Why the government is paralysed
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NEW DELHI: Issue of green clearance was indeed a major irritant during Jayanthi Natarajan's tenure (2011-13) as environment minister, not only for private industries but also for public projects and defence infrastructure.
No one would have probably complained had it been for adhering to green laws and procedures. If one looks at the 350-odd files Natarajan and her office sat over at the time of her resignation in December, 2013, it may be clear that the files mainly related to those projects which had approval of expert appraisal committees.
And by the time the Congress leadership realized implications of keeping projects pending, it was too late. Still, her successor M Veerappa Moily could manage to clear projects worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore before the model code of conduct for 2014 general elections came into force in early March.
NEW DELHI: Issue of green clearance was indeed a major irritant during Jayanthi Natarajan's tenure (2011-13) as environment minister, not only for private industries but also for public projects and defence infrastructure.
No one would have probably complained had it been for adhering to green laws and procedures. If one looks at the 350-odd files Natarajan and her office sat over at the time of her resignation in December, 2013, it may be clear that the files mainly related to those projects which had approval of expert appraisal committees.
And by the time the Congress leadership realized implications of keeping projects pending, it was too late. Still, her successor M Veerappa Moily could manage to clear projects worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore before the model code of conduct for 2014 general elections came into force in early March.
The key approvals given by him included one on the South Korean steel giant Posco's Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. It ended eight years of wait for a project that would involve the largest ever foreign direct investment in India.
The government had then got it done by putting a condition for clearance on Posco where the company would have to spend on "social commitments" and delink the plant from its port project. It raised the project cost but the company readily agreed for it.
"If the government had got it done in January, 2014 by making certain rooms for it through conditions, it could have easily done it before. It shows the project got stuck because the government of the day might have opted for it," said an official who was involved in the process.
Posco was not the lone example. Moily quickly approved many projects within the first 30 days of taking additional charge of the ministry in December, 2013.
Many big-ticket projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore had got stuck due to non-clearance on one pretext or the other during Natarajan's tenure. She had, in fact, inherited many of the pending files from her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.
The pendency during the period showed how the 'environmental clearance' issue (green tape) during the UPA regime had become a tool to stall projects by virtually replacing the 'Licence Permit Raj' (red tape regime) of the pre-1990s era.
Vedanta project of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha also showed how it was stalled under Jairam Ramesh's tenure to fulfill the promise of Rahul Gandhi to the local tribals. The permission was, however, formally denied during Natarajan's tenure under the Supreme Court's order which was later flagged by Gandhi as a trophy in political rallies in the state.
Moily tried to undone many things which were done during Natarajan's and Ramesh's tenures. Obviously, he had a mandate for it from the top, signaling a major shift in the Congress Party's stand from pro-environment to pro-industries barely three months before the 2014 parliamentary election.
Surprisingly, the list of stalled projects also included defence projects that were crucial from the security point of view. The ministry under the NDA government cleared all those projects that had already got nod from the expert committees under the UPA regime but remained stuck.
The new government has also taken a number of measures to streamline the green clearance process. Launch of online system for both environment and forest clearances under the NDA government not only brings transparency but also speeds up clearance process within the existing law.
"If the government had got it done in January, 2014 by making certain rooms for it through conditions, it could have easily done it before. It shows the project got stuck because the government of the day might have opted for it," said an official who was involved in the process.
Posco was not the lone example. Moily quickly approved many projects within the first 30 days of taking additional charge of the ministry in December, 2013.
Many big-ticket projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore had got stuck due to non-clearance on one pretext or the other during Natarajan's tenure. She had, in fact, inherited many of the pending files from her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.
The pendency during the period showed how the 'environmental clearance' issue (green tape) during the UPA regime had become a tool to stall projects by virtually replacing the 'Licence Permit Raj' (red tape regime) of the pre-1990s era.
Vedanta project of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha also showed how it was stalled under Jairam Ramesh's tenure to fulfill the promise of Rahul Gandhi to the local tribals. The permission was, however, formally denied during Natarajan's tenure under the Supreme Court's order which was later flagged by Gandhi as a trophy in political rallies in the state.
Moily tried to undone many things which were done during Natarajan's and Ramesh's tenures. Obviously, he had a mandate for it from the top, signaling a major shift in the Congress Party's stand from pro-environment to pro-industries barely three months before the 2014 parliamentary election.
Surprisingly, the list of stalled projects also included defence projects that were crucial from the security point of view. The ministry under the NDA government cleared all those projects that had already got nod from the expert committees under the UPA regime but remained stuck.
The new government has also taken a number of measures to streamline the green clearance process. Launch of online system for both environment and forest clearances under the NDA government not only brings transparency but also speeds up clearance process within the existing law.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
No one would have probably complained had it been for adhering to green laws and procedures. If one looks at the 350-odd files Natarajan and her office sat over at the time of her resignation in December, 2013, it may be clear that the files mainly related to those projects which had approval of expert appraisal committees.
