Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
With the Orissa government levying a fine of Rs 57,904 crore on 27 mining firms for excess excavation, the environment ministry has shot off letters to more than 70 miners seeking information on the various statutory clearances they have in order to judge the extent of violations. Officials in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Khare Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 29/01/2014 regarding construction and completion of barrage in Madhya Pradesh. The NGT order states that "Construction and completion of barrage does not require environmental clearance as stated by MoEF. To ensure …
24th Meeting of the Inter – ministerial Group (IMG) under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Coal) to undertake periodic review of the development of allocated coal blocks which have not come under production and were asked to furnish documents on statutory clearances by 5th February, 2014.
Delays and denials for forest clearances may prove to be roadblocks for 26 developers including GMR, Monnet Ispat, MB Power, SKS Power, Visa Power, Essar Power, Adhunik Power, for transmitting electricity from Eastern India where 25,000 mw of generation projects are underway to cater to the neighbouring states. From their …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prafulla Samantara Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 24/01/2014 stating that POSCO "would not carry on tree cutting/felling in the forest area" till the Odisha government gives forest clearance. NGT order further states that the "approval of the Central …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has urged the Centre for expeditious environmental and forest clearances, and land acquisition as per the Environment Ministry’s new guidelines to speed up implementation of power projects in the State. Mr. Tuki, speaking at the meeting of Chief Ministers of eight Northeastern States with …
With only months to go for the general elections, the new environment minister has gone into overdrive to clear projects. "The contrast is almost like shifting from Test cricket to T-20 within three days," says an officer when asked about the change of guard at the Union environment ministry at …
In a move that may spell further trouble for the beleaguered coal blocks, the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has ruled out a relaxation of two years for obtaining clearance for the entire forest land within the lease area if mining lease (ML) is not executed before February …
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 …
Move to hit coal blocks of JSPL, Monnet Ispat In a move that may spell further trouble for beleaguered coal blocks, the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has ruled out a relaxation of two years for obtaining clearance for the entire forest land within the lease area if …
Once again, linear projects to get forest clearance without consent of village gram sabhas Environment and forest minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday rolled back a major hurdle in the forest clearance process for projects like roads, transmission lines and pipelines that pass through villages and forest land, reintroduced in July …
The indiscriminate encroachment of forest land in the two districts of Latehar and Palamu has become a major cause of concern for the forest authorities here. Following the Forest Rights Act, 2006, land is being encroached upon without any fear of law. This is done over a period of time. …
The blocks could be retrieved in the next 4 to 6 weeks post review, the SC informed on Wednesday At least 41 coal blocks could be de-allocated after a review that would be completed within the next four to six weeks, the government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Show …
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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sarbeswar Mishra & Anr. Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 16/01/2014 on the use of water from the river Baiterani in Orissa by the industry and also regarding construction of industry in forest area without obtaining forest clearance. Original …
Cabinet secretariat seeks views of industry chambers on project hurdles by January 23 The government has kicked off a fast-track review of the cumbersome procedures involved in green clearances that often take years and are considered by industry as the single-biggest drag on India’s investment momentum, stalling projects worth several …
Govt seeks to move away from a command and control system to one based on self monitoring After whittling the clearance backlog, Environment Minister Veerappa Moily is now focusing on another demand of industry—a predictable and structured forest clearance system. The ministry has called for stakeholder comments on its revised …
Odisha govt also seeks detailed work plans of projects along with milestones and timelines from them The state government has urged developers of non-major ports to submit the proposals for forest clearances with the required documents like gram sabha resolutions, DGPS (differential global positioning system) survey and FRA (Forest Right …
Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to mine Niyamgiri The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant. …
Moily approves two power projects, two coal mines, a port in Andhra and an oil pipeline from Chennai port Environment and forests minister M Veerappa Moily cleared six long-stalled infrastructure projects worth . 19,000 crore in the first eight days of 2014, signalling his intent that crucial industry projects will …
