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 …
PANJIM: Goa has finally secured forest clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for coal block allotted to it in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Also by October end the State will get power on a trial basis, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. Speaking to media …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday sought response of the Centre, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as well as several industries, including Essar and Hindalco, on a plea opposing new power projects in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts due to environment concerns. A bench headed by Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter …
Citing extensive damage to infrastructure from the floods in June this year, Uttarakhand has urged the Central government to further relax green norms to allow it to divert, without prior clearances, up to 5 hectares of forest land to rebuild roads. The environment and forests ministry had earlier eased norms …
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki has urged the Union ministry of power to coordinate with other ministries and expedite the process of granting required clearances for proposed hydro-power projects in the state. "There are a number of projects whose construction could have been started but for the pending forest …
Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned. The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over diversion of 1551.60 hectares …
Slamming the Centre for not setting up expert committees for examining environmental impact of hydro-electric projects and construction works in Uttarakhand after the recent disaster in the state, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday said half of judiciary energy was spent on waking up the government. It also pulled …
Blamed frequently for delaying green clearances to key infrastructure projects, the MoEF has come up with new and more “realistic” timelines that can be met, giving more time to both states and the Centre to process projects that require forest clearance. The new timelines, suggested under draft Forest Conservation (Amendment) …
Significantly even after Supreme Court directive not to grant clearance for hydroelectric project in the State until further orders The State Government is seeking forest clearance for the 300 MW Lakhwar hydroelectric power project even after the Supreme Court on August 13 directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests …
Posco contended that forest clearance for its project was granted in 2009 while it has been challenged in 2013 South Korean major Posco today claimed before National Green Tribunal that a plea challenging the forest clearance to its Rs 51,000-crore mega steel project in Odisha was not maintainable as it …
Renewable energy is fast becoming an important component of total energy mix in India. Since renewable energy’s expansion is happening at a rapid pace, it was felt that the sustainable governance and management aspects of its expansion is critical in its growth and needs to be studied. This study is …
New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on Monday sought to give a fillip to the tottering economy by clearing infrastructure projects with projected investments of Rs 2 lakh crore. The CCI, headed by the prime minister, also gave definite directions to the administrative ministries concerned to complete …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prafulla Samantara Vs. Union of India & Others dated 23/08/2013 regarding environmental clearance for Captive Port Plan, Orissa.
The environment and forest clearance for various developmental projects, including those in hilly areas in the State of Uttarakhand, are granted after following statutory procedures. The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 as amended from time to time, prescribes the procedure to be adopted for the grant of prior environment …
Ministry of Environment and Forests directed to constitute an expert body to make detailed study The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State of Uttarakhand not to grant any further environmental clearance or forest clearance for any hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand …
The environment ministry has streamlined the clearance process for hydro power projects to avoid duplication and reduce the time required. Hydro power projects require environment and forest clearances, which are recommended by two separate committees. The expert appraisal committee, which looks into environmental parameters, is set up under the Environment …
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has approved the inviolate forest area report to restrict mining. Coal mining proposals will be cleared by the ministry against the demarcation of forestlands done on the basis of the report. The move comes after the Minister opposed Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar’s suggestion that the inviolate …
The Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS), campaigning against the environmental clearance to Mahan Coal Ltd (a joint venture of Essar and Hindalco), has on Tuesday asked the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to explain about the non-implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) in the forests of Singrauli by the company. Two …
Deeply concerned about the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered fresh environment impact assessment of 24 hydro-electric projects on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and scrutiny of the disaster management plan. A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra ordered the ministry of environment and …
Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Alaknanda Hydro Power …
Admitting a PIL challenging the forest and environment clearance granted to the Posco steel plant project by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the Orissa high court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre, state government and the company. "The division bench of Chief Justice C Nagappan and …
