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) …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the government was providing adequate compensation as per the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) norms to farmers whose land was being acquired for the Kiratpur-Manali four laning project. He was replying to the issue of grant of adequate compensation to the farmers raised …
The Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday demanded setting up of a commission to look into issues pertaining to land acquisition, particularly those protected under the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act (SPT) and the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (CNT). “Let the government announce a commission to resolve all land-related issues,” …
Jaipur: In order to demoralize the older vehicles plying on the roads that add to the pollution of their respective hamlets, villages and cities, chief minister Vasundhara Raje in her Budget for 2016-17 on Tuesday proposed for green tax classification based on the age of the vehicles. However, Raje has …
Fund will be used to offer subsidy or incentives to people who generate more than 1,000 units of electricity. The Delhi government has proposed a ‘green fund’ to keep the air clean by promoting solar plant installations. The fund will come from the amount collected from the cess levied on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Pramod Kumar Tyagi Vs. Art of Living International Center & Ors. And Anand Arya Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Ojasvi Party Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forest & Ors.) …
Ludhiana: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal's assurance to Ludhiana industrialists to defer the city's master-plan by five years has failed to placate a section of businessmen, with garment industrialists saying they got short shrift. Apparel manufacturers who have factories in areas like Shivpuri, Haibowal, Sunder Nagar, Kundan Puri and …
Hailstorm and strong winds in many parts of the state have flattened the wheat crop. Farmers have demanded a special girdawari and adequate compensation from the state government. Ranjit Singh, a marginal farmer from Gurusar village in Gidderbaha sub-division, said that the wheat crop flattened at this stage would not …
Surat: The Adani-Hazira Port Pvt Ltd (AHPPL) and its associate Hazira Infrastructure Pvt Ltd have deposited Rs 25 crore with the Surat district collector's Escrow Account towards the compensation and restoration for carrying out work at their near Surat without acquiring environment clearance (EC). The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had …
An expert committee appointed by the NGT has recommended imposing a fine of Rs 120 crore on the Art of Living Foundation. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday questioned the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for granting the Art of Living Foundation permission to conduct its World Culture Festival on the …
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has ordered the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), the nodal agency for toll tax collection, to instruct its contractor DEP Toll LLP to continue levying environment compensation charge (ECC) until further notice. The Supreme Court, in October 2015, imposed the ECC on an experimental …
Commercial vehicles entering Delhi will continue to pay an additional ‘green tax’ for the time being, as the municipal corporations say the environment compensation charge seems to be working. The ECC was imposed by the Supreme Court in October 2015, and was supposed to be charged from November 1, 2015, …
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s administration, two state governments and mining company Samarco reached an agreement that covers the cost of cleaning up the Doce River basin, which was contaminated by a massive tailings dam spill last November. The settlement calls for the creation of a 20-billion-reais ($5.08-billion) fund …
Opposition questions govt's intent to make it a 'money bill' Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday introduced the Aadhaar Bill in the Lok Sabha with Opposition members objecting to the government’s intent to categorise it as a money …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. dated 03/03/2016 regarding operation of rain water harvesting system in M/s ABW Infrastructure Ltd. NGT directs M/s ABW Infrastructure Ltd to pay an environmental compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs and observed …
The slew of proposals announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget on Monday will lead to an increase of coal-based electricity prices by 10-12 paise per unit, due to the doubling of cess on coal. Additionally, the reduction in accelerated depreciation (AD) and withdrawal of income tax exemption …
Varanasi: Close on the heels of the picture of an ADM relieving himself on the bank of the Yamuna in Allahabad was flashed in the media, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided that anybody caught relieving at ghats on the Ganga in the city would be fined Rs 500. …
Biggest Boost For Feline In Recent Years In the biggest budgetary boost for the tiger in recent years, the Centre has hiked its allocation for Project Tiger by nearly 80% for the coming fiscal year, utilising funds collected from the cess on coal, lignite and peat. The Union Budget has …
The Clean Environment Cess proposed in the Budget is likely shoot up Coal India's average notified coal price by around 20 per cent. "Our average coal price (notified segment) is Rs 1,000-1,100 per tonne and an increase of Rs 200 per tonne is almost 20 per cent rise in coal …
Seeking to fund its green initiatives, the government on Monday proposed to substantially increase the existing 'clean energy cess' on coal, lignite and peat from Rs 200 per tonne to Rs 400 per tonne and levy a new infrastructure cess on carbon emitting cars. Bringing clarity on the scope of …
Green body CSE on Monday welcomed the Centre's move to integrate pollution concerns with the Union budget and send signals to discourage polluting technologies but said several concerns, including the proposed tax sops for developers to provide housing, remained unaddressed. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said pollution cess …
