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designated as "Hydrocarbon Professionals (HPs)" Fortnightly Regional Coordination Meetings
have been appointed as centralized points of (FRCMs) between Integrated Regional Offices
contact for all regulatory matters. Currently, (IROs), state authorities, and user agencies, as well
17 professionals are deployed across various as the monthly Inter-Ministerial Coordination
departments in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meetings (ICMCs) convened by MoEF&CC to
Tripura, and other states. This initiative is aimed expedite oil and gas sector proposals.
at resolving bottlenecks and ensuring timely
issuance of statutory clearances. 8.4.4 Stakeholder Workshops
8.4.3 Coordination with Central and State DGH has played a pivotal role in organizing
Governments workshops involving Central Government
officials and E&P industry representatives.
DGH has actively pursued delayed statutory These workshops aim to provide comprehensive
clearances including Environmental, Forest, support to operators, share DGH’s available
Wildlife, and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) infrastructure, and promote a knowledge-
approvals as well as Petroleum Exploration sharing ecosystem through seminars, training
License (PEL) and Petroleum Mining Lease sessions, and panel discussions.
(PML) cases with various State Governments.
Since 2023, approximately 60 cases of green In collaboration with MoEF&CC, the Environment
clearances and PEL/PML have been resolved. Division of DGH has conducted four sensitization
workshops focusing on recent policy reforms
States where coordination efforts have been in Environmental and Forest Clearances.
particularly intensive include Arunachal Pradesh, These workshops were held on June 10, 2022;
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Tripura, Madhya September 30, 2022; June 20, 2023; 2024, and
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, and Jharkhand. March 2025. They have fostered productive
dialogue between the Government and E&P
In addition to regular interactions with operators, helping to understand regulatory
state governments, DGH participates in the requirements and ensure compliance.