Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has curtailed Corbett funds by rupees one crore. In comparison to last year's fund allocation of Rs 7.5 crore, this year only Rs 6.5 crore was given. The officials said that the decrease would impact their patrolling, salaries and maintenance of infrastructure. Saket Badola, deputy …
BHUBANESWAR: The State level steering committee of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) has approved an ambitious annual plan of operation (APO) for 2015-16 with a financial outlay of Rs 513 crore. Claiming that Odisha has emerged as the leading State in implementation of CAMPA and creation of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Cover, 22/12/2015. The State-wise details of fund released under National Afforestation Programme during last three years and current year are given in Annexure I. Further, the Green India Mission aims at increasing the forest/ tree cover by 5 million hectare as well as, …
The Centre is hopeful that the bill to utilize close to Rs 40,000 crore currently locked in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) will be passed by wide consensus in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament. The funds have been lying utilized following a 2009 order of …
The notification issued by the environment ministry says that the general approval to hold forest land will not automatically confer the right to mine it Environment ministry okays lower levy for destroyed forest land The Union environment ministry's decision to charge a levy for future mining at current rates for …
JAIPUR: There is hope for an inviolate space for the tigers of Sariska Tiger Reserve STR that had lost all its tigers in 2004. Under the 'Project Tiger' of Union ministry of environment and forests, village re-location in STR seems to be back on track after a span of nearly …
NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday launched an e-payment module to accept compensatory amount for diversion of forest land in the country. It will cut delays and bring transparency in the system which is meant for collecting fund from user agencies which diver forest land for 'non-forest' purpose. Any user agency …
The Uttarakhand Government has decided that the State Cabinet will pass a proposal for green felling of pine trees in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand and then approach the Supreme Court with this to get some relaxation in the ban on green felling above 1,000 metres altitude. State Forest and …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Forest land area diverted for development projects, 13/08/2015. During last five years and current year, the Central Government has accorded approvals over 1,84,393 ha of forest land in 7,716 cases for various developmental activities including developmental activities in urban areas. State wise details of …
Residents of Khaniara village lost right to carry out mining in March 2014 Residents of Khaniara village in Dharamsala lost the right last year to carry out slate mining in Dhauladhar hills after the state government failed to deposit about Rs 1.6 crore as Net Present Value (NPV) for 25 …
Waking up to the dwindling number of certain endangered species, the Centre has decided to step up efforts to protect five of them — Dugong (sea cow), Gangetic Dolphin, Great Indian Bustard, Manipur Brow Antler Deer (Sangai) and Wild Water Buffalo - for now and take up others in due …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling at his official residence 7 RCR on June 5 to mark the World Environment Day. Addressing the media ahead of the World Environment Day, Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said …
D.S. Pai, head of the Long Range Forecast Division at India Meteorological Department, Pune, says that compared with the previous four decades, the occurrence of heat waves and severe heat waves in the country has increased during 2001-10, the warmest decade for the country and the globe. A significant trend …
The Centre will launch Urban Forest Programme on June 5 under which saplings will be planted across the country with the participation of people. Announcing this, Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar today said there was need to increase forest cover which can protect the nature and ecosystem. "We are …
With Rs 38,000 crore set to be unlocked under a proposed law for increasing India's green cover over the next few years, the Centre is planning to launch a major plantation drive across the country on World Environment Day on June 5. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar has written to all …
The government will soon bring in changes to the law to provide for tougher punishments for pollution-related offences, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. In an interview to The Indian Express, Javadekar said his ministry has finalised proposals to amend the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and plans to introduce these …
Participating in the debate on ‘Demand for Grants for the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Arunachal Pradesh MP Ninong Ering has called upon the Centre to give more thrust on environment protection in Arunachal Pradesh with 83 per cent forest coverage in order to …
Six years after a similar bill was defeated by the Rajya Sabha, the government Wednesday cleared a Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill to manage and utilise thousands of crores of rupees that have been collected over the years as compensation for diverting forest land for “non-forest purposes” like setting up industries …
In a move which may give a major boost to the country's efforts to increase its green cover under a law, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for introducing a new legislation in current session of the Parliament. The proposed law -Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 -seeks to …
Congress slams TSR Subramanian report; govt to introduce only two amendments to environment regulations in Parliament during Budget session Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge), Prakash Javadekar visiting a stall at the Biodiversity Green Haat, at Paryavaran Bhawan, in New Delhi On the day the …
