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 …
ON March 8, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) gave the green signal to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam from 110.64 metres to 121.92 m. The permission was given based on the recommendation of the Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R;) sub-group of the NCA, which said that all those …
the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) is set to replace the Coastal Regulation Zone (crz), an enactment for the protection of coastal areas of the country, with the Coastal Zone Management Plan (czmp). The plan will come into force in a few months and will be based on …
Within the framework of the Environmental Protection Act, 1986, that consolidated the provisions of the Water Act of 1974 and the Air Act of 1981, India established pollution control boards to prevent, control and abate environmental pollution. This paper examines the functioning of PCBs, in particular the Central Pollution Control …
2005: High Level Committee: Appointed by Delhi High Court to monitor clean-up and remove encroachments, as directed by Supreme Court (SC) in March 2003 2004: High Powered Committee (HPC): aka Baijal Committee. Appointed by SC to prepare an action plan for Yamuna 2000: Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) …
The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research is enthused by the discovery of uranium at Wakhyn in Meghalaya and the permission to prospect in the Rajiv Gandhi Tiger Sanctuary. "WE were encouraged by what we established at Lambapur... We had always called Lambapur the tip of the iceberg," said …
As envisaged in the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Critical Wildlife Habitats are to be declared by the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests after a process of consultation by Expert Committees. In this regard, these guidelines are issued, …
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on. "It is a historic moment. Call it god's gift." Thus spake a buoyant Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announcing the environmental clearance granted to the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar project on …
It was in 1994 that the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) came out with a notification on environmental impact assessment (eia). The assessment became mandatory for certain kinds of industrial and developmental activities to obtain environmental clearance from the Central government. This was a progressive step. The idea …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stones of National Hydroelectric Power Corpo-ration's (NHPC) 44 MW Chutak Hydroelectric Project and 45 MW Nimmo-Bazgo Hydroelectric Projects on June 11, 2005. Chutak Project is located on river Suru in Kargil district. But there was one impediment. The public hearing (PH) for the …
It begins at the very root, with the authorities that handle the entire process. mo font class="UCASE">ef can continue to be the apex body for the entire exercise, but most procedural functions need to be delegated to a state-level environment impact assessment authority (seiaa). seiaa could be an independent body, …
In April 2005, 59 civil society groups questioned the composition of the Union ministry of environment and forests' (MoEF) expert committees for environment clearance (EC). "The seven environmental assessment expert committees of the MoEF
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) has issued a show cause notice to Kundil Sponge Iron Limited for beginning work on its plant at Londa in Belgaum district without obtaining an environmental clearance from the state government's ministry of environment, forest and ecology. Following the kspcb notice, Belgaum deputy …
Letter to M/s Adani Chemicals Limited from additional director on establishment of salt works at Mundra District Kachchh by M/s Adani Chemicals Limited dated 04/08/2005.
The moef (Union ministry of environment and forests) is a gross under-performer, and way off its targets for the tenth Five Year Plan. This is what the Planning Commission has concluded, in its mid-term appraisal of the ministry’s work “Disappointing” and “inadequate” are the themes that run through the commission’s …
Environmentalists fear Scheduled Tribe Bill will put India's forest cover at stake. Matkuli is the base camp as you begin your climb towards Pachmarhi. Located inside a 1,500 sq km Project Tiger area comprising two sanctuaries and one national park, it has grown from a small village of 50-odd houses …
following strong protests, the Manipur government's ambitious plan to move its legislative assembly hall, secretariat, 60 legislator quarters, high court and the People Forum to a new site has been stalled. The Capital Project-Manipur's master plan is being reworked. The relocation sites comprised the Kairang Khong wetland in the sacred …
