Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sugra Adiwasi & Others Vs Pathranand & Others dated 29/04/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the state of Madhya Pradesh as well as the central government through the the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and …
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh reiterated today that the final approval for diversion of forest land for Polavaram (Indira Sagar) project is subject to compliance of several conditions by the Andhra Pradesh Government and the user agency concerned. In a letter to Chief Minister …
Its indictment of the Odisha Government apart, the NC Saxena Committee, which authored the report on investigation into the proposal submitted by Vedanta for bauxite mining at Niyamgiri hills, hasn
Nitin Sethi | TNNNew Delhi: Tribal affairs minister Kanti Lal Bhuria has written to environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh that the committee set up under National Advisory Council member, N C Saxena, is going beyond its purview to tell how the Forest Rights Act should be implemented. He has …
Citing alleged violation of the Forest Rights Act and recommendations of a committee it appointed, the Environment Ministry has directed the Orissa government to stop all work related to the showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Jagatsinhpur district of the state with immediate effect.Within hours of receiving the order …
Stop work order in POSCO dated 04th August 2010 with regard to diversion of 1253.225 ha of forest land for establishment of Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port by POSCO-India Pvt. Ltd., Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.
BHUBANESWAR: The assessment of the joint Central team, evaluating Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation in Posco zone, has emboldened the anti-displacement brigade which is now gearing up to fight the land acquisition process at the site till the end. A day after the panel went public with its view that …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Tuesday began acquiring land for the Rs 51,000 crore steel project by South Korean major Posco in Jagatsinghpur district even as the joint Central committee described the process as `illegal
Minister for Tribal Welfare and Scheduled Castes Welfare Kunwar Vijay Shah said that the problem of malnutrition among the tribals would be eradicated completely. Help of voluntary orgnaisaitons would also be sought in this direction, he added. Shah was speaking at a function after inaugurating a nutrition project specifically for …
The status report on implementation of the Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers act, 2006 by the states. Provides details of claims received, titles distributed and the extent of forest land for which titles distributed (individual and community) for major states till 30th June 2010. Status report on implementation …
Lucknow: The National Forest Rights Act Committee (NFRAC) formed jointly by the Union ministry of environment and forest and Union ministry of tribal affairs to review implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) will visit west UP on May 31. The 19-member committee headed by NC Saxena and comprising experts …
THE environment ministry has reconstituted the joint committee set up with the ministry of tribal affairs to assess the impact of Forest Rights Act on sustainable management of forest resources. Initially constituted in February, the joint committee and its terms of reference had to be reworked given protests by civil …
The government has constituted a joint committee of the ministries of Environment & forest and Tribal affairs to study the implementation of the Forest Right Act, 2006 and suggest necessary policy changes needed in the future management of the forestry sector. The committee aims to define the role of panchayati …
A Joint Committee of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) and Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been reconstituted to study in detail the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, including factors that are aiding and impeding its implementation. The Committee shall submit its report within six months. According …
New Delhi: Orissa government has come out in favour of the controversial Vedanta group with the BJD government in the state opposing the views of a central committee that bauxite mining in Lanjigarh were being carried out in violation of SC orders, the Forest Rights Act and the Forest Conservation …
