Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 8: The Union minister of state for human resource development, Ms D. Purandareswari, said that there was a need for a policy to stop export of iron ore as the steel industry would be facing a severe shortage in the ensuing years.Addressing a meeting at the inaugural ceremony …
In a major setback to Posco's steel plant project in Orissa, the Environment Ministry has asked the state government to stop all work related to it, including land acquisition, as it violated forest rights law.
New Delhi /Bhubaneswar, Aug. 6: The Union minister of environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has stepped into a minefield by asking the Orissa government to stop all work related to the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project in Orissa. He has come into direct confrontation with the Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, …
The Ministry of Environment today asked the Orissa government to stop all work related to the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, following the recommendation of an expert committee to revoke the clearance given to the South Korean steel major in December 2009. Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: The Centre has put the Posco project on hold, pointing to violation of the Forest Rights Act and deliberate attempt by the Orissa administration to hide facts. While not going as far as withdrawing permission given to the Rs 54,000-crore mega steel plant to use forest land, the …
Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the ongoing controversy over the Posco steel project in Orissa, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday came out strongly in open against the environment and forest ministry
Citing alleged violation of the Forest Rights Act and recommendations of a committee it appointed, the Environment Ministry has directed the Orissa government to stop all work related to the showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Jagatsinhpur district of the state with immediate effect.Within hours of receiving the order …
NEW DELHI: In the latest hurdle to Posco's embattled Rs.54,000-crore steel project in Orissa, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has told the State government to stop all work related to it, including land acquisition and handover, as it is violating the Forest Rights Act (FRA).The August 5 order …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has signed 86 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with different firms during the last five years for setting up industries in steel, alumina, cement and energy sectors out of which 32 units have gone into production. Besides, 72,561 persons have got employment in these units directly or …
BHUBANESWAR: The assessment of the joint Central team, evaluating Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation in Posco zone, has emboldened the anti-displacement brigade which is now gearing up to fight the land acquisition process at the site till the end. A day after the panel went public with its view that …
The Orissa government today halted the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore steel plant near here, to be developed by Korean company Posco, after facing stiff opposition from villagers.
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has categorically stated settlement of claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 has to take place before any process of land acquisition can be initiated in Jagastsinghpura district of Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the State government began land acquisition for Posco project in Jagatsinghpur district, activists here threatened to take law into their hands saying it would be tit for tat as the administration did not care to respect rule of the land. Addressing a press conference here on …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to ascertain the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and other rehabilitation measures taken before granting final approval for diversion of forest land for the establishment of the Integrated …
But the state government starts the process for the Rs 54,000-crore project. The Orissa government today began land acquisition and resurvey for the proposed Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, even though a visiting central team termed the process
BHUBANESWAR: Shrugging off mounting opposition from the local people and objections from the Joint Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is overseeing the implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA), the Orissa government on Tuesday began the land acquisition process for the proposed Posco-India steel project in …
