Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Nuclear Regulatory Authority soon to check safety, higher compensation for displaced The Centre will go ahead with the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power park in Maharashtra. A high-level meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday decided to set up an autonomous Nuclear Authority of India to address people
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Tuesday that a generous new compensation package would shortly be announced for the farmers whose lands have been acquired. With the PM according the safety of nuclear plants the highest priority, the NPCIL and Maharashtra government have assured him that all efforts would …
Hundreds of people come together to press for an immediate nation-wide ban on the pesticide Demonstrations, signature campaigns held as part of Anti-Endosulfan Day observance India should stand with the call for Endosulfan ban at the Stockholm Convention: Sudheeran Thrissur: Hundreds of people, including environmental activists, health professionals, students, and …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday withdrew the controversial rule that would have required victims pay 1% of the compensation they sought from polluters as fee to the National Green Tribunal. The minister
Govt accuses Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti of forgery in Palli Sabha resolutions The Orissa government has disputed claims of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti that the Palli Sabha (panchayats) of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, which come under the proposed Posco steel plant project, had passed resolutions on February 5 and 6, …
The Union coal ministry has demanded changes in a controversial provision in the new mining legislation which asks companies to share, with local residents affected or displaced by a project, an amount equal to the royalty paid if higher than 26 per cent of their profits. The ministry is worried …
The ministry of power will soon move a Cabinet note seeking budgetary support to compensate NTPC Ltd for shutting down its Loharinag Pala hydro power plant in Uttarakhand on religious and environment grounds. Though the exact compensation for closing the project is yet to be ascertained, it is expected to …
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice H S Kapadia began the hearing of curative petitions in the Bhopal gas tragedy on April 13. While hearing the curative petition filed by the CBI to re-examine the 1996 Supreme Court's judgement, the five-judge bench questioned the CBI …
BIHAR and Kerala have come out strongly against the Seeds Bill 2010 to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha, saying states should get more powers to regulate seed trade. They say the bill in its present form would lead to unrestricted commercialisation of seeds now in public domain. After Andhra …
Admitting gross mismanagement in agriculture department, the Odisha government on Thursday said that it would set up a high-level inquiry into the supply of alleged fake seeds and pulse kits to farmers during the rabi crop season. Mismanagement in the agriculture department was admitted by its minister Damodar Rout while …
Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant. Just before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed …
Minister for Forest Filipe Neri Rodrigues has assured to introduce innovative and long term measures to curtail nuisance of wild life animals in farms. Solar or electric fencing around cultivation, dragging trenches, boulder walls to protect crops, fencing are some of the long term measures proposed by Forest department to …
It took the Jharkhand government a murder, an abduction and angry protests to stop construction of a dam that began in a tribal heartland without informing people whose land was acquired. The dam will submerge 365 hectares (ha) of about 100 families. As per rules, any acquisition is preceded by …
JUST before the Kerala Assembly was dissolved for elections, the state’s Left Democratic Front government passed a law to secure compensation for people affected by Coca-Cola’s bottling operations at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The law, passed unopposed on February 24, provides for a three-member tribunal which will adjudicate on claims …
It took the Jharkhand government a murder, an abduction and angry protests to stop construction of a dam that began in a tribal heartland without informing people whose land was acquired.
