New Delhi: Differences over the Green India mission between Jairam Ramesh and his Director-General of Forests have widened the rift between the forest bureaucracy and the Union environment and forests minister.

At the heart of the argument between the two was the control over the flow of an estimated Rs 46,000 crore over the next 10 years meant to afforest five million hectares as part of t

Social activist Medha Patkar on Monday expressed her support for the farmers' agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the serving of

MARGAO, The gram sabha of Camurlim Village Panchayat on Monday demanded that the government accept in toto the Regional Plan 2021 submitted by the Village Level Committee and has strongly rooted for ground plus one construction projects in the village.

PANJIM, The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), in its revised guidelines for the declaration of Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH), has given importance to ‘gram sabhas’ by making it mandatory to seek their consent in certain matters.

An expert committee will now determine the habitats
Stung by the criticism of forest rights activists, wildlife activists and scientists regarding its initial draft guidelines for determining critical wildlife habitats issued in February, the Environment Ministry has now come out with a revised version.

The Ministry was forced to withdraw the earlier guidelines on March 4 after protests that t

ArcelorMittal makes some progress on its . 40,000-crore steel project in Orissa
With the clouds over South Korean steel major Posco

The Environment Ministry on Monday gave its final clearance to the South Korean steel major POSCO to divert 1,253 hectares of forest land for its iron and steel project in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, reposing