<p>Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subrata Bhattacharya Vs Directorate of Mines and Minerals & Others dated 06/09/2022.</p> <p>The District Magistrate
West Bengal Pollution Control Board’s public hearing regarding the setting up of 600MW power plant in Salboni got a major push with villagers invoking their support for the plant, seeking “immediate” set
The West Bengal government has undertaken a Rs 500-crore programme to convert 50,000 hectares of non–arable land into cultivable area in the State’s four drought-prone districts — Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia
Man-elephant conflict in seven forest divisions in three districts of south Bengal resulting in the loss of human lives and pachyderms is emerging as a major challenge for foresters and the district administration.
The State has got investments to the tune of Rs.500 crore in the agro products sector from the Biyani Group-owned Future Consumer Enterprise Limited, said Finance Minister Amit Mitra here on Wednesday.
Nine persons have died in the floods, even as the situation in four districts of south Bengal continued to be grim. New areas were inundated on Thursday. Seven of the deaths were reported from Paschim Medinipur district alone, according to the Disaster Management Department (DMD).
The United Progressive Alliance government has cleared . 822-crore roads projects for three Maoist affected districts of West Bengal, signaling its intent to thaw frosty ties with the Trinamool Congress-led
Unregulated tourism and development activity along beaches like Mandarmani and Digha in West Bengal is killing turtles including the vulnerable Olive Ridleys, say researchers. "In Digha intense tourism
বৃষ্টিতে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত কৃষকদের ক্ষতিপূরণ দেওয়ার ব্যাপারে এখনও চূড়ান্ত সিদ্ধান্ত নিতে পারল না পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর জেলা প্রশাসন। বৃহস্পতিবার মেদিনীপুর কালেক্টরেটের সভাকক্ষে এই সংক্রান্ত বৈঠক ডাকা হয়েছিল। সেখানে
Yet to achieve financial closure for project because of pending draft agreement The West Bengal government has upped the ante against JSW Steel and charged it with delaying the Salboni steel and power project. At Rs 35,000 crore, the investment for the project is the largest in the state. Questioning JSW's intentions, Partha Chatterjee, West Bengal industry minister, today said if the company continued to dilly-dally, it could be asked to return the land. "I am fed up with the company. It seems they have no intention of taking the project forward. We have waited enough. They have been talking about the iron ore problem. But that is not the state government's responsibility. They are raising one issue after another," Chatterjee said.
The Union petroleum ministry has issued directives to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to not consider any investment in Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) since the oil major has no room to leverage its finances with government subsidy required to post profits. IOC posted a R22,451 crore net loss in the first quarter of FY 13, though in the second quarter it came round the corner posting a R9,611-crore net profit. A petroleum ministry official told FE that IOC’s 9.6% holding in HPL already has a negative impact on its balance sheet since HPL shares are R(-)5 per share at present.
