The Ministry of Environment & Forests has prepared 37 EIA Manuals on major sectors of developmental projects which are listed in the Schedule to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006. These Manuals have been prepared to serve as Technical Guidance Manuals (TGMs) to various stakeholders involved in the environmental clearance (EC) process. The Manual for each sector includes a Model TOR, technological options, processes for cleaner production, waste minimisation, monitoring of environmental quality, and related regulations and procedure of obtaining EC. The Ministry had assigned the work of preparation of 37 Sectoral Manuals listed in the Schedule to the EIA Notification 2006, to two institutions, namely ASCI and IL& FSS Ecosmart Ltd. Of the 37 Manuals, 10 prepared by ASCI are on the Ministry website and the remaining 27 Sectoral EIA Manuals prepared by IL&FS have now been uploaded.