Affidavit by the state of Goa in the matter of news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 global forest watch" appearing in the Indian Express dated April 13, 2024. As per the State of Forests Report of 2023, the total forest cover in Goa …
PANJIM: The State cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday approved the long-awaited Solar Power Policy, with an aim to generate 150 MW of green power by 2021, to meet the target set by the Union Ministry for New and Renewable Energy under the National Solar Mission. Goa …
The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and each state and union territory. For the first time, NFHS-4 provides district-level estimates for many important indicators. All four NFHS surveys have been conducted under the stewardship …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savarakshan Sangharsha Samitee Vrs. Liliput Bar & Restaurant & Others dated 29/11/2017 regarding demolition of cottages/structures/building alleged to have been raised on land bearing Sy. No.72/567 and 8 of village Anjuna falling within 200 …
Panaji: Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) in a statement on Monday said that all tourism infrastructure development projects on the beaches of Goa are being undertaken with permissions of GCZMA. Responding to reports that some projects in CRZ areas had come under scanner following an NGT order last week, chief …
Panaji: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, continuing a stay on permissions for constructions within 100m of high tide line, a few projects approved by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) are likely come to come under judicial scrutiny. The projects range from toilet blocks on sand dunes …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Betqui Candola Samvardhan Samitee Vs M/S Gera Developments Pvt Ltd. & Others dated 27/11/2017 regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted by the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment authority (SEIAA) to the construction of project at Survey No.33/1 …
PANJIM: The hearing on the water sharing of River Mhadei before the Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal has strengthened Goa’s case with State witness, environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar, giving accurate replies to the cross examination on environment, forest and wildlife for the State. Kerkar was cross examined by Karnataka and was posed …
PANJIM: Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday announced that the Ministry is working on a National Coastal Mission, with a focus to strike a balance between the environment and development. Vardhan, addressing the concluding programme of four-day workshop organised by the National Institute …
Panaji: The high court of Bombay at Goa has directed the government to constitute a task force to prepare a road map for protection and conservation of Bondvol lake in St Cruz, viewing it as an ecosystem for the public's benefit. In a significant order, the division bench comprising Justice …
VASCO: Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardessai on Tuesday informed that he would issue directions to the contractor engaged in the Western Bypass road work to hire the services of geologists to find out whether there would be any impact on the Konkan Railway tunnel or to the environment, …
DONA PAULA: Taking a dig at those opposing mobile towers on the issue of radiation, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar countered saying that those opposing towers are moving with the mobile, which in their understanding can be a time bomb, in their pockets. He said he does not find any danger …
Idea thrown open by NITI Aayog, who proposed a unified tax regime for the industry, where all royalties, levies, duties and taxes will be subsumed into GST PANJIM: In a bid to give relief to the iron ore mining industry, reeling under the burden of double taxation, the proposed National …
VASCO: The seven panchayats around Dabolim International Airport will get Rs 7 lakh every year for cleanliness around the airport, as a step towards controlling the garbage menace in the area, panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho said, while speaking during the inauguration of Quelossim panchayat on Sunday evening. The village panchayats …
The notices were issued by a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta on an interlocutory application filed by an NGO, Goa Foundation. The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, Goa government and mining companies on a plea seeking that the interim cap on mining …
Panaji: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday asked women self-help groups to explore the possibility of taking up door to door garbage collection and segregation in villages. Parrikar said the government would meet and formulate a scheme under which self-help groups will be incentivised for collecting wet and dry waste. …
PANAJI: With women at the helm (captain, first officer and second officer), Greenpeace International's campaign sail vessel Rainbow Warrior III made its maiden voyage to India, anchoring off the Aguada Bay on Monday. The 16-member crew belonging to 14 countries welcomed on board local groups fighting environmental destruction in the …
The GSIDC’s Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) has finally admitted that the construction of third Mandovi bridge will destroy mangroves “to certain extent” and also impact the marine ecology. Following a petition filed by Goa Foundation, the National Green Tribunal had directed GSIDC to conduct Environment Impact Assessment for the Third …
Panaji: The government has announced the names of 24 officers designed as 'authority' for maintenance of the ambient air quality standards in respect of noise under the Noise Pollution (regulation and control) rules, 2000. These include the district collectors, additional collectors (I), sub-divisional magistrates of the respective talukas, superintendents of …
Panaji: The St Anthony Tenants and Mundkar Association (SATMA) of Tiracol has come out strongly against the environmental clearance granted to the 18-hole golf course and ecotourism resort project by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change. When the matter of tenancy rights is in the high court it …
EC earlier granted kept in abeyance by NGT; CRZ clearance obtained from GCZMA PANJIM: The environment clearance for one of the most controversial projects ever in Goa, the Tiracol golf course and villa project, was cleared by the Environment Ministry, even as those fighting for tenancy rights have gone to …