And by the time the Congress leadership realized implications of keeping projects pending, it was too late. Still, her successor M Veerappa Moily could manage to clear projects worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore before the model code of conduct for 2014 general elections came into force in early March.
NEW DELHI: Issue of green clearance was indeed a major irritant during Jayanthi Natarajan's tenure (2011-13) as environment minister, not only for private industries but also for public projects and defence infrastructure.
No one would have probably complained had it been for adhering to green laws and procedures. If one looks at the 350-odd files Natarajan and her office sat over at the time of her resignation in December, 2013, it may be clear that the files mainly related to those projects which had approval of expert appraisal committees.
And by the time the Congress leadership realized implications of keeping projects pending, it was too late. Still, her successor M Veerappa Moily could manage to clear projects worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore before the model code of conduct for 2014 general elections came into force in early March.
The key approvals given by him included one on the South Korean steel giant Posco's Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha. It ended eight years of wait for a project that would involve the largest ever foreign direct investment in India.
The government had then got it done by putting a condition for clearance on Posco where the company would have to spend on "social commitments" and delink the plant from its port project. It raised the project cost but the company readily agreed for it.
"If the government had got it done in January, 2014 by making certain rooms for it through conditions, it could have easily done it before. It shows the project got stuck because the government of the day might have opted for it," said an official who was involved in the process.
Posco was not the lone example. Moily quickly approved many projects within the first 30 days of taking additional charge of the ministry in December, 2013.
Many big-ticket projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore had got stuck due to non-clearance on one pretext or the other during Natarajan's tenure. She had, in fact, inherited many of the pending files from her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.
The pendency during the period showed how the 'environmental clearance' issue (green tape) during the UPA regime had become a tool to stall projects by virtually replacing the 'Licence Permit Raj' (red tape regime) of the pre-1990s era.
Vedanta project of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha also showed how it was stalled under Jairam Ramesh's tenure to fulfill the promise of Rahul Gandhi to the local tribals. The permission was, however, formally denied during Natarajan's tenure under the Supreme Court's order which was later flagged by Gandhi as a trophy in political rallies in the state.
Moily tried to undone many things which were done during Natarajan's and Ramesh's tenures. Obviously, he had a mandate for it from the top, signaling a major shift in the Congress Party's stand from pro-environment to pro-industries barely three months before the 2014 parliamentary election.
Surprisingly, the list of stalled projects also included defence projects that were crucial from the security point of view. The ministry under the NDA government cleared all those projects that had already got nod from the expert committees under the UPA regime but remained stuck.
The new government has also taken a number of measures to streamline the green clearance process. Launch of online system for both environment and forest clearances under the NDA government not only brings transparency but also speeds up clearance process within the existing law.
"If the government had got it done in January, 2014 by making certain rooms for it through conditions, it could have easily done it before. It shows the project got stuck because the government of the day might have opted for it," said an official who was involved in the process.
Posco was not the lone example. Moily quickly approved many projects within the first 30 days of taking additional charge of the ministry in December, 2013.
Many big-ticket projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore had got stuck due to non-clearance on one pretext or the other during Natarajan's tenure. She had, in fact, inherited many of the pending files from her predecessor Jairam Ramesh.
The pendency during the period showed how the 'environmental clearance' issue (green tape) during the UPA regime had become a tool to stall projects by virtually replacing the 'Licence Permit Raj' (red tape regime) of the pre-1990s era.
Vedanta project of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha also showed how it was stalled under Jairam Ramesh's tenure to fulfill the promise of Rahul Gandhi to the local tribals. The permission was, however, formally denied during Natarajan's tenure under the Supreme Court's order which was later flagged by Gandhi as a trophy in political rallies in the state.
Moily tried to undone many things which were done during Natarajan's and Ramesh's tenures. Obviously, he had a mandate for it from the top, signaling a major shift in the Congress Party's stand from pro-environment to pro-industries barely three months before the 2014 parliamentary election.
Surprisingly, the list of stalled projects also included defence projects that were crucial from the security point of view. The ministry under the NDA government cleared all those projects that had already got nod from the expert committees under the UPA regime but remained stuck.
The new government has also taken a number of measures to streamline the green clearance process. Launch of online system for both environment and forest clearances under the NDA government not only brings transparency but also speeds up clearance process within the existing law.
Jayanthi Natarajan sat on 350 files that had clearances | India News - Times of India
India News: Many big-ticket projects worth over Rs 10 lakh crore had got stuck due to non-clearance on one pretext or the other during Natarajan’s tenure.
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MEGA BREAKING: GOVT SOURCES:
+ USAID funding has been linked to influencing political outcomes, particularly during election years.
+ Under the UPA (2004-13), the Indian government received $204.28 million, while NGOs received $2,114.96 million.
Under NDA (2014-24), government funding dropped to $1.51 million (till 2015), while NGO funding increased to $2,579.73 million.
