Political parties pledge to reduce pollution in manifestos Promises to fight the world’s most toxic air have made it to the manifestos of major political parties for the first time in Indian elections. Major political parties such as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the opposition Indian National Congress and the …
GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), on Wednesday, submitted its first report to the NGT (National Green Tribunal) on inspection and course of action taken on construction sites found defying MoEF 2010 construction guidelines. The board said it inspected 33 construction sites across the city since the NGT …
The Union Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 42 projects for Jammu and Kashmir during 2012-15. Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma informed the Lok Sabha that while two projects were sanctioned in the financial year 2014-15, 15 were sanctioned in 2013-14 and 25 projects were sanctioned in 2012-13. The total amount …
SHIMLA: While entire government machinery is busy in "saving' the ecology of 13050 feet high Rohtang pass especially after seeing the tough stand of National Green Tribunal (NGT), other ecological sensitive areas like 21000 feet Kinner-Kailash of Kinnaur district are lying neglected with no mechanism in place to stop the …
A parliamentary panel has flagged a number of environment-related issues which, it found, have been causing damage to Mumbai and Visakhapatnam and asked the Union environment ministry and respective state governments to take up urgent steps for improving infrastructure and strengthening pollution mitigation measures in these two coastal cities. The …
A Parliamentary panel has recommended formation of a new committee to consider afresh specific areas of environmental policy after it found the objections raised by experts on the proposals of a high-level committee constituted to review green laws as "valid". The Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and …
This report tabled by Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology in the Rajya Sabha has asked the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests to appoint a new high-level committee to review environmental laws Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Sixty-third …
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha on Sunday said it would oppose the land acquisition Bill proposed by the Centre during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning from Tuesday. The party said it would also raise the issue of South Korean steel major Posco, which has been asked …
Builders are unsure about the long-term implications of Tuesday's order on obtaining of Environmental Clearances. City builders are keenly watching the developments following the order of the National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on post-facto environmental clearance. The question on everyone’s mind is whether the order will have an impact on …
185 Nations To Adopt Stern Norms Countries al over the world have come to gether to revise internation al standards for food safety and quality , even as concerns have grown in India in the past two months after the food regulator cracked down on major brands including Maggi, Top …
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday told a residents welfare association to approach the National Green Tribunal against the alleged environmental violations committed by a promoter of a residential complex at Nolambur. VGN Minerva Owners Welfare Association, represented by its secretary Basker Immanuel, approached the High Court stating that …
BENGALURU: Environmentalist Madhav Gadgil says he never expected his report on the Western Ghats to be accepted by the Government of India. In the city recently to deliver a special lecture on the Western Ghats, he told Express, “More pervasive in the globalised world of today, the destruction of environment, …
In a major relief for Nestle, the UK’s food safety regulator on Wednesday gave a clean chit to Maggi, confirming that the levels of lead in the product is well within the EU permissible levels and the product is safe for consumption. “The Food Safety Agency can confirm that results …
Expert suggests cooperatives as an alternative option of sustainable, regulated mining With the Goa government getting ready to resume iron ore mining in October, environmental activist Claude Alvares, fighting illegal mining in the State’s private sector in the Supreme Court, has urged people to join a movement for a “Goechi …
No decision yet on reservation for statehood agitators The Uttarakhand Cabinet, which met late this evening, approved several proposals, including bonus to farmers and an amendment to the mining policy. Chief Secretary N Ravi Shankar, while addressing mediapersons after the Cabinet meeting, said in all 72 proposals had come up …
After remaining shut for more than a fortnight, 46 out of 78 budget hotels in Mahipalpur have been granted a conditional consent to operate (CTO) by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) recently. The other 32 hotels have not been granted CTO allegedly because they have not installed various pollution …
Government is of the view that self-regulation is not sufficient and a law to enforce the cleanliness drive will help the purpose Seeking to provide legal backing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, the government is drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, …
A new study has found high levels of toxic mercury in vegetation and sediment collected from the vicinity of a thermometer factory which was shut 14 years ago in the hill station of Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, an NGO claimed today. "Lichen samples contained 53 mg/kg of mercury, a moss …
Central Crime Branch raids six testing centres, unearths racket The centres, according to the CCB, were issuing fake emission testing certificates and would test vehicles without following the due procedure prescribed by the transport department. Emission certificates issued by some private centres in the City can be manipulated, it has …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that putting an enforcement mechanism for various green laws will be a priority of his Ministry in the second year. Advocating amendments to existing environment laws, Javadekar said that periodic review of laws is needed every 10-15 years as circumstances and technology keep changing. …
NOIDA: In order to boost green building movement in Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) areas, the process of green building certification by GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) will soon be strengthened. Even though the three development authorities provide incentives to all those …
