Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
Move aimed at placating the Koreans who are upset over SC's order asking Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court The ministry of external affairs (MEA) is pushing the Odisha government to expedite issuance of mining approval for South Korean steel major Posco. The move is aimed …
Mining co has stalled work on its $12-B Steel Plant, delayed by over nine years, till major clearances are approved Ten years ago, soon after the Congressled UPA came to power, Posco announced a $12 billion steel project in Odisha. It was, and remains, India’s largest foreign direct investment (FDI) …
The Centre has sought a response from the Odisha government on grant of an iron ore licence to South Korean giant Posco for its R52,000-crore steel project. The development comes in the wake of a high-level panel formed to address issues impeding mega projects in the steel sector. "The state …
The date would be applicable for fixing rates of land acquisition cases initiated before 2014 The state government has decided to consider January 1, 2014 as the cutoff date to evaluate the benchmark value of land, the same day when the revised land acquisition law, the Right to Fair Compensation …
In a move to fast-track green nods, the government will digitise environment and forest clearances (EC and FC) at both the central and state levels. The new system will help companies file their applications online, track the status and get clearances within the stipulated time period. “While there will be …
Several land oustees on Sunday torched Posco's containerized office and dismantled a 300-metre boundary wall at Nuagaon in Jagatsinghpur district, triggering fresh tension in the steel company's project area. Agitated over the non-fulfillment of their demands, the land oustees, believed to be affiliated to the United Action Committee (UAC), a …
Statement of the Minister of Environment and Forests in response to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 270 for 10 February 2014, asked by Shri Prabodh Panda and Shri Tarachand Bhagora regarding Environmental clearance to POSCO steel plant project. Minister Of State (Independent Charge) For Environment & Forests, M. Veerappa Moily …
Posco India has furnished all information and documents pertaining to the required securing clearance to fell trees at the project site to the state government so that work at the site is expedited. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had left it on the Odisha government to decide on the issue …
Veerappa Moily has two seemingly incompatible jobs. As oil minister, he has overseen India’s petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists. Since taking …
About 200 people from Sundargarh's Chelatoka and Fuljhor gram panchayats staged a protest in front of sarpanch office on Tuesday against the state government proposed move to recommend Khandadhar mines to Posco. Senior BJP leader Jual Oram also joined the protest. "I have always been protesting against handing over of …
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 …
Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India, said ESCR-Net today. India and South Korea should discuss and make public concrete measures to address serious allegations of …
If her detractors accused Jayanthi Natrajan of sitting on files pertaining to her ministry, her successor M Veerappa Moily is a man on the move in the union ministry of environment and forest. And this he has done so despite being in charge of "heavy ministry" that his other current …
If her detractors accused Jayanthi Natrajan of sitting on files pertaining to her ministry, her successor M Veerappa Moily is a man on the move in the union ministry of environment and forest. And this he has done so despite being in charge of "heavy ministry" that his other current …
The first phase of Posco India’s much-delayed $12-billion steel project at Paradip in Orissa, in which capacity for 4 million tonnes will be commissioned, would be completed by 2018, reports Dilip Bisoi in Bhubaneswar. The firm, which has put out a timeline for the project, said the revalidated environment clearances …
South Korea's POSCO will be able to start work on its planned $12-billion Indian steel plant over the coming weeks, India's prime minister said on Thursday, ending an eight year delay for environmental and legal clearances. Manmohan Singh said the firm's request for an iron ore mining licence - the …
1,000 acres of land yet to be acquired by the company The Centre came out confident today that with the renewal of environment clearance, South Korean steel giant Posco’s project in Odisha would take off soon. “The government is working to expedite clearances for the $12-billion project of steel major …
The recent changes to India's environmental clearance procedures are likely to undermine the human rights of communities affected by mining projects, said Amnesty International India on Wednesday. According to a press statement by Amnesty International India, on January 7, 2014, India's ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) said that existing …
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country so far. South Korean steel major Posco was last week given environmental clearance for …
A protest was organised by 14 groups under the banner of Delhi Solidarity Group at Paryavaran Bhavan today to protest the Environmental Clearance given to POSCO project in Odisha in violation of the Honorable National Green Tribunal’s decision and the Meena Gupta Committee findings. The groups demanded cancellation of the …
