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 …
Recognising monitoring as the weakest link in the forest clearance (FC) process, the environment ministry is planning to increase the frequency of monitoring of projects. To make the process more transparent, the ministry would also rope in its regional offices, experts and an independent remote sensing satellite-based real-time monitoring system. …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today laid foundation stone for GVK Power's 850 mw Ratle hydro-electric power plant on the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The 850 MW Ratle project, which is the nation’s first hydroelectric project that was bid out through tariff based international competitive bidding, will cost Rs …
New Delhi: Under attack for its poor project implementation track record, the government plans to remove environmental and coal-related hurdles for large projects on a weekly basis. Starting this week, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) constituted recently by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will take up projects that have been stuck, …
The draft policy envisages establishment of an independent, remote-sensing, satellite-based monitoring system The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has released a draft policy on inspection, verification, monitoring and overall procedure relating to the grant of forest clearances. The draft policy envisages establishment of an independent, remote-sensing, satellite-based monitoring system …
kolkata : The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has asked Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) to obtain prospecting licence for getting easy forest and environment clearances, crucial for increasing exploration activity for identifying new mineable coal reserves. India, at present, has an estimated proven coal reserve of …
JSPL, Tata Power, Monnet Power, Jindal Photo in the dock The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has issued showcause notices to two more coal blocks in Odisha over delay in developing the mines, continuing its crackdown on non-serious allocatees. The coal blocks in question are Mandakini block jointly allocated to Tata …
Industry’s demand for a predictable and more structured forest clearance system could soon be a reality. An environment ministry committee has recommended improvements to the forest clearance and monitoring of clearance conditions takes place. The committee has described “monitoring” as the “weakest link” in the “entire forest clearance process”. It …
New Delhi: The environment ministry has proposed to partially outsource monitoring of clearances — given for millions of hectares of forests for industrial and other development activities — to private entities. It has also pushed for self-reporting by the industries of their compliance, or lack of it, with the norms …
The Indian government has formed a special committee for forest department’s clearance for construction of the controversial Tipaimukh dam in the northeast state of Monipur close to Bangladesh border, BBC Bangla radio reported yesterday. India has come up with this new move although the joint committee formed to ascertain the …
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in their Judgment dated 6th July 2011 in the Interlocutory Application No. 1868 of 2007 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad versus Union of India and others (hereinafter referred to as 'Lafarge Judgement') inter-alia directed …
The Odisha illegal mining scam amounts to Rs. 59,203 crore and illegal iron and manganese ore amounting to 22.80 crore tonnes was extracted illegally from the state for almost a decade, reveals Shah Commission report. Read first two volumes of Justice M B Shah Commission Panel report on illegal mining …
In a bid to foster development of hydro sector, the Power Ministry has taken up the issue of environmental and forest clearances related to hydel projects with the Environment Ministry. Even though India is estimated to have a hydro power potential of about 1,50,000 MW, only about 39,000 MW of …
The National Green Tribunal has ordered a status quo on tree and vine felling on the site of Posco’s steel plant in Odisha until a decision is taken on its lapsed environmental clearance. This is yet another blow to the South Korean steelmaker’s much delayed steel project. In recent months, …
Declaring that dams are the only possible source of water to meet the city’s future drinking needs, Delhi wants work related to the construction of dams on the Yamuna to be expedited. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told the Centre that work on Renuka, Lakhwar Vyasi and Kishau dams …
In a major step towards removing hurdles to implementing national highway projects, the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) today relaxed forest clearance norms for these projects. It decided to give “special exemptions” on forestry clearances. For linear projects, it said it would de-link the grant of environment clearances from forest …
Once commissioned, the plant will add 1,600 Megawatt to the company's portfolio Following its move to shift its flagship Gadarwara project from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh, power generator NTPC has crossed a major hurdle by securing the environment ministry’s approval for the Rs 11,640-crore power plant. Once commissioned, the project …
Directions under Section 12 of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 (in short Forest Rights Act) to comply to the Hon’ble Supreme Court judgement dated 18th April, 2013 in W.P (Civil) No. Writ Petition (Civil) No.180 of 2011 in Orissa Mining Corporation …
The Shramik Mukti Sangathana, Murbad, and project-affected persons have slammed the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) for its 'short-sighted' decision to clear Kalu dam in Thane district involving 1,000 hectares of forests in the Western Ghats. The FAC under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has gone back on its …
After rejecting a proposal last year, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests(MoEF) has recommended clearance of land for the controversial Kalu dam in Thane district, drawing sharp criticism from activists and tribals affected by the project. A letter on Thursday to Union Environment …
The Supreme Court judgment last week directing Orissa to hold gram sabha meetings in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts over whether bauxite mining can be allowed in the Niyamgiri mountains has opened Pandora's box for projects in the state. Though Vedanta and the Orissa Mining Corporation hailed the judgment as a …
