Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Even as industrialists are running out of time to avail of the special tax holidays granted under the Central industrial package, which is ending this month, country
Continuous damage to standing crops due to intrusions by blue bulls (nilgai) in several villages in the Shivalik foothills has forced the state government to relax the norms and allow killing of the animal. The permission will apply only to the areas falling under the forest divisions of Una, Bilaspur, …
The special economic zone (SEZ) project in Una district, wherein an international airport and aircraft industry was to come up, has been abandoned. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal who was here today admitted that Skil Infrastructure Ltd Company has withdrawn from the project. He alleged that the company has withdrawn …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project has caused the Himachal Pradesh gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to shoot upto 9 per cent. The watershed project has been launched in the State by the World Bank. A recently released report on the implementation of Mid-Himalayan development project …
Rakesh Lohumi The central empowered committee (CEC) of the SC will visit the state to inspect khair forests to ascertain whether or not the felling practices being adopted were leading to regeneration. The fate of the
This report of a conference held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study on special economic zones raises doubts about their desirability on different counts. It is centred around three themes: (1) SEZs and economic development; (2) SEZs and distributive implications; and (3) SEZs and the legal issues.
The Himachal Pradesh government has made a number of false statements on crucial issues affecting the villagers of Gagret in Una district relating to the land that will be acquired for a proposed special economic zone. An airport that is to come up will affect the population of 25 villages, …
Vikas Sharma / Chandigarh October 20, 2008, 0:25 IST After handicrafts helped Himachal Pradesh earn fame, sericulture is now catching the fancy of small and marginal farmers in the state, who are trying to gain from it. Sericulture is not only providing subsidiary employment, but is also supplementing the income …
SEZs: Dhumal treads cautiously Shimla, October 16 : Residents of Gagret block in Una district today demanded constitution of a committee of revenue officers to carry out demarcation of the land that would be acquired for the proposed SEZ in Gagret. The villagers of the area who fear to be …
Shimla, September 28 Residents and representatives from over 20 villages in Gagret area of Una district today staged a protest against the proposal to set up SEZ and Airport by SKIL Infrastructure Ltd. The Central Government had granted in principle approval to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) two weeks ago. …
Shimla: "The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the present scenario would reverse what was achieved over decades through implementation of land reforms to re-distribute over two million hectare of land to the landless." A national conference on economic and social perspectives of SEZs at Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), …
The state mining department has ordered the closure of 120 mines and 115 stone crushers in the wake of the high court verdict which held that such activity could not be allowed on shamlat land. Mining activity in the hill state are feared to be severely hit as almost half …
