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MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) Public Disclosure Authorized “NORTH EAST RURAL LIVELIHOOD PROJECT” ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized CONSOLIDATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (MIZORAM, NAGALAND, SIKKIM AND TRIPURA) Public Disclosure Authorized FINAL REPORT MAY 2011 CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. 57, Nehru Place (5th Floor), New Delhi - 110 019 Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: MAY, 2011 Table of Content Revision: R2 TABLE OF CONTENT SL. NO. DETAILS PAGE NO. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABBRIVIATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 - 6 1.1 INTRODUCTION 7 1.2 NEED OF THE EMF 7 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE EMF 9 1.4 SCOPE OF THE EMP 9 1.4.1 SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING 9 1.4.2 LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT 9 BLOCK – 4 1.4.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 10 1.4.4 IMPLEMENTATION & SUPPORT SYSTEM 10 1.5 APPROACHES TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF EMF 10 1.5.1 LESSON LEARNED FROM EVALUATION REPORT OF IFAD AND OTHER 10 LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS 1.5.2 SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE EMF DEVELOPMENT 11 1.5.3 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION 12 1.6 COMPONENTS 12 1.6.1 EMFIMPLEMENTATION BY SHG FEDERATIONS 12 1.6.2. NRMP BY CDG 13 1.6.3 IMPLEMENTATION OF COPS BY POS 15 1.6.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT 17 1.6.4.1 LEGAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENT 17 1.6.4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL 17 1.6.4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES 18 1.6.4.4 LEA BY PFT 19 1.6.4.5 SUMMARY APPRAISAL BY PFT 19 1.6.5 PROACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUB-PROJECTS 21 1.6.6 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR “NERLP” 22 1.6.7 CAPACITY BUILDING 34 1.6.8 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 37 1.6.8.1 COMMUNITY MONITORING 37 1.6.8.2 INTERNAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION 38 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. 1 Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: MAY, 2011 Table of Content Revision: R2 SL. NO. DETAILS PAGE NO. 1.6.8.3 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 41 1.7 TIME FRAME FOR EMF IMPLEMENTATION 45 1.8 CONSOLIDATED BUDGET FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD 47 LIST OF ANNEXES 1 PROPOSED LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES FOR PROJECT STATES AS PER 48 FINAL INCEPTION REPORT 2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS 50 2A LIST OF PESTICIDES(WHO CLASSIFICATION) 54 3 CLASSIFICATION OF THE ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO LEVEL OF 61 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 4 GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) FOR 63 PROPOSED LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES UNDER “NORTH EAST RURAL LIVELIHOOD PROJECT” 4. A GUIDELINES ON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION (INCLUDING JHUM) 72 4.B GUIDELINES ON VILLAGE TOURISM 82 4.C GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIC APICULTURE 83 4.D GUIDELINES SUGGESTING GOOD PRACTICES 84 5 LEA FORMAT 89 6 NRMP FORMAT 103 7 POTENTIAL SCHEMES FOR CONVERGENCE 106 8 COP BY POS 112 9 EG FOR POS 113 10 ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL SUMMARY SHEET (EASS) – SHG 115 LIVELIHOOD PLAN 11 ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL SUMMARY SHEET (EASS) FOR HIGH 116 IMPACT ACTIVITIES 12 PROACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUBPROJECTS 118 13 (A) TO ASSESSMENT OF CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 120 – 123 13 (D) 14 FORMAT FOR INTERNAL MONITORING 124 15 EMF BUDGER 126 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. 2 Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: MAY, 2011 Table of Content Revision: R2 LIST OF TABLES 1 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR CATEGORIZATION OF ACTIVITIES 17 2 PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 20 3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SMOOTH AND EFFECTIVE 24 IMPLEMENTATION OF EMF 4 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 31 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS (COSS) AND VARIOUS UNITS (RPMU, DPMU & PFT) FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMF 5 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 32 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS (COSS) FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMF 6 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 35 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS (COSS) FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMF 7 INDICATORS FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS 37 8 RECOMMENDED SAMPLE SIZE FOR INTERNAL MONITORING 39 9 SAMPLE SIZE FOR PFT COORDINATOR AND PM 40 10 PHASING OF EMF IMPLEMENTATION 45 LIST of FIGURES 1 RURAL POVERTY (%) IN INDIA AND PROJECT STATES 8 2 PROCESS OF EMF 16 3 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 23 4 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION 44 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. 