Government fast-tracked strategies planning to woo Foreign Investments – Here’s what acceptable and what’s not

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has also introduced several reforms to labour laws. The many States are also keeping direct contact with companies planning to shift from China and holding several online meetings to explain why to invest in their respective states if they wish to shift their manufacturing in India.

While the reforms in land acquisition and labour laws are welcome steps, the introduction of ‘Notification of Draft EIA – Environmental Assessment Act, 2020’ pushed in March amid the Pandemic Situation is not. On 7th May, poisonous gas got leaked near Visakhapatnam from a storage tank of a Polymer Factory.

11 people got killed and several got affected and hospitalised. The Company ‘LG Polymers’ responsible is a foreign Company from South Korea and it is being reported that the company operated without valid environmental clearance. Which makes it necessary to press the accountability on authorities responsible.