Jishan Singh Padda, Bharatiya Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune Institute of Management and Research, Dept. Of Law, New Delhi ABSTRACT The environmental clearance regime for mining projects in India is structured as a prior control mechanism under the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2006. Its formal design is elaborate: projects are categorized by scale, subjected to screening where applicable, examined through project-specific Terms of...