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Synopsis Minerals Industry that include minerals and oil and gas, in its value added in upstream as well as in Infrastructure and constructions contribute to the range of 10-16 % of any country’s annual Gross Domestic Products (GDP). The sector has been under increased focus due to heavy investment possibilities and resulting employment generation that are quite resilient to downturns, industrial cycles and recession. At the same time this industry, in its huge diversity and complications, NGOs and the public due to visible and perceptible pollution. For an industrial developer, the projects’ performance becomes critical in the face of the above dynamics. Environmental clearance of Mining, Construction, Processing and Oil and Gas Fields Projects is becoming stringent everyday, that is understandable and acceptable, but what is more alarming is the lack of skill sets required to handle such challenges that can come different agencies like department of environmental, department of forest, NGOs, Public and indigenous people to name a few. While the demand for a book dealing with such issues has remained high and topical for long, this book surely fill the gap by bringing in the regulatory, engineering and management aspects of environmental control for the projects. This book is good companion to the people interested in project clearance in particular and environmental management in general. The book is compilation of works of experts from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF), India, industry, legal affairs and academia. This book can be a companion copy for the students, teachers and experts desirous to learn the dynamics and processes of the environment related to projects and clearance.