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 …
India has built a pipeline of around 1,800 megawatt of domestic content requirement projects as against operational cell manufacturing capacity of only about 600 megawatt. Demand from these projects should provide breathing room to the existing manufacturers and avoid any immediate repercussions from World Trade Organisation's ruling against India's domestic …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 25/07/2016. In addition to 7 Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 11 State/Private Sector SEZs set-up prior to the enactment of the SEZ Act, 2005, approval has been accorded to 412 SEZs, out of which 204 SEZs are functional and …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 18/07/2016. The proposals for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are approved by the Board of Approval (BoA) on recommendations of the concerned State Government. Approval of SEZs is an on-going process as they are created under the provisions of …
This technical paper is part of the technical materials prepared in response to the mandate from the Conference of the Parties (COP) to prepare technical materials to assist developing country Parties in their economic diversification initiatives. It provides an overview of the work undertaken under the Convention on economic diversification …
Tourism potential lies untapped; migration of youth continues When the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi laid the foundation stone for Nanguneri Special Economic Zone on February 11, 2001, in the presence of the then Union Minister Murasoli Maran, it was expected that the hefty industrial investments to be made in …
Bhubaneswar: In June 2005 when the Naveen Patnaik government signed an MoU with the South Korean steel behemoth, Posco, for a 12-mtpa mega steel plant in the state, the public euphoria reached its peak. The reason was obvious: Odisha, full of iron ore reserves, was always passionate about having another …
Ahmedabad: Industrial activities, coupled with unchecked pollution, would seriously affect the groundwater quality in Ahmedabad district, states a study by Mona Khakhar, an associate professor with CEPT University. Khakhar shared the findings in a conference on Wednesday. In her study titled 'Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination: A Case Study of …
The project will be developed on 1,032 hectares at Naidupet in Nellore, will provide direct and indirect jobs to 40,000 Centre's green nod to Rs 114 cr multi-product SEZ in AP The Centre has given environment clearance to a Rs 114 crore project that seeks to set up a multi-product …
Jharkhand is progressing fast on adopting best practices for making an investor friendly environment in the state to facilitate investments, employment generation and welfare of the people. The policy aims at creating industry-friendly environment for maximising investment especially in mineral and natural resource based industries, MSMEs, infrastructure development and rehabilitation …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of V.V.Minerals Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change & Others dated 08/02/2016. This application is filed challenging the insistence of obtaining a separate No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), in …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Gujarat & Others Vs Shree Ratnakar Enterprise dated 19/01/2016 regarding demand for the allotment of 1500 acres out of Survey No.141 of Village Mundra, Taluka Mundra, District Kutch for the purposes of manufacturing salt by Shree Ratnakar …
RAIPUR: In its endeavour to promote innovative industrial projects aligned with national priorities, Chhattisgarh government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with M/s LancoInfratech Limited, a subsidiary Lanco Solar Private Limited, for manufacturing 100MW of solar cells annually. The proposed Rs 290 crores project, slated to come up in …
The e-waste or electronic waste discarded by IT companies is piling up in the backyard of the Pearl City posing health hazard to the denizens. The lengthy process involved in identifying e-waste and getting sanction for disposal is time consuming which denies the opportunity to recycle the equipment. According to …
Some people had snatched equipment from experts checking the legality of construction on wetlands After an apology from Mantri Developers for having snatched equipment from experts who were checking the legality of construction on the Belandur wetlands, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dropped a contempt petition against the builder. On …
Letter from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Limited regarding waterfront development at Mundra in District Kachchh, Gujarat dated 07/10/2015.
The hope for protecting the city’s largest wetland – connecting Bellandur, Agara and Varthur lakes – that arose after censure from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over construction of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) there — surely must be fading. The latest report by the ENVIS Technical Committee – prepared …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paryavaran Dakshata Manch & Ors.Vrs. Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding re-classification of CRZ by MCZMA/NCZMA. NGT diirected Sushilkumar Srivastava, Scientist to remain present in person alongwith relevant file and be prepared to give …
Ruling party MPs suggest changes to six of the nine amendments proposed by govt to the 2013 Act The government is set to relent on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015. On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of …
Farmers who had lost their fertile land because of now-shelved mega steel project of Tata Steel in Ganjam district of Odisha held a demonstration at district headquarter town Chatrapur on Wednesday demanding share in the proposed SEZ on the same land. They had got united under the banner of ‘Gopalpur …
Controlling emissions from the in-use fleet, particularly from high emitters and older vehicles, can immediately alleviate urban air pollution. As pressure to address China's air quality issues builds, Guangdong Province has taken several steps toward that end. Cities in Guangdong have established programs based on their specific capabilities and needs. …
