Which of the following project category does not require to submit EIA report as per EIA 2006 notification and its subsequent amendments in India?

Correct option is C

Introduction

The EIA Notification 2006, issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, classifies projects by their potential environmental impact into Category A (central-level appraisal) and Category B (state-level appraisal), with Category B further screened into B1 and B2 sub-classes.

This categorisation determines which projects must prepare a full Environmental Impact Assessment report.

Information Booster

The correct answer is Category B2. Under the EIA Notification 2006, Category B projects are screened by the State-level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), which decides whether a project falls into B1 or B2.

The projects requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment report are termed Category 'B1', and the remaining projects are termed Category 'B2' and do not require an Environment Impact Assessment report.

Category B2 projects are exempted from preparing an EIA report; they do not require scoping or public consultation and are appraised based on the basic application form and pre-feasibility report.

Instead of an EIA, a B2 proponent submits Form 1 (self-assessment) and, per later amendments, an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) report. Thus B2 is the only category among the four that escapes the EIA-report requirement.

Additional knowledge

Category A — Incorrect. Category A projects have the largest scale and widest potential impacts (nuclear plants, large mining, major highways, ports) and mandatorily undergo the full EIA process with public consultation, appraised centrally by the MoEFCC on the recommendation of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC).
· Category B1 — Incorrect. Category B1 projects require a full EIA report, going through scoping, public consultation, and appraisal — essentially the same rigorous process as Category A but handled at the state level. Evs
· Category C — Incorrect. The EIA Notification 2006 recognises only Category A, B1, and B2; there is no "Category C" in the scheme. This is a fabricated option planted to mislead candidates unfamiliar with the actual three-tier structure.