Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change notified the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023. These Rules replace the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022. The Rules have been notified
Compensatory Afforestation
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for afforestation, 12/12/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for afforestation, 12/12/2016. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has two Centrally Sponsored afforestation Schemes (CSS) for environment protection,
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Damage to forests due to mining in Chhattisgarh, 05/12/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Damage to forests due to mining in Chhattisgarh, 05/12/2016. The detail of Mines for which FC Clearance is gives in Annexed as Annexure I. The mining operation leads to
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Green norms: Vedanta requests MinesMin to ease ‘dismantallable machine’ clause
According to the company, around 90 per cent of the auctioned area is forest land. India’s mining major Vedanta has requested the Union mines ministry to arrange relaxation from the environmental condition
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation, 22/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Afforestation, 22/11/2016. Under the guidelines issued under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the stipulation of planting of trees in multiples of the number of felled
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Communities and legal action
India’s strong environmental protection norms were meant to reduce the imbalance in negotiating positions between the promoters of industrial projects and those likely to be affected by them. Judged on
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The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016
An Act to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory
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Compensatory Afforestation Along NH7: HC gives forest officials another chance to comply with order
They were present in the court along with Chief Conservator of Forest T S K Reddy and Deputy Conservator of Forest (Nagpur) Mallikarjun. THE Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court severely rapped Principal
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Aurangabad – Padghe Transmission Line, Maharashtra, 08/07/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited Vs Deputy Conservator of Forest, Thane Forest Division dated 08/07/2016 construction
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Kiru HE Project Got Environment Clearance
<p>In a major development, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has accorded environment clearance to 624 MW Kiru HE Project in J&K State. The forest clearance for
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Govt ready for tree felling, but not for afforestation
Forest Department yet to buy land for compensatory plantation The government is all set to axe thousands of trees for widening the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road, but the Forest Department has no land available