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 …
Nageshwar Patnaik & Rakhi Mazumdar KOREAN steelmaker Posco's troubles seem to have further deepened with the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) reportedly signing on the minutes of a report recommending temporary withdrawal of forest clearance to the company's Rs 51,000 crore steel project …
A COMMITTEE set up by the government to investigate POSCO India’s compliance with the forest rights act (FRA) in its steel plant in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district has presented two divergent perceptions in its report. The committee, constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to examine the company’s proposal for …
The South Korean government has indicated it is willing to wait for India to complete all formalities before for Posco to start work on its $12-billion steel project over 4,000 acres in Orissa. The project is on steam and the Korean government is willing to wait, said a source, who …
Seoul: A senior government official told reporters here on Thursday that Posco might shift to Karnataka, which was making active overtures to the Korean company. This gives a new twist to the ongoing tussle between the Ministry of Environment and Posco. The Ministry had recently asked Posco to stop work …
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will review violations of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) guidelines in connection with the proposed steel plant and port by Posco. The EAC is expected to meet for two days in Delhi from November 9. The forest advisory committee …
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will review violations of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) guidelines in connection with the proposed steel plant and port by Posco. The EAC is expected to meet for two days in Delhi from November 9. The forest advisory committee …
The law isn’t such an ass after all. It knows which side the bread is buttered and sucks up to the rich and powerful. Public policy, too, despite its pretensions to being compassionate, is generous with the rich, stingy with the poor. The first of these observations is proved by …
New Delhi: Did Posco exaggerate the employment potential of its Rs 50,000 crore plant in Orissa? A group of US-based experts has accused the Korean steel giant and Orissa of fudging statistics on potential jobs to hardsell the integrated steel plant. A paper prepared by Mining Zone Peoples
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government is waiting for the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the proposed steel plant at Paradip, supply of water to the steel plant has emerged as another problem. Though the Meena Gupta Committee submitted two reports on the proposed plant, …
The Orissa government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Orissa High Court judgment cancelling the licence granted by the State to POSCO for iron ore mining in the Kandadhar mines in Sundergarh district. Acting on a petition filed by Geomin Minerals and Marketing (P) Ltd., the High Court …
