<p>Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others.</p> <p>An application filed before the
Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group (PMG), set up last year to fast track projects by resolving specific issues, has cleared 147 projects worth Rs 5 lakh crore, Anil Swarup, chairman PMG said on
In a move to fast-track green nods, the government will digitise environment and forest clearances (EC and FC) at both the central and state levels. The new system will help companies file their applications
Move to digitise green clearance process for projects likely to bring transparency In what could well be UPA’s parting gift for investors harangued by India’s suspense-laden environmental clearances blamed for denting the investment climate in recent years, the government is in the process of digitising all green clearances so that investors can go online to apply and track the status of their clearances. A similar system is also being mulled for the time-consuming procedures and uncertain outcomes that govern India’s mining clearances regime.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates,
Some changes were ordered on the direct instructions of the Prime Minister The Prime Minister’s office has repeatedly ordered and orchestrated dilution of environment and forest clearances in order to fast-pace industrial projects, documents with The Hindu show.
Minister for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad today instructed the authorities of the Forest Department to expedite the process for disposal of project proposal cases pending with the department
Govt reviewing the allocation of 61 blocks that have not started production The inter-ministerial group, which is reviewing allocation of coal blocks, has decided to give more time to 10 companies to obtain final forest and environment clearance for the eight blocks that have not yet started production.
Villagers of Singrauli district will launch a protest against forest clearance given to a joint venture of Essar Power Ltd and Hindalco Industries Ltd to mine coal at Mahan forests on Thursday. Protest
Justice Mr. M. Chockalingam (Judicial Member) and Prof. Dr. R. Nagendran (Expert Member) constituting the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench), issued a direction on 14th February 2014 halting all construction in the ecologically sensitive Amrut Mahal Kaval grassland ecosystems in Challakere Taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka.
ArcelorMittal today said it has voluntarily surrendered its stakes in 2 coal blocks, Rampia and Dip side of Rampia, following its decision to exit from the USD 12 billion steel project in Odisha in July
