A Bill that seeks to amend the existing law governing exploration and production of oil and gas as well as delink petroleum operations from mining operations was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024, is aimed at boosting investment …
The environment ministry committee headed by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian to review environment-related laws and statutes will now also assess the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The colonial era forest law had not been included in the list of statutes that the committee was asked to review. The 1927 legislation …
* “Amend the new Land Acquisition Act to safeguard tribal land and disallow acquisition by a non-tribal, including private companies.” * “Make gram sabha consent mandatory for acquisition of land, even by the government for its own use.” * “Introduce penalties to prevent deliberate flouting of the Forest Rights Act, …
The publication aims to assist elected representatives and government functionaries in developing and promoting sanitary habits in the villages. It guides them on how to keep their village clean, end open defecation, manage liquid and solid waste in an eco-friendly manner and pay attention to hygiene in schools, anganwadis and …
The ministry raises concerns that Forest Rights Act doesn't provide any exception to the need for tribal consent to divert their traditional forest lands for industrial projects The tribal affairs ministry has taken on the Union environment ministry afresh. It has warned that the Forest Rights Act does not provide …
Forest Rights Act being reinterpreted to avoid amendment Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is discussing possible ways to do away with the mandatory requirement of securing consent from tribal gram sabhas (village councils) before cutting down their forests for industrial purposes. The …
With barely a month left for the State Government to comply with the October 11, 2012 directive to formulate a strong law to protect and preserve waterbodies in the State within two years, the Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) has expressed serious concern over the lack of any steps in this …
PUNE: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is processing only the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, which effectively means that the earlier report prepared by a panel headed by renowned city-based environmentalist Madhav Gadgil has been rejected, according to the legal counsel for the Goa Foundation that …
Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil today alleged that the state's BJP government has "suppressed" his report assessing the impact of mining on environment in Goa. "State government had commissioned a committee led by me to prepare a report on assessment of mining impact on environment in Goa. We had submitted the …
Fresh voting by tribals to decide on the fate of Essar Power and Hindalco Industries' coal mining project in Mahan forests in Madhya Pradesh has been called off after the region's district collector was transferred just before the scheduled voting. Village Council vote, also known as Gram Sabha, was supposed …
Whereas certain draft rules, namely the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014 were published as required under section 112 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of …
Over two years after a resident raised his voice against the air and noise pollution being caused by a puffed rice factory being run illegally on agricultural land in a village in North-West Delhi, the Public Grievances Commission (PGC) has asked the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and the Narela Block Development …
Rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects relaxed Through a quick series of notifications, the Union environment ministry has eased rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects and other industrial sectors. It has diluted a host of regulations related to environment, forest and tribal rights. Besides, sources in …
Noted ecologist and Western Ghats expert Madhav Gadgil said the usage of earthmoving machinery for creating terraces for cultivation must be avoided in ecologically sensitive areas like Malin. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had included Malin village in Ambegaon taluka in the list of ecologically sensitive areas …
NAGPUR: In an attempt to encourage people to take up massive tree plantations outside natural forests, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change has called on states to liberalize felling and transit pass (TP) regime for trees grown on non-forest and private land. The MoEF guidelines say some tree …
AP revenue officials have told Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that according to new Land Acquisition Rehabilitation, Resettlement Act, acquisition of land, not only for construction of the new capital city, but also for any new industry, will be difficult. They said in addition to the lengthy process, …
Annual technical inspection report on panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies for the year ended 31 March 2013 (Manipur). This report has been laid on the table of the State Legislature Assembly on 16-07-2014.
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local self-government institutions (Kerala). The Report contains significant results of the performance audit and compliance audit of local self-government institutions, viz., District panchayats, block panchayats, grama panchayats, municipal corporations and municipalities.
VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite a ban on mining in Agency limits, illegal activity is rampant in various areas of Vizag district, especially on the Chintapalli-Lambasinghi route near Rajapakalu. Eyewitnesses allege that despite around 20 truckloads of laterite rocks being brought down the hills daily, the forest department seems to be oblivious of …
