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Environmental clearances & EIA — CIC

EIA reports, public-hearing records and environmental clearances are §4 proactive-disclosure material. EIA reports + public-hearing records are §4(1)(b) proactive.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Environmental clearances & EIA — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §4,RTI §8,EIA,environmental clearance,§4,CIC,MoEFCC)&metatag-description=(EIA reports, public-hearing records and environmental clearances are §4 proactive-disclosure material. EIA reports + public-hearing records are §4(1)(b) proactive.)}}
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 +====== Environmental clearances & EIA — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
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 +**EIA reports, public-hearing records and environmental clearances are §4 proactive-disclosure material. EIA reports + public-hearing records are §4(1)(b) proactive.**
 +
 +//EIA reports + public-hearing records are §4(1)(b) proactive disclosure — must be published.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Environmental activist |
 +^ Respondent | MoEF / SEIAA |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +EIA reports, public-hearing records and environmental clearances are §4 proactive-disclosure material.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Environmental Impact Assessment reports, public-hearing records, and Environmental Clearance letters issued by MoEFCC/SEIAA are documents of public concern under §4(1)(b). They must be proactively published on the relevant portal; any §8 carve-out must be narrowly applied.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +EIA, environmental clearance, §4, CIC, MoEFCC
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-environmental-clearance-granted-2020|Environmental clearance grant records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-coal-india-mining-2021|Coal India mining records — CIC]] (CIC 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-himachal-rti-forest-clearance-2020|Forest clearance records — Himachal HC]] (HC-HP 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-goa-rti-mining-leases-2021|Mining leases & royalty records — Goa SIC]] (SIC-GA 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-sikkim-rti-tourism-project-2020|Tourism project records — Sikkim HC]] (HC-SK 2020)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-4 section-8}}