3 Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: May, 2011 Abbreviations Revision: R2 A B B R E V I A T I O N S ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AEAP Annual Environmental Action Plan AWPB Annual Work Plan and Budget BADP Border Area Development Progarmme BP Bamboo Policy BRGF Backward Region Grant Fund CBO Community Based Organization CDG Community Development Group CDP Community Development Plan CDPS Community Development and Panchayat Scheme CES Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. CIG Common Interest Group COM Community Operational Manual CRP Community Resource Person DAC District Advisory Committee DEAR Draft Environmental Assessment Report DoNER Ministry for the Development of North-Eastern Region DPIP District Poverty Initiative Project DPM District Project Manager DPMU District Project Management Unit EASS Environmental Appraisal Summary Sheet EC Executive Committee EGs Environmental Guidelines EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMF Environmental Management Framework ES Executive Summary FEC Federation Executive Committee FSF Food Security fund FWWB Friends and World Women Banking GB General Body GEG General Environmental Guideline GoI Government of India GoM Government of Mizoram GoN Government of Nagaland GoS Government of Sikkim GoT Government of Tripura GSDP Gross State Domestic Product HEF Health Emergency Fund HH Household HR Human Resource ICDS Integrated Child Development Society IEC Information education and Communication IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IG Income Generation IGA Income Generating Activity IREP Integrated Rural Energy Programme IWDP Integrated Wasteland Development Programme IWMP Integrated Waste Land Management Programme IYS Indira Awas Yojana JGSY Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yozana L & RM Livelihood and Rural Marketing M & E Monitoring and Evaluation ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. A Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: May, 2011 Abbreviations Revision: R2 ME & L Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Process MFI Micro Finance Institution MGNERGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MIS Management Information System MNST Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura (Four States under NERLP) MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forests MoU Memorandum of Understanding NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NBHM Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission NBM Nagaland Bamboo Mission NBRM Nagaland Bio-Resource Mission NE North East NEC North-Eastern Council NEDFI North East Development Finance Institution NEPED Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development NERCORMP North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas NERLP North East Rural Livelihood Project NERLPS North East Rural Livelihood Promotion Society NGO Non Government Organization NLUP New Land Use Policy NP National Park NRA Natural Resource Assessment NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act NREGS National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme NRLM National Rural Livelihood Mission NRM Natural Resource Management NTFP Non Timber Forest Produce NWDPRA National Watershed Development Project of Rainfed Areas PD Project Director PFT Project Facilitation Team PIP Project Implementation Plan PM Project Manager PMGSY Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana PO Producer Organization PP Power Policy PPT Peoples Plan of Tripura PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PRI Panchayati Raj Institutions RGVN Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi RHS Rural Housing Scheme RPIP Regional Project Implementation Plan RPMU Regional Project Management Unit RRA Rural Rapid Appraisal RRBS Rural Roads and Bridges Scheme RTI Right to Information Act RWSSS Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Scheme SDP State Domestic Product SGRY Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yozana SGSY Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana SHG Self Help Group SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India SPMU State Project Management Unit SPSU State Project Support Unit SREDA Sikkim Renewable Energy Development Agency ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. B Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: May, 2011 Abbreviations Revision: R2 SSO Sector Specific Organization TA Technical Assistance TDP Tribal Development Plan ToR Terms of References TTPRS Three Tier Panchyati Raj System VDB Village Development Board WB World Bank WDPSCA Watershed Dev. Project in Shifting Cultivation Areas WLS Wild Life Sanctuary WOT Work and Oversight Team YG Youth Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES (INDIA) PVT. LTD. C Project: Environmental Assessment of North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) Document: 2010085 Date: May, 2011 Acknowledgements Revision: R2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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