Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
FINAL REPORT PEGS GAIN FOR COS AT . 1.86 LAKH CR The Comptroller and Auditor General’s final report on the allocation of coal blocks has concluded the government did not follow a transparent policy in selecting beneficiaries and was wrong in ignoring a 2004 recommendation by the secretary in the …
The endless promises made by industrial houses to the villagers fall flat once the operations begin. Such stories of administrative apathy abound in Sambalpur district which is facing one of the cruellest summers due to massive industrialisation and non-afforestation. In Dhubenchhapal under Rengali block, villagers opposed land acquisition by Bhusan …
Bangalore2-day GIM targets investment of R6L cr in key sectors like energy & infrastructure Tata Steel on Thursday announced plans to set up a R30,000 crore steel plant in Karnataka at the government-sponsored Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) 2012. The six million tonne per annum capacity plant would come up up …
The State Government on Thursday said that a revised tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Posco and Posco India will be signed shortly. The swapping clause in the revised MoU will be modified wherein the company will be allowed to swap iron ores within the country through the Orissa Mining …
Better regulation of the sector is needed The environmental performance of the Indian iron and steel industry is poor, according to the latest indices released by the Green Rating Project of the Centre for Science and Environment. On a scale of 10 (the theoretical best), the global best practitioners score …
Steel major Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) has received the CSE's Green Rating Award for its efforts towards resource use efficiency and steel slag re-use. Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, and Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, presented The Three Leaves Award to …
Indian steel companies are getting away with causing grave damage to the environment. They are not even adhering to the country’s already lax environmental laws – despite using large amounts of minerals, water and electricity. This was revealed in a report recently released by the Centre for Science and Environment, …
RINL along with two other companies (Ispat Industries and Essar Steel) bagged the prestigious award with "3 Leaves rating" out of 5 leaves. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has received the prestigious Green Rating Award based on assessment done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) for achieving several benchmarks on …
The CBI has set up 14 teams for “detailed investigations” into possible criminal misconduct in the allocation of 64 coal blocks during 2006-09, and allegations of their misuse by allottees. Sources said the blocks under the scanner include those in which allottees have not met any credible milestone. The coal …
A three-member expert committee headed by former civil aviation Secretary K Roy Paul will review the environment ministry order that had okayed the environmental clearance granted to steel major Posco’s Orissa project, the country’s largest FDI venture. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in March suspended the government order that …
Says sector severely wanting in pollution & regulatory compliance The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation based here and promoting sustainable development, today exposed major inefficiencies in the performance of India’s iron and steel sector. In a detailed rating, which took two years to compile, of the …
KOLKATA, 4 JUNE: The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) plants of the state have ranked among the most polluting industries in a rating ~ Green Rating Project (GRP) ~ done by the New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, Centre for Science and Environment. The ratings were released in New Delhi …
Bhubaneswar: Even as Posco India is prepared to go for construction at proposed plant site near Paradip in October, no fresh agreement has so far been signed between the Odisha government and the South Korean steel major. As the MoU for setting up the proposed 12 mtpa steel plant had …
The showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Orissa is set to take off by October this year with the state government and the South Korean company moving ahead to remove two major irritants that have been at the centre of the opposition to the project. While re-negotiating their 2005 …
Sandur, a region once known for its pristine hills and its lush green forests, today, is stripped of not only its beauty but its character too; all for the murky ore, needed to build and propagate the 'great human civilization'.
As host to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Brazil will draw international attention to its policy on climate change, but the measures announced so far are not commensurate with the recently set reduction goal.
The Karnataka government has proposed to offer land to South Korean steel major Posco in Bagalkot or Yadgiri districts in north Karnataka to set up their 6 million tonne per annum steel plant. The decision comes after the stiff opposition put forward by farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district last …
BHUBANESWAR: Rampant illegal mining by several companies is continuing despite the State Government’s claim to have brought it down. The powers that be in the Steel and Mines Department are extending tacit support to the companies involved in the multi-crore mining scam. One of these companies is Arjun Ladha which …
Amid controversies over allegations of irregularities in allocation of coal mines, the Coal Ministry has identified 54 blocks to be allocated to various sectors, including power, steel and cement. Of 54 coal mines, a maximum of 16 have been earmarked for the power sector, 12 for the steel sector, 12 …
New Delhi Power, cement and steel companies, which are facing uncertainty due to environmental and other regulatory issues over their captive coal blocks, can now relax. This is because the government will soon come out with a policy on allocation of alternative coal blocks to them. The group of ministers …
