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 …
Read text of Maharashtra Village Forest Rules 2014 released by the state government on March 5 2014 to to institutionalize an effective management regime for conservation and long-term sustainability of forests.They apply to part of such reserved forests (RF) or protected forests (PF) in the village as assigned under the …
This is an updated status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 28th February, 2014. As per the information collected till 28th February, 2014, 37,28,890 claims have been filed and 14,22,468 titles have been distributed. …
The Pashchimaghatta Janasamrakashana Samithi, Kozhikode, as part of its campaign against the implementation of the V.S. Gadgil and the K. Kasturirangan reports on Western Ghats protection, is on an indefinite hunger strike at the Kozhikode Collectorate from Wednesday. Unscientific The samithi alleged that the reports were unscientific, unrealistic, and anti-people, …
Pastoralists of Banni area of Kutch region in Gujarat have claimed community rights under 'The scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006' which was passed on December 18, 2006. The claim is over entire Banni grassland covering 2,400 sq km. Banni is known for …
Up in arms against land acquisition, farmers from nearly 27 villages, mostly tribal, of Manavar Tehsil of Dhar district on Thursday protested against the acquisition of their land for the proposed cement plant and raised issue related to legality of the project. Tribal alleged that even after submitting hundreds of …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 262 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri S. Semmalai , Manicka Targore regarding Environment clearances to projects.. Minister Of Environment And Forests, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily in response to the question on environmental …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 270 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Prabodh Panda and Shri Tarachand Bhagora regarding Environmental clearance to POSCO steel plant project. Minister Of State (Independent Charge) For Environment & Forests, M. Veerappa Moily …
Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st January, 2014.
Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Welfare V. Kishore Chandra Deo on Tuesday said the decisions of gram sabhas were important for recognition of forest rights. He was speaking at a convention of sarpanches and an interactive session with about 500 sarpanches, ward committee members and community-based organisations at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Mithlesh Bai Patel Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. dated 28/01/2014 regarding grant of license for mining laterite in forest land. According to the petitioner, the area covered under said licence falls within Khasra No. 413 with a …
Stating that the untreated solid waste were dumped in open causing environmental hazardousness, a resolution was passed in the Grama Sabha meeting at Chettichavadi Panchayat here on Sunday seeking closure of the private company and also removal of the dumped waste, both inside and outside the plant premises. The City …
With only months to go for the general elections, the new environment minister has gone into overdrive to clear projects. "The contrast is almost like shifting from Test cricket to T-20 within three days," says an officer when asked about the change of guard at the Union environment ministry at …
Once again, linear projects to get forest clearance without consent of village gram sabhas Environment and forest minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday rolled back a major hurdle in the forest clearance process for projects like roads, transmission lines and pipelines that pass through villages and forest land, reintroduced in July …
Odisha govt also seeks detailed work plans of projects along with milestones and timelines from them The state government has urged developers of non-major ports to submit the proposals for forest clearances with the required documents like gram sabha resolutions, DGPS (differential global positioning system) survey and FRA (Forest Right …
Upbeat over Centre's refusal to allow bauxite mining at the Niyamgiri hills by Vedanta, tribals, especially Dongria Kondhs, have decided to celebrate it by organizing a massive rally in Rayagada district on Thursday. "This is a victory for tribals, who have been battling to save Niyamgiri for the past 10 …
The State Cabinet sub-committee on Western Ghats, on Thursday, resolved to hold the rights to review the red industries mentioned in the Kasturirangan report. In a meeting chaired by Forest and Environment Minister, Ramanath Rai, the sub-committee took the decision to review the State-owned red industries set up in the …
Madhav Gadgil, eminent ecologist, has alleged that 1,700 illegal quarries are operating in the crest line of sensitive areas of the Western Ghats in Kerala. Dr. Gadgil, who had chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, the report of which led to an uproar in the State, was speaking at …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday described the Gadgil panel report on the Western Ghats as the “roadmap” for conservation of the ecologically-sensitive hills and hoped it could be resurrected for a “dispassionate debate” once the heat and dust of the next Lok Sabha elections settled. Speaking at …
This memorandum dated 20 Dec 2013 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests clarifies that there is no ban on agriculture and plantations activities along the Western Ghats.. See also Report of the high level working group on Western Ghats (Kasturirangan Western Ghats Report) - http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/374055/report-of-the-high-level-working-group-on-western-ghats-kasturirangan-western-ghats-report/ Report of the …
Say Ghats reports not sacred; want people to have the final word The Gadgil panel report should be implemented after it is debated in the grama sabhas and necessary changes made to it. This was the view that emerged after a day-long programme organised by the Western Ghat Protection Forum, …
