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 …
NAGPUR: In order to bring more transparency and accountability in the forest, environment and wildlife clearance process, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) is rolling out from March 15 a portal for 'online submission & monitoring of environmental, forests and wildlife clearance', integrating wildlife clearance with forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Om Dutt Singh & Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. dated 12/03/2015 regarding Kanhar Dam in Uttar Pradesh. The counsel appearing for MoEF submits that the original letter of 1980 granting Forest Clearance to the …
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), a government-owned hydro power producer, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to consider its plea for grant of environment and forest clearances to its three proposed hydroelectric projects coming up in Uttarakhand. The SJVNL, a 75:25 joint venture between the …
It seems that protection of environment and forests is no more the agenda of MOEFCC. The same path is being followed by the State government of U.P. which in spite of saving its natural resources, is deeply responsible for violation of Article 48 A of the Indian constitution which casts …
Environment ministry readies draft, which allows industry to fell trees in traditional forest areas without consent of gram sabhas After a lot of back and forth, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is ready with a notification to dilute tribal rights that would make it possible for most industries to …
Wants the size and lease period of another in Changlang district of Arunachal to be reduced. The Mahan coal block in the dense forests of Madhya Pradesh may never make to the auction table. Taking advantage of the Supreme Court's cancellation of coal block allocations, the environment ministry has sought …
The order by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi to stay felling of trees for linear projects in the country even if they were granted Stage I clearance has forced the state government to put minutes of Pune meeting approving NH7 road widening on hold. City-based wildlife …
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has taken several steps for promoting a cleaner environment, adding that environmental clearances have been made more transparent. "My government took several proactive steps for protecting wildlife and for promoting cleaner environment. Stringent emission norms …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd Vs Sarda Energy And Minerals Ltd & Ors dated 24/02/2015 regarding grant of Prospecting Licence under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for the purpose of exploring Iron Ore deposits in Boria Tibbu …
The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the union environment ministry in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh within one week, failing which a Rs 25,000 fine would be slapped as it listed the final hearing for March 4. For the second time in …
Greenpeace India has faced a rough time since the National Democratic Alliance government came in. The Indian end of the international non-government organisation has advocated against any new coal projects in India for a while. But the one case that provided the NGO great mileage and has now irked the …
On Tuesday the SC will review how six new proposed projects can be built on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi tributaries of the Ganga in Uttarakhand In August 2013, the Supreme Court (SC) asked the government to find out if existing and under-construction hydroelectric projects had contributed to the June 2013 …
Work in progress on the Yettinahole project in Sakleshpur taluk, Hassan district. The State government has quietly started work on the Yettinahole project in the pristine Western Ghats in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district, much to the locals’ chagrin. The residents are terming the work illegal as the project ‘lacks’ …
SHILLONG: Forest and Environment Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the State Government will be able to take a call on the demand to re-define ‘forest’ again only after holding a consultation with the three Autonomous District Councils. “We had drawn the current definition after taking the views of the district …
The National Green Tribunal will take up the final hearing in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday. Following a petition in the case last year, the green court Dec 24 stayed the construction of the dame in in Uttar Pradesh's Maoist-affected Sonebhadra district as impermissible …
The modification allows all operating mines to obtain clearance for entire forest area before January 31, 2016, extending the earlier deadline by a year A recent modification in the guidelines of Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) about obtaining clearance for entire forest area in a mining …
Nagpur: In a bid to simplify forest clearances to development projects, the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has constituted regional empowered committees (RECs). A six-member committee has been set up for west central zone covering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The committee will be chaired by head of regional …
Union Minister of Power & Coal Piyush Goyal has lauded the efforts of the state government in its efforts to further the power sector in the state particularly with reference to the activities for streamlining the hydropower activities with the intention of making Arunachal Pradesh the oowerhouse of the country. …
Union minister of state (independent charge) for environment, forests and climate change Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said his ministry has made clearances easy for industries. Around 700 online applications have been received from industries for environment and forest clearances and the status of these applications can be tracked by online, …
With forest land in Salia Sahi hindering several developmental works, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to approach Forest Department to execute its projects in the Capital’s largest slum. The decision was taken at the Corporation’s meeting here on Tuesday. A major portion of the land on which Salia …
