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 …
The State government has to look for lands for the thriving cement plants in Jaintia hills to fulfill the compensatory afforestation programmes as directed by the Apex court in 2011. State Principal Secretary (forest and Environment) M.S Rao conceded that these cement companies have to adhere to the Court directives, …
Mine & metal cos want reversal of order that asks miners with partial green nod to get fresh approval for entire area by Jan ’15 India’s top mining and metals players plan to approach the prime minister and the environment and forest minister to scrap, or at least modify, a …
Ultra mega power projects need not identify land to get forest clearance Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paved the way for faster implementation of ultra mega power projects (UMPP) on Wednesday, easing the requirement for private players to identify nonforest land for compensatory afforestation, which is a time-consuming process and essential …
MoEF advised to treat it on a par with PSU project The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has cleared Reliance Power’s 4,000-MW ultra-mega power project (UMPP) at Tilaiya in Jharkhand. It has advised the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to take necessary steps to treat it on a par …
Reliance Power's R40,000 crore-ultra mega power project (UMPP), for which forest land has been acquired, can comply with its compensatory afforestation obligation by paying money in lieu of alternate land on par with a central public sector project. The cabinet committee on investment (CCI) in its meeting on Wednesday approved …
Memorandum of Action Taken for consideration of the cabinet regarding illegal mining of iron and manganese ores in the state of Odisha, submitted by Justice M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry. Read text of the Action taken report. RELATED CONTENT News: Centre rejects Shah Commission recommendation to cap iron ore …
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 had been enacted by the Government of India on October 25, 1980 through an Act of Parliament. Since then, a lot of development has taken place by way of framing of Forest Conservation Rules and issue of Guidelines from time to time. The GOI has …
In an interim relief to mining companies, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Goa government to e-auction around 11.48 million tonnes of excavated iron ore stock lying idle in mines in the state following the mining ban imposed last year, reports fe Bureau in New Delhi. It also appointed …
A Planning Commission panel recently recommended allocation of 2 per cent of annual gross budgetary support (to the Twelfth Plan) per year to the 11 Himalayan states, including seven in the Northeast. The amount, at current levels would work out to be about Rs 10,000 crore, to be earmarked for …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said that his government is committed to increase the State’s forest cover by another 90 per cent by controlling shifting cultivation, arresting forest fires and over–grazing, and curbing illegal removal of forest produce, while at the same time undertaking plantation through TFC, CAMPA, SFDA, …
Cost of environmental and social loss involved in coal mining and thermal power generation in coal-bearing States, including Odisha, has been estimated to be enormous. A Planning Commission of India-supported study finds many of losses apart from displacement and forest diversion triggered by coal mining and thermal power generation are …
While there has been an increase of about seven per cent in the forest cover in Punjab, a number of irregularities in the utilisation of funds and land management have come to the fore. The total forest cover in Punjab is 1,76,400 hectare, amounting to 3.5 per cent of its …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
Net Present Value was not realised from user agencies in seven cases Tamil Nadu has its share of adverse comment in the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) relating to diversion of vast tracts of forest lands for development and industrial projects, mismanagement in realisation of Net Present …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
This CAG audit report on the performance of Compensatory Afforestation Fund in India tabled in Lok Sabha finds massive scam involving forestlands being given over to the industry in violation of the laid down regulations. Read text of this report. The objectives of the compliance audit on Compensatory Afforestation in …
Delay in preparation of annual plan of operation, expenditure on non-existent plantations and delay in compensatory afforestation are some of the factors responsible for poor forest coverage in Bihar, said CAG in its latest report. The state has a recorded forest area of 6,473sq km which is 6.87% of the …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) relates to matters arising from the performance audits of selected programme s and activities and compliance audits of Government departments and autonomous bodies. Compliance audit refers to the examination of transactions re lating to expenditure of the audited entities, …
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for sanction of Rs 710 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to Jammu and Kashmir as a special one-time dispensation for the cost of land acquisition, covering compensatory afforestation, forest land, trees, private land and structures for completion of programmes …
MoEF plans to approach union cabinet to secure at least Rs 23,000 crore during current plan period to sustain the project green Green India Mission, the Rs 46,000-crore ambitious project meant to increase the country’s forest cover, is struggling to keep itself rolling due to fund crunch. The ministry of …
