The Planning Commission has given its investment clearance for a Rs 115.9 crore project titled ‘Protection of Majuli Island, Assam from flood and erosion, Phase II and III.’ According to an official statement here on Wednesday, the project will be completed by the current fiscal and Plan accounts would be closed by March 31, 2012.
The Gujarat government has moved a radical proposal to free all town planning (TP) schemes from obtaining non-agricultural (NA) clearance for construction. Giving in to a long-standing demand from
Keeping the lever on reforming the process of clearances of projects, the Union Environment Ministry has laid clear norms for impact assessment. The responsibility will be shared with the State
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Others dated 29/02/2016
The West Bengal government has decided to expedite environmental and pollution clearances for industrial, housing and other projects coming up in the state. To this effect, the government is
Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking ban on a proposed slaughter house near the Ram Ganga river in Moradabad, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to take decision in this connection as per the pollution and environmental laws. The above order was passed by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice Dilip Gupta on a PIL filed by Maa Ganga Mukti Samiti.
The Government notified the new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) norms, relaxing the rules for obtaining environmental clearance from the Centre. While the new notification gives concessions to
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has accorded environment clearance to Sewa hydroelectric project stage-II in Kathua, Jammu district. Forest clearance for the project was accorded by the
The Centre is set to replace its two-year old environmental clearance procedure for large-scale construction projects by September 15, a move that is being welcomed in Mumbai by all quarters. But
Cochin Port Trust (CPT) made it clear that all steps have been taken for obtaining the environmental clearance for the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) project at Vallarpadom.
The High Court might have passed strictures against the Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board for failing to ensure strict compliance with eco-clearance requirements in the mill land issue, but
The long awaited slaughterhouse in Panchkula is likely to see the light of the day. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), which constructed the slaughterhouse in Industrial Area, Phase I, will
This in turn is breeding insecurity among workers, hampering production, expansion of approved plants Isolated from the mainland, units within the Adani Group-promoted, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd here are feeling the pinch of pending litigation against the developer, despite the interim relief to continue operations granted by the Supreme Court.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has started mapping forest regions to identify “inviolate” areas, where ecologically dangerous activities such as mining may not be allowed. At a meeting with
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Union Government will not exercise any discrimination with States in rural development programmes. He said the Union Government will give
Environmental NGOs in Delhi are not very happy with the Ministry of Environment and Forests over the proposed changes in the environmental clearance regulations required by new constructions
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has proposed a single-window clearance procedure for importing clinical trials samples and live biological materials for research
This in turn is breeding insecurity among workers, hampering production, expansion of approved plants A distant view of the Adani Power Plant (left) and incomplete unit of Alstom Bharat Forge Power (right) Isolated from the mainland, units within the Adani Group-promoted Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd in Mundra, have begun to feel the pinch of pending litigations against the developer despite the interim relief to continue operations granted by the Supreme Court.
The government's efforts to go green seems to have made the real estate sector see red. A year after it was made mandatory to get clearance for any new project from the Ministry of Environment
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. SSM Builders & Promoters Vs Union of India & Others regarding illegal and unauthorized acts and activities of builders leading
