Finance Ministry body once flagged Great Nicobar port as ‘lacking strategic objectives’

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The Indian Finance Ministry referenced the strategic importance of the proposed ₹81,000-crore Great Nicobar Project, leading to the withholding of a High Powered Committee report on its environmental impact. This highlights concerns about balancing development and environmental strategy.

Centre has cited the ‘strategic’ nature of the proposed ₹81,000-crore Great Nicobar Project for not making public the contents of a report by a High Powered Committee (HPC) on the cumulative environmental impact of the project