Q1. The 'strategic considerations' clause invoked by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in September 2025 to exempt mining of critical, strategic and atomic minerals from mandatory public hearings is found under which one of the following?
- A. EIA Notification, 2006 issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- B. Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
- C. Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- D. Atomic Energy Act, 1962