Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Laxmi Narain Vs Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad & Others dated 11/11/2024. The complaint of the applicant is that illegal secondary collection point has been setup near Apsara border of Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi on GT road at District Ghaziabad. The allegation in …
NEW DELHI: Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (independent charge), Environment and Forests, on Monday came under severe criticism for a recent proposal that, the Opposition said, amounted to a total shift in India
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: In the wake of strong views in favour and against allowing commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal, the government on Thursday sought to take a middle path by putting the report in the public domain for wider consultation. The objective was to arrive at a
New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has decided to hold a series of public consultations before finalizing his decision on release of Bt-brinjal, the first food crop to come up for consideration before the government. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee had on Wednesday cleared the release of the food …
High US Government officials believe that it is highly unreasonable by the developing nations to request the industrialized nations or the Annexure One countries to cut down greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent in 2020. They told The Island Financial Review if they stick to the 40 per cent …
EPCA Examines Role Of Financiers To Break Stranglehold New Delhi: The autorickshaw autocracy in the capital may just come to an end soon. The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) is reviewing whether cap on total number of autorickshaws in Delhi, fixed at 55,000 by the Supreme Court, should be revised. …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi September 22, 2009, 0:55 IST While trying to revamp the environment ministry, he has ruffled more feathers with his non-stop flow of irreverent one-liners than Shashi Tharoor did with his 'holy cows' tweet. When we meet him, Jairam Ramesh is reading the first of the …
India's greenhouse gas emissions are expected to jump to between 4 billion tonnes and 7.3 billion tonnes in 2031 but the Asian power's rapid economic growth will be sustainable, a government-backed report said on Wednesday. Per-capita emissions are estimated to rise to 2.1 tonnes by 2020 and 3.5 tonnes by …
A UN survey has appealed to developing nations to invest in low-emission and high growth strategies, at the same time noting that India had grown has the largest renewable energy industry. The "World Economic and Social Survey 2009" conducted by the United Nations was released by Sunita Narain in the …
Indian State Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh yesterday said the Tipamukh Dam has been turned into a political football in the internal politics of Bangladesh. Ramesh was interacting with journalists participating in the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change in New Delhi, India. Terming the Tipaimukh …
BV Mahalakshmi, Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: Looking forward to replicate the success of IT industry, solar industry leaders have lauded the in-principle approval to the National Solar Plan. Targeting a 20,000-mw generation in the first phase by 2020, the plan was approved by the Prime Minister
KOCHI: As part of framing new rules to save the 7,517-km coastline, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to meet the fishermen community in Kerala. Stakeholders in the State, including the fisher-folks, had strongly opposed the recently lapsed Coastal Management Zone draft notification. Officials from the ministry …
No Place For Vehicles Under Parks: EPCA New Delhi: Many Delhiites who have been opposed to the idea of creating space for vehicles under parks can finally breathe easy. Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has told Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) that it cannot create such parking sites without taking …
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 …
NEW DELHI: The suspension order on vaccine manufacturing on three crucial public sector suppliers has the country reeling from a debilitating shortage of vaccines severely affecting its universal immunisation programme, the Centre for Science and Environment has said.
