3.1 PARIVESH 2.0 Portal – Overview and due to manual intervention, and ensure
Benefits for Oil & Gas Operators time-bound disposal of proposals.

In 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Forest GIS and Inter-Platform Integration:
and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government Real-time access to spatial layers (forest
of India, launched PARIVESH 2.0, a next- boundaries, eco-sensitive zones, CRZs,
generation digital platform to facilitate statutory wildlife corridors, etc.) by integrating with
environmental clearances. Designed to improve Bhuvan, Bhunaksha, and state forest
efficiency, transparency, and predictability, the databases.