Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an assessment tool that helps understand the impact of projects on the environment. It is primarily used by the Ministry of Environment before making a decision on passing or rejecting a project proposal. Over the years it has undergone many revisions and has been diluted considerably to ease business development and expansion at the cost of environmental destruction.

In the recent past, the impact of environmental destruction is being manifested in the form of pandemics, floods, pollution, etc and mankind is struggling to cope with these.  And now more than ever there is a collective understanding that development has to be sustainable and inclusive of all life forms.