Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
New Delhi: In a virtually unprecedented move, the government has decided to withdraw permission to Adani Group’s 1,840 hectare special economic zone (SEZ) in Gujarat for alleged violation of the law on at least three counts. Sources told TOI that the commerce department has said that Adani Ports & Special …
“If a dam on Kosi did not stop floods, this too will be a waste” Airing scepticism over the inter-linking of rivers serving the desired purpose, social activist Medha Patkar on Sunday charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with embarking on the project in the State without consulting people. “I …
National highways will now be constructed on the concepts of spot improvement and corridor redevelopment to take the financial burden off the government and make it more public-friendly. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways C. P. Joshi has approved two pilot projects in this regard. At the Hero Honda …
The Indian marine and coastal biodiversity is under serious threat from developmental projects, according to experts at the Convention on Biological Diversity. Though India has a 7500-km coastline, which supports almost 30 per cent of its population in biological and economic wastelands, the coastal and marine stretch in India is …
GoM on Bill may meet again today to resolve issues including retrospective acquisition The group of ministers set up to resolve differences over the proposed Land Acquisition Bill failed to reach a consensus in its second meeting on Monday, spelling further delay in the landmark legislation. The GoM, headed by …
Palghar in this tribal-dominated district is fast emerging as a hub of highly-polluted industries categorised as "red" by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, according to a report. Painting a bleak picture, a recent report of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) mentions that out of 7418 classified industries in …
Thousands from all over India set to march to Delhi to demand their own land Dhanalakshmi, a 22-year-old from Paliyar hill tribe of Tamil Nadu, is a long way from home. At 7 a.m. this Wednesday she will join nearly 60,000 other landless poor, adivasis and dalits who have streamed …
Efforts of Jairam and Jyotiraditya to talk them out of it fail Dhanalakshmi, a 22-year-old from the Paliyar hill tribe of Tamil Nadu, is a long way from home. At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, she will join about 60,000 other landless poor, Adivasis and Dalits who have streamed into Gwalior …
Draft Says Nod Of 66% Of Owners Against Earlier 88% Enough For Go-Ahead New Delhi: The rural development ministry has watered down the requirement of consent of 80% landowners for acquisition to 66% and eased some stringent measures for the award of compensation in the vexed land acquisition amendment Bill. …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC) has stressed upon the need for a public debate on the issue of an appropriate act on land acquisition and resettlement. In a recent document entitled State of Environment Report 2011 on Land, the Commission has pointed out that the Gujarat land Acquisition Act of …
Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday said that special economic zones (SEZ) have lost their attractiveness after the imposition of the minimum alternate tax and that new guidelines are in the offing. “We are now looking at issuing new guidelines on SEZs and are conducting very serious negotiations …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has ruled out any significant changes in the land acquisition bill. “There will be no significant changes to the bill. Just like the Supreme Court has ruled that there is a basic structure to the Constitution, there is a basic structure to the bill that …
Party unable to push through any meaningful pro-aam aadmi policy, feels this section Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s inability to ensure Cabinet approval for the land acquisition and rehabilitation bill is a cause of concern in a section of Congress, especially since the party is accused of encouraging ‘crony capitalism.’ Even …
The contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill, 2011, which was taken up by the Cabinet on Tuesday, had to be referred to a group of ministers (GoM), as several ministries felt their concerns had not been adequately addressed. The Bill, which has far-reaching implications and ramifications, has …
Five senior ministers— Kamal Nath, Veerappa Moily, CP Joshi, Anand Sharma and Ajit Singh—opposed the bill Sensing differences within Cabinet over the land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred it to a group of ministers on Tuesday. “The bill has far reaching implications and need more discussion,” the prime …
Even as initial data for the first quarter of this fiscal shows a pick-up of sorts in exports from India’s SEZs (special economic zones), coming in the wake of lacklustre performances in the previous two financial years, the government is betting on a slew of booster doses slated to be …
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will determine if consent of landowners and higher compensation will apply to acquisition of land for special economic zones (SEZs). The rural development ministry has ignored the objections of the commerce ministry that SEZs be kept out of the purview of the Land Acquisition Act. …
Buckling under intense pressure from farmers and local villagers, the state-run Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has withdrawn its proposals for four joint venture SEZs (special economic zones). The ventures were to be with Indiabulls at Ranjankhar in Raigad district on over 1,936 hectare of land, with Mahindra and Mahindra …
The Maharashtra government on Monday cancelled four major Special Economic Zones (SEZs) proposed by large business houses — Mahindra, Videocon and India Bulls — after having failed to acquire land for the multi-purpose projects. Earlier, stiff opposition to land acquisition by locals in Raigad had forced the scrapping of SEZ …
State yet to decide on Kalinganagar or Bolangir to locate the complex The Union ministry of commerce and industry has urged the Odisha government to identify suitable land with appropriate power, road and transport linkages for establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ). Though the state government has …
