Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Alleging violation of norms in the proposed appointment of the heads of State Environment Department's SEAC and SEIAA, a volunteer wing has complained to the Union Minister Jairam Ramesh and State Chief Secretary. The Environment Action Group Prayatna has written letters to the Minister of State for Forest and Environment …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi government's decision to impose a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags in the capital city. In a move to make Delhi a plastic free city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday announced a blanket ban on plastic …
Cabinet approves blanket ban on sale, storage and usage The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal …
A thermal plant threatens a rich wetlandWhere The Muck Is The coal-fired ECEPL power project is a grave threat to one of the few coastal swamps in eastern India Just 5 km from Telineelapuram bird sanctuary. The marshland is the main source of sustenance for the local farmers and fisherfolk. …
The Mapusa Municipal Council has been directed by the Goa State Pollution Control Board to stop dumping of unsegregated waste on the Assagao plateau and to prevent such acts put up fencing around the site. In its directions issued as per the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Council has been …
New Delhi: The environment ministry on Friday notified the long-pending Coastal Zone Regulations, changing the regime that manages development and construction along the 7,500 km coastline of the country. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh announced the notification and said state-level authorities would be given four months to identify all contraventions of …
From where does the environment ministry derive its power? For industry, the most important set of environment rules that determine their life derive from the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986. The Act is what gives the ministry of environment and forests the power to butt in in any industrial project. …
Mumbai Pollution monitor serves showcause notices, each project built parking lots for extra FSI The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notices to 13 real estate projects on the ground that they haven
The discussion paper on National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority proposed by MoEF as an autonomous, multi-disciplinary appraisal and monitoring agency. In line with the discussion paper on NEPA dated May 25, 2010, the consultative process has been taken forward. A clearer picture is emerging on the mandate of NEPA …
Shri Jairam Ramesh, the Minister of State for Environment & Forests should indeed be complimented for reviewing the clearances given for Vedanta (Bauxite Mining), POSCO (Steel Plant) and a few other projects. I welcome these decisions. They have certainly set a new trend in environment governance in the country. From …
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has ordered Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. (VAL) to halt expansion work at its alumina refinery & captive power plant in Lanjhigarh at Kalahandi district, Orissa. Direction under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 regarding withdrawal of ToRs, cancellation of Public Hearing and Action …
Direction under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 regarding 1 MPTA Alumina Refinery and 75 MW Captive Power Plant at Lanjigarh, Kalahandi in Orissa by M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited, dated October 20th, 2010.
KOZHIKODE: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has released the draft notification of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2010 under the Environment Protection Act 1986, inviting suggestions and objections from the public within 60 days after the issue of the draft. Under the new notification, all the islands in the …
K.S. Sudhi Says it violates CRZ norms Pappinissery society told to withdraw brochure It should foot restoration costs KOCHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed the Pappinissery Ecotourism Society to
Anirudh Burman & CV Madhukar The recent order of the ministry of environment and forests (MoE&F;) rejecting the application for grant of forest clearance to the Orissa Mining Company (the Vedanta project) has raised a number of important questions. The order cited the company
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has acted boldly and impartially by relying on scientific expertise and rejecting the application from Vedanta Resources for forest clearance to start bauxite mining in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills. In doing so, he has laudably upheld due process, human rights, and …
In popular imagination, he has two different avatars. The truth is somewhere in betweenOur Political Bureau NEW DELHI IN POPULAR imagination, Jairam Ramesh has two, starkly different avatars. In which he is a hero, he is the protector of the ancient Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa. He is the sole …
