Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreign direct
Coal India Limited has warned that coal reserves in the country may turn non-mineable if the tardy system of green clearances continues. The state-run behemoth today expressed serious concern that the
AN ECOLOGICAL disaster has been unfolding in Chhattisgarh, with a private company indulging in excessive mining without environmental clearance for the past four years. Prakash Industries has been mining
Cites violation of environmental norms, directs ministry to look into the issue within 30 days The Rs 56,000-crore Adani Group on Monday received a major blow from the Gujarat High Court, which ordered a shutdown of 12 units in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), located in Mundra, Kutch district, with immediate effect. The court ordered a closure of the 12 units in the premises of the SEZ, as these had violated its earlier order of May 2012.
With the Central Government granting the environmental clearance for the Polavaram irrigation project, revenue officials began surveying and identifying areas that will get submerged by the Rs
The Union Ministry of Forest and Environment has issued the final clearance for providing 12,675 hectares of forestland from the Periyar tiger Reserves for the development of
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Ors.Vs M/s Arihant Realtors Ors. dated 13/01/2014 regarding construction of the Residential cum Commercial Project, under the Slum
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forests Ministry on Monday suspended the forest clearance for the five controversial mining areas in Anantapura district in Andhra Pradesh until a fresh survey was carried out by the State government.
Company has been asked to spend on 'social commitments', raising project costs by $600 mn The environment ministry has given its go-ahead to Posco's planned steel plant in the country, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.
The Uttarakhand government has sought a special dispensation for use of forest land to speed up construction of rural roads in the state, crucial to its reconstruction and development efforts. The government has asked that the relaxation for forest clearance given to Naxal-affected areas for construction of rural roads be extended to Uttarakhand as well.
The Vidarbha Environmental Action Group (VEAG) has hailed Supreme Court judgment directing the Union government to set up the national environment regulator and its offices in all the states by March 31.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Bank Guarantee system in respect of defaulting industries within the purview of State Pollution Control Board, Orissa 09/01/2014 in the matter of State
The Bombay High Court ruled that the Rs 20,000 crore redevelopment across 600 acres of defunct-mill land was against existing laws and had been done without prior clearance. Upholding a PIL filed by
Large-scale violation of environment and forest laws have taken place in Odisa since 1994-95 Top companies — such as SAIL, Tata Steel, the Aditya Birla group’s Essel Mining and Odisha Mining Corp — are among the 70 that have violated environment and forest laws, the M B Shah Commission on illegal mining in Odisha has held.
Reform of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in India has favored a decentralization process by delegating the responsibility over environmental clearance of certain activities to state-level authorities, but variations in the strength of environmental enforcement across states has resulted in an increase of births for polluting industries affected by the reform in states with lower level of enforcement, finds this working paper published by Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy.
In Sikkim at least 17 large hydropower projects on the Teesta River and its tributaries have their environmental clearances in place, despite warnings, improper assessments and negotiated conditions. At
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saligao Civic and Consumer Cell (SCCC) & Anr. Vs. Goa State Infrastructure Dev. Corp. Ltd. & Ors. dated 27/01/2016 regarding establishment
In an about-turn, a senior MMRDA official on Tuesday admitted before the judicial commission that Adarsh did not have a valid Coastal Regulation Zone clearance. This comes days after Pradeep Yadav,
Concered by the implications of the frenzied construction along the Senapati Bapat Marg in Lower Parel, the state environment committee has decided to reject environmental clearance (EC) to major construction
Before the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike could exorcise the ghost of fake-bill scam, another financial misappropriation to the tune of Rs 50 crore relating to garbage clearance has come to haunt the
