India today made a strong call for equity and universal energy access by the year 2030 for all, at the meeting of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel for Global Sustainability.

This document contains the text of Letter from Jairam Ramesh to the Co-Chairs of the UN Secretary General

Whereas, the draft rules, namely the e-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2010 were published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide number S. O.

The purpose of this Implementation Protocol is to detail the procedure for determining Critical Wildlife Habitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

This MoEF directive held back forest clearance to the POSCO project in Orissa. It has rejected state government’s assurance that there are no tribals in the area, where the 52,000 crore rupee steel-cum-captive power plant is to come up.

This booklet, the first of its kind from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is a result of the consultations with, and the suggestions from, a wide range of individuals and organizations involved in the subject, besides drawing upon reports and scientific studies available
on human-leopard conflict. Knowing full well that such conflicts are

In a letter sent to chief ministers of all states on March 21, environment minister Jairam Ramesh asked them to direct state forest departments to treat bamboo as minor forest produce. Read this letter sent by MoEF to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Letter by Shri Jairam Ramesh to Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh declaring and treating bamboo as minor forest produce.

The environmental clearance for the 6mtpa integrated steel plant at Kerjang in Orissa by JSPL project was accorded on February 22nd, 2007.  Stage-1 forest clearance was given on March 20th, 2010 and final forest clearanc eof 168.232 hectares was given on October 28th, 2010.  In response to a complaint dated November 6th, 2010 recieved from the Wildlife Society of India, Orissa, MoE&am

MoEF has served this show-cause notice to Nirma Limited for the company's proposed cement plant, coke oven plant and captive power plant to be set up near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.

The objective of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (SC) is to protect human health and the environment from POPs. Article 7 of the SC calls for the development of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) that discusses how Parties aim to meet their obligations under the SC. This document has been developed by MoEF to provide an understanding of what measures India aims to undertake in this regard.