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Vedanta’s Orissa mining project under govt scanner
Report By Govt-Appointed Panel To Be Sent To Tribal Affairs Ministry For Inputs
THE plan by London-based Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in Orissa—a key part of a giant aluminium complex which the company is building in the mineral-rich eastern state—could be jeopardised if the environment ministry accepts the findings of a report by a government-appointed committee.
- Date:
- 16/03/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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CAG plans audit of water pollution
The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is planning a comprehensive audit of water pollution in India that would cover the extent and causes of pollution of lakes, rivers and ground water.
- Date:
- 16/03/2010
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- Business Line (New Delhi)
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Many western nations have distorted IPCC reports: Jairam
Mumbai: Cautioning against “environmental propaganda” Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told journalists here on Saturday that the West was using the science of climate change for political gains.
- Date:
- 15/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Monsanto ‘admission' has business motives?
Priscilla Jebaraj
NEW DELHI: Biotech crop giant Monsanto seemed to admit failure with Bt cotton last week, but a government analysis says it looks more like a smart business strategy.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Mine bowing- III: state, centre in legal tango
Holding that prior environment clearance was mandatory for minor minerals also in terms of the 2006 notification of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), the Punjab and Haryana High Court last year had allowed mining up to February 28.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Bt brinjal panel may side with Ramesh
EVEN as the last word is yet to be spoken on Bt brinjal, the issue has fallen under the scrutiny of a parliamentary panel. As most of the committee members appear to be taking an anti-Bt brinjal stand, environment minister Jairam Ramesh may find an ally in his battle against the commercial release of the genetically modified
vegetable.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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FinCom sets Rs 5K cr for ecology-based projects
The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has allocated Rs 5,000 crores as forest grant to support ecology-based projects initiated by of ministry of forests and environment (MF&E).
Another Rs 2,063 crores have been allocated to support for state-specific projects.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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29 elephants knocked down by trains in last three years
Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Goa SEZs sub-judiced: Centre
The Centre today said that the three notified SEZ proposals, which the Government of Goa wants to be denotified are sub-judice, and that no SEZ has been denotified, as yet.
A statement to this effect was made by Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Jyotiraditya Scindia.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Herald (Panjim)
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Bt brinjal seed stock to be deposited: Ramesh
NEW DELHI: The Bt brinjal seed stock developed in the country should be deposited with the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources to prevent any potential leakage or contamination during the moratorium on its commercial release.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
