The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Bringing relief to the fishing community which feared displacement, the government on Friday announced that the draft Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) Notification, 2008 would be allowed to lapse on July 22. Instead, the existing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 1991, will be amended to take into …
Anita Joshua NEW DELHI: The Ganga and the Yamuna are no cleaner today than they were two decades ago, though the government is spending huge amounts on action plans for the rivers, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh told the Lok Sabha on Friday. Mr. Ramesh was …
For the first time, environmental violations along the coast may be tracked via satellite imagery. In a move which is likely to check the development of industries along the country
Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh PTI NEW DELHI IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were
Jairam Ramesh raises environmental issue with Karnataka Chief Minister 1,900 acres of forest will be drowned Forestry clearance yet to be obtained NEW DELHI: Asserting that environmental and forestry clearance should not be taken for granted, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Karnataka Chief …
NEW DELHI: The Centre will shortly release Rs.1,000 crore to the States from the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund for sustainable forestry management, as directed by the Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said the …
Shimla: The categorical statement of Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that replacing polythene bags with paper was not an eco-friendly solution, has put a damper on the state
New Delhi: After getting nod from the Supreme Court on utilisation of more than Rs 11,000 crore lying in under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (Campa) fund, the environment and forest ministry forest on Wednesday said the process of allocating money from the fund to respective states …
India has lost a forest area of over 6.5 lakh hectares in the last three decades. Of this, 25,000 hectares of land was diverted per annum for infrastructural and other projects. Giving the details on lost forest area, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday described the recent order by the …
Report of the Expert Committee on draft CMZ notification chaired by M S Swaminathan submitted to Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. Recommendations of this committee have been accepted and CMZ 2008 Notification, 2008 lapses on July 22, 2009. Report of the Expert Committee on the draft …
NEW DELHI, July 14: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question put by Nand Kishore Yadav and Kamal Akhtar that Rs 682.68 crore was allocated from 1973-74 to 2009-10 for the Project Tiger scheme in which a …
New Delhi, July 14 With the aim of keeping ambient air quality clean, the Government, on Monday, announced the implementation of emission norms for new and in-use vehicles and fuel quality in accordance with the roadmap of the Auto Fuel Policy. Also an action plan for air quality management is …
Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
Parliamentary committee asks centre to hold back CMZ notification sustained protests by fishing communities and environmentalists has forced the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the proposed Coastal Management Zone (cmz) draft notification that allows airports and other development projects in coastal areas. The ministry has set up …
Says MoEF clearance for hydel project a formality on may 23, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone of a 200 MW hydro-power plant at Yettinahole in Karnataka
The Centre on Monday told Parliament that the Survey of India is expected to conduct survey to determine the lease area at the disputed Obulapuram mines by July end. It also refuted Telugu Desam MP M V Mysura Reddy
The Centre on Monday said that comprehensive amendments were being worked out in the anti-poaching law to make it more stringent. Admitting that the penalties for poaching were