+ "Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance" funding spiked in 2022, coinciding with Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
+ USAID stopped funding the Government of India after 2015. But Top NGO recipients linked to USAID include Catholic Relief Services ($218M), CARE International ($208M)
OCCRP (received $47M) published reports that were allegedly used against the Modi government.
+ InterNews trained Indian journalists in USAID-backed programs to influence media narratives.
USAID ceased funding the Indian government after 2015.
Verified Sources:
USAID India Page (http://usaid.gov): Notes a pivot to “partnerships with private sectors and NGOs” rather than direct government aid in recent years, consistent with post-2015 policy shifts under NDA’s stricter foreign aid stance.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report (2023): States U.S. aid to India dropped significantly post-2010s, focusing on non-governmental channels ( http://crsreports.congress.gov).
Status: Verified indirectly. No explicit USAID statement says “stopped in 2015,” but the trend aligns with official narratives and India’s economic status reducing direct aid eligibility.
Funding spiked in 2022, coinciding with Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Verified Sources:
USAID Budget Data: The Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) budget increased globally in FY2022 (http://usaid.gov), with $290M allocated for such initiatives (Web ID: 12). India-specific allocations aren’t detailed publicly.
Bharat Jodo Yatra Timing: Launched September 7, 2022 (per Indian news archives, e.g., http://india.gov.in), overlapping with USAID’s fiscal year.
Status: Partially verified. Global DRG funding rose, but no public USAID document ties an India-specific spike to the Yatra—correlation is speculative without project-level data.
InterNews trained Indian journalists in USAID-backed programs to shape narratives.
Verified Sources:
InterNews Official Site (http://internews.org): Confirms USAID as a primary funder (87% of $472.6M over 17 years, per Web ID: 10). It trained 9,000+ journalists globally in 2023, worked with 4,291 outlets, reaching 778M people.
India-Specific: InterNews’ “FactShala” initiative (http://organiser.org, Web ID: 10) trained Indian journalists on misinformation, funded by USAID. No exact participant list or content bias is public.
X Sentiment: Posts (e.g., ID: 0) claim InterNews pushes “left ideology” or “U.S. propaganda,” but this is anecdotal without training curricula.
Status: Verified that InterNews operates in India with USAID funds for journalism training. Narrative-shaping intent is unproven without specific program details.
+ USAID funding has been linked to influencing political outcomes, particularly during election years.
+ Under the UPA (2004-13), the Indian government received $204.28 million, while NGOs received $2,114.96 million.
Under NDA (2014-24), government funding dropped to $1.51 million (till 2015), while NGO funding increased to $2,579.73 million.
+ "Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance" funding spiked in 2022, coinciding with Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
+ USAID stopped funding the Government of India after 2015. But Top NGO recipients linked to USAID include Catholic Relief Services ($218M), CARE International ($208M)
OCCRP (received $47M) published reports that were allegedly used against the Modi government.
+ InterNews trained Indian journalists in USAID-backed programs to influence media narratives.
USAID ceased funding the Indian government after 2015.
Verified Sources:
USAID India Page (http://usaid.gov): Notes a pivot to “partnerships with private sectors and NGOs” rather than direct government aid in recent years, consistent with post-2015 policy shifts under NDA’s stricter foreign aid stance.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report (2023): States U.S. aid to India dropped significantly post-2010s, focusing on non-governmental channels ( http://crsreports.congress.gov).
Status: Verified indirectly. No explicit USAID statement says “stopped in 2015,” but the trend aligns with official narratives and India’s economic status reducing direct aid eligibility.
Funding spiked in 2022, coinciding with Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Verified Sources:
USAID Budget Data: The Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) budget increased globally in FY2022 (http://usaid.gov), with $290M allocated for such initiatives (Web ID: 12). India-specific allocations aren’t detailed publicly.
Bharat Jodo Yatra Timing: Launched September 7, 2022 (per Indian news archives, e.g., http://india.gov.in), overlapping with USAID’s fiscal year.
Status: Partially verified. Global DRG funding rose, but no public USAID document ties an India-specific spike to the Yatra—correlation is speculative without project-level data.
InterNews trained Indian journalists in USAID-backed programs to shape narratives.
Verified Sources:
InterNews Official Site (http://internews.org): Confirms USAID as a primary funder (87% of $472.6M over 17 years, per Web ID: 10). It trained 9,000+ journalists globally in 2023, worked with 4,291 outlets, reaching 778M people.
India-Specific: InterNews’ “FactShala” initiative (http://organiser.org, Web ID: 10) trained Indian journalists on misinformation, funded by USAID. No exact participant list or content bias is public.
X Sentiment: Posts (e.g., ID: 0) claim InterNews pushes “left ideology” or “U.S. propaganda,” but this is anecdotal without training curricula.
Status: Verified that InterNews operates in India with USAID funds for journalism training. Narrative-shaping intent is unproven without specific program details.
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