P180699 - Draft Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) - Tamil Nadu Women Employment and Safety Operation (English)

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Table of Contents

• THE WORLD BANK 1
• ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT ESSA 1
• Final July 2024 1
• List of Acronyms 4
• 1. Executive Summary 6
• 2. Background and Program Description 24
• 2.1 National and State-Level Context 24
• 2.2 Sectoral or multi-sectoral State and Institutional Context 24
• 3. Program Description 28
• 4. Methodology for Environmental and Social Systems Assessment 36
• ESSA 36
• 4.1 Introduction to ESSA and Scope 36
• 4.2 Methodology 37
• 4.3 ESSA report preparation process 38
• 5. Environmental and Social Risks Screening potential Benefits and 42
• Opportunities 42
• 5.1 Risk screening and Assessment 42
• 5.2 Environmental and Social Benefits and Opportunities 43
• 5.3 Environmental and Social Risk and Benefit Analysis of Proposed Investments 44
• 6. Institutional Assessment 47
• 6.1 Institutional Setup 47
• 6.2 Schemes Supported under the Project 54
• 7. Procedures and Practices for Environmental and Social Risk 56
• Management 56
• 7.1 Procedures and Practices for Environmental Risk Management 56
• 7.2 Procedures and Practices for Social Risk Management 57
• 8. Assessment of Borrowers Environmental and Social Management Systems 61
• 9. Recommendations and Action Plans 68
• 9.1 Exclusion of High-Risk Activities 68
• 9.2 Key Highlights of Gaps and Recommendations 68
• 9.3 Recommended ES Actions in the Program Action Plan 69
• 9.4 Implementation Support Plan 70
• 10. Consultations and Disclosure 72
• 10.1 Stakeholder mapping 72
• 10.2 Stakeholder Consultations 72
• Annexures 82
• Annexure A Secondary Literature Reviewed 82
• Annexure B Legal and Regulatory Framework - Environment and Social 84
• Social Legislations 90
• Annexure C ESSA Disclosure Workshop and Consultation 94
• Annexure D Photographs from Consultations and Site Visits 97