<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) regarding illegal sand mining being done at the Balod Pod sand mine located in Balod district, Chhattisgarh.</p> <p>A report was called
As per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, prior environmental clearance is mandatory for projects listed in its schedule. To decentralize the work, the power to grant environmental
The Coalition for a GM-Free India has called for immediate implementation of the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture to stop all field trials of genetically modified crops. Welcoming the report of the committee and terming it a historic and well-grounded document, the coalition said that the government should withdraw the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill in view of the committee’s findings. It hoped that the governments in India, especially the Union government, would change their perspective on the subject at least now. “It is clear that the government’s views are uninformed and biased on the matter, and the blind promotion of the technology is unscientific to say the least,” said the coalition in a press release on Thursday.
Kolkata Steel maker SAIL has decided to outsource development of two huge virgin iron ore mines at Rowghat in Chhattisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand, a company official has said. ‘‘Rowghat—which will have a capacity of 14 million tonne per annum and Chiria— 15 mt are crucial for SAIL’s capacity expansion,’’ Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) director (raw materials & logistics) AK Pandey told PTI here. ‘‘We have decided to develop these two mines through mine developer-cum-operators. We hope to get a good response in this route being tried for the first time by the company,’’ he said.
On April 26, 2010, Chhattisgarh additional secretary (law) Ravishankar Sharma wrote to the government’s additional standing counsel in Delhi, Aniruddh P Mai: “The state government has decided to file an
Outsourcing would reduce SAIL's mine development investment by around Rs 2,500 crore Steel maker SAIL has decided to outsource the development of two huge virgin iron ore mines at Rowghat in Chhatisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand, a company official has said. "Rowghat, which will have a capacity of 14 million tonne per annum and Chiria, 15 MT, are crucial for SAIL's capacity expansion," Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Director,
A Raipur court on Wednesday admitted a petition filed by Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel against Chief Minister Raman Singh for allegedly entering into a criminal conspiracy and regularising 2,780 acres
New Delhi In a move that is expected to benefit millions of people earning their livelihood from the forest, the government has decided to appoint a special commission for fixing minimum support price (MSP) for minor forest produce like bamboo, mahua and tendu leaves. The commission is expected to be appointed by January 2013 under the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation (Trifed), tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo said on Monday. The Planning Commission has already given its approval for setting up such a commission. “There is a procedure for setting up a commission. We have received a go ahead from the Planning Commission and Trifed will be its nodal agency,” Deo said.
In a wide swathe of nine states in northern, central and eastern India where nearly half of the country’s population lives, a whole generation of condemned children is currently growing up. About a quarter
<p>Is the deliberate targeting of the support base of the Maoists good counter-insurgency policy? (Editorial)</p>
Companies such as BMM Ispat, Kalyani Steels, Kirloskar Ferrous and MSPL are working on 20 days to one-month inventories Shortage of iron ore supply from Karnataka is posing a challenge to steel and pellet-making plants to maintain their production levels.Companies, such as BMM Ispat Ltd, Kalyani Steels, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd and pellet-making companies like MSPL Ltd, Sesa Goa and Dempo, facing acute ore shortage, hold raw material inventory for just 20-45 days.
