Bihar bonanza from plan panel
Bihar is getting a series of 'gifts' from the planning commision, thanks to the current wave of floods. They include the clearance of projects with a total cost of Rs 60 crore to build
Bihar is getting a series of 'gifts' from the planning commision, thanks to the current wave of floods. They include the clearance of projects with a total cost of Rs 60 crore to build
SHILLONG: Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the State Government will be able to take a call on the demand to re-define ‘forest’ again only after holding a consultation with the
MoEF has come up with the draft EIA notification 2009 which is a major disappointment for civil society as it proposes to further dilute the environmental clearance process. This document presents viewpoints of CSE on the draft EIA notification 2009.
Industries and developers will now know precisely where the file gets stuck, while asking for the mandatory environmental clearance from the Centre. The vestige of the license-quota raj, even the
Vedanta Aluminium, which runs a 1 million tonne alumina refinery in Orissa’s Kalahandi district, may shut down within a fortnight due to acute shortage of bauxite. The refinery at Lanjigarh block has been
Amidst the row over striking a balance between environmental protection and formulating policies that foster development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that in order to make the process of giving green clearances more efficient, the government would set up an environmental assessment and monitoring authority.
The Lafarge mining case has highlighted the appalling weakness of the environmental clearance procedures at all levels
THE environment ministry has granted Jindal Steel and Power a two-week extension till December 22 to file their response to the showcause notice for alleged environmental violations by its 6 million tonne integrated steel plant at Angul, Orissa. The show-cause was issued by the ministry on November 22 for failing to adhere to the conditions set out in the environmental clearance given to th
<p> Environmental clearance to coal projects (Question asked in the Monsoon session of LS 2011).</p>
Chennai, Aug. 19: The Centre will soon set up a National Environmental Protection Authority, which would be empowered to give clearances on environmental issues and enforce environmental laws and standards, Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday.
The Centre will soon set up a National Environmental Protection Authority, which would be empowered to give clearances on environmental issues and enforce environmental laws and standards, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. Ramesh said a broad agreement on NEPA was reached at a meeting with state Environment and Forest ministers in Delhi yesterday.
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Forest Advisory Panel Defies CIC Norms, Holds Meetings To Clear Projects. After cocking a snook at the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the environment ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has also
Ques tioning the manner in which environmental clearances are granted in the country,the Supreme Court on Friday noted that the environment ministry has for 17longyearsletprivatecompanies pay
There is no stopping the Bt brinjal trials now. The supreme court on December 10 refused to stay Mahyco's (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company's) ongoing trials in various parts of the country. Social
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a planning tool now generally accepted as an integral component of sound decision-making. The Environmental Clearance [EC] process for majority of projects will comprise of a maximum of four stages
The BMC's K-west ward, which includes Lokhandwala and Versova, of MumbaI, has implemented the Hyderabad system of garbage clearance from Mar 15. The new system has been introduced to ensure that
BHUBANESWAR: After giving conditional clearance to big ticket projects like Posco and Vedanta following intervention of the Prime Minister
A fortnight after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) served a show-cause notice on Vedanta Aluminium, asking why its existing one million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district in Orissa should not be closed down, the embattled company today replied back that the ministry was contradicting its own order. After denying the stage II forest clearance for bauxite mini
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today rubbished criticism about him being "anti-Maharashtra" and against development. Talking to reporters here after giving a green signal to the Jaitapur Nuclear power plant, Ramesh said he was for sustainable development. The minister said he had given the environmental clearance to the Jaitapur plant in 80 days from the day the NPC