Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranu Bala Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 05/05/2025. The applicant has alleged illegal felling of trees by the project proponent, a real estate developer company. The allegation of the applicant was that the project proponent has violated the norms by …
The bauxite mining operation in Mali Hill in south Odisha’s Koraput district by Hindalco Industries has been stopped due to the agitation by the local tribal people. Taking up cudgels under the banner of Mali Parvata Surakhya Samiti (MPSS), the tribal people of the area have launched an agitation demanding …
Less than a decade ago, the infusion of private sector efficiency and project management skills was widely hailed as the panacea for turning around the all-pervasive slack visible in the execution of infrastructure projects. The situation on the ground, though, across most core sector shows that the private sector story …
Agency to seek info from coal block allottees and those who lost out; roles of state governments also to be looked into Alarge number of companies across power, steel and cement sectors, including Tata Steel, Bhushan Steel, Hindalco, Essar Power, Jindal Steel & Power, Sterlite, Adani Power, Lanco and Monnet …
Large tracts of agricultural fields in Mohammadpur under Gadmunda gram panchayat have turned barren with frequent transportation of fly ash on the road stretch that passes through these fields. Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) trucks carry the fly ash to the dumping yard at Budhakanta-Larbhanga under the same panchayat on this …
The endless promises made by industrial houses to the villagers fall flat once the operations begin. Such stories of administrative apathy abound in Sambalpur district which is facing one of the cruellest summers due to massive industrialisation and non-afforestation. In Dhubenchhapal under Rengali block, villagers opposed land acquisition by Bhusan …
The CBI has set up 14 teams for “detailed investigations” into possible criminal misconduct in the allocation of 64 coal blocks during 2006-09, and allegations of their misuse by allottees. Sources said the blocks under the scanner include those in which allottees have not met any credible milestone. The coal …
The ministerial panel, headed by FM, recommends green clearance to be considered by the Cabinet In a major relief to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power, Aditya Birla Group and Essar Power, a 12-member ministerial panel on coal on Wednesday recommended environmental clearance for two coal blocks linked to critical infrastructure projects …
New Delhi The group of ministers (GoM) on coal has approved conditional environment clearances to the Mahan and Chhatrasal coal mines projects. The projects would now go to the cabinet for final clearance. The decision came after the GoM in its meeting in March had asked the environment ministry to …
A ministerial panel today recommended conditional forest clearances for developing Reliance Power's Chhatrasal and Essar-Hindalco's Mahan coal mines and also decided to do away with controversial 'go, no-go' classification of coal blocks. Sources said the group of ministers, headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, took these decisions during their meeting …
GoM seeks forest clearance for Mahan & Chhatrasal blocks, subject to conditions The government has removed roadblocks to coal mining by leading business houses and taken the first step to relax scrutiny of corporate expenditure on oil and gas fields, in a burst of action that has cheered investors and …
New Delhi: The group of ministers on coal headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cleared two controversial blocks in dense forests — Mahaan and Chhatrasal in Madhya Pradesh. The GoM overruled objections of environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan. The proposals will be sent to the Cabinet for …
A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has recommended ‘forest clearance' for Mahan and Chhatrasal coal mines. But this comes with some riders. If approved by the Cabinet, this would pave the way for Reliance Power Ltd, Essar and Hindalco Industries Ltd, which have …
New Delhi Power, cement and steel companies, which are facing uncertainty due to environmental and other regulatory issues over their captive coal blocks, can now relax. This is because the government will soon come out with a policy on allocation of alternative coal blocks to them. The group of ministers …
The environment ministry denied on Monday that it had effected any changes in the way forest clearances were granted in wildlife areas and said they would continue to be routed through the National Board of Wildlife's standing committee. Sources in the environment ministry also said that the group of ministers …
More than eight months after the government scrapped the controversial ‘no-go’ policy, which had banned mining in some areas, state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is still struggling to operate its new projects located in the so-called no-go areas in the absence of a formal go-ahead from the environment ministry. The …
New Delhi Lack of assured coal linkages may drive 18 firms to open market As many as 18 upcoming power projects with an aggregate capacity of over 25,000 MW might be forced to violate their tariff commitments and seek a much higher price from consumers. This is because the coal …
Villagers living in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh have written to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) contending that handing over a sizeable section of the forests of Mahan will mean a loss to both the individual and community forest rights. The letter was written on March 15, 2012, …
New Delhi: The Chhatrasal coal block in Madhya Pradesh is in the eye of a storm again, with the group of ministers (GoM) forcing the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review its decision to deny forest clearance. The allocation of the block had evoked the CAG’s ire, and …
Current Indian investment may not be hit immediately The Australian government’s move to impose 30 per cent tax on coal mining and iron ore profits might not affect any Indian investment in that country immediately, but could have an impact on Indian companies, including state-run mining major Coal India Limited …
Tata Power, Reliance Power, ArcelorMittal, Jindal Steel & Power and Monnet Ispat & Energy are among 60 companies that face the risk of cancellation of mining licences for being slow in exploration of coal blocks. A review committee, headed by coal ministry’s additional secretary Zohra Chatterjee, has recommended issuing ‘show-cause …
