Odisha plans to restore coastal green cover
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Project opponents handing over land; Odisha offers to withdraw cases against activists Even as the Centre is set to review the progress on the Posco mega steel plant in Odisha, in an inter-departmental
Soon you will be able to stop worrying about where to relieve yourself while you're out in the capital. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday sought the state government's permission to
Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project resumed in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday after being suspended for about two-and-a-half months. The restarting of the demolition of betel
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik would unveil the Odisha Agriculture Policy-2013 on Akshay Tritiya on May 13, said agriculture minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Monday. The decline in agricultural growth
Miners propose to set up medical college, university in mining areas Justice M B Shah Commission, engaged in enquiry into illegal mining in Odisha and other states, completed its hearing on Sunday. It is likely to submit final report on Odisha in May-June period before the end of its term in July this year. On the last day of hearing, the Commission heard the submission made by the miners to develop the mineral bearing areas of the state by contributing to build necessary infrastructure such as roads, public water purification system, medical colleges and university.
After remaining suspended for about two-and-a-half months, land acquisition today resumed for Posco Steel’s Rs 52,000-crore mega project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. Ten betel vine plantations
The Supreme Court’s decision to let gram sabhas decide the fate of Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project will make it difficult for the government to divert forestland for industry without the consent
2,100 acres already acquired, project needs 2,700 acres in Phase-I The Odisha government said it has already acquired 2,100 acres of land for the Posco steel project. The government, through its nodal land acquisition agency - Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), is hopeful of acquiring additional 600 acres for the project in the next four months.
The Odisha government which has decided to go for electronic sale of key minerals like iron ore, chrome ore and manganese is awaiting the directive of the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to enforce e-auction on mine owners. "Unless we get a directive from the CEC, we cannot make e-auction mandatory on all lessees. There is a possibility that a lessee may initially agree to participate in e-auction and back out later. We had discussions with the CEC and they have responded positively to our move for introducing e-auction," a top official source told Business Standard.
The Supreme Court’s decision to let gram sabhas decide the fate of Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project will make it difficult for the government to divert forestland for industry without the consent of tribals and local population. The apex court’s ruling on Thursday puts gram sabhas or village assemblies virtually at par with statutory and regulatory bodies, and gives a broader prism of rights to indigenous communities by defining the Forest Rights Act as more than just heritable property rights.