The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jammula Choudharaiah & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/01/2019 regarding the construction activities undertaken by the State of Andhra Pradesh by way of Purushothapatnam Lift Irrigation Scheme without Environmental Clearance. The project is located at the Akhanda …
Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed imposition of environmental compensation on Uttarakhand government for initiating construction of a new legislative assembly building at Gairsain in Chamoli district without mandatory clearances. The penalty money will be submitted to state pollution control board within two months of decision given …
Climate change is certainly a matter already covered in the environmental impact assessment, the NGT said on Wednesday as it disposed of a 9-year-old girl's petition alleging inaction by the Centre to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change. The green tribunal was hearing a plea filed by a resident …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matte of Mahendra Pandey Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/01/2019 regarding disposal of e-waste along the banks of Ramganga River. Interim progress report submitted by the State of Uttar Pradesh states that the work for the permanent treatment and disposal …
Over 50 concerned citizens comprising river ecologists, environmental activists and academicians, have appealed to Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, to submit before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that inland waterways projects should be brought under the ambit of environmental clearance (EC). The letter sent to the minister on Tuesday …
This is a compilation of the Notifications issued by the Ministry pertaining to EIA from September, 2006 to December, 2018. Some of the notifications are sub-judice. Therefore, all such notification shall be eventually read with directions/orders of Hon’ble Courts/Tribunal.
Enrvironmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs), environmental and social management plans (ESMP), closure and rehabilitation plans, and potential resettlement action plans (RAPs) are essential tools for any process related to the granting of environmental permits or mining authorizations. Unfortunately, these issues are often poorly considered in the initial phases of …
Directorate of Energy, Government of Himachal Pradesh undertook the task of conducting Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) Study for Beas river basin in Himachal Pradesh with an objective to assess the cumulative impacts of hydropower development in the basin. In the meantime, MoEF&CC; has taken over all the river basin/carrying …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gaurav Govind Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 04/12/2018. This application seeks direction to stop construction work of Mithpur leg and Patna Junction leg of the Mithapur Road Over Bridge Project and to resume construction only after obtaining Environmental …
A Pune-based petitioner has filed an application before the principal bench of National Green Tribunal in New Delhi challenging the Environment Ministry’s recent notification easing environmental norms for realtors. The November 14 notification, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) empowers local bodies like the …
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed two notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) granting exemption from environmental clearance (EC) for building projects up to 50,000 sq. metres built up area and 1,50,000 sq. metres in case of industrial sheds, educational institutions and hospitals. A bench of …
Plans to establish a hydropower plant and a regulator in the Borçka district of the Black Sea province of Artvin has been scrapped over concerns that the project may pose risks to the local environment and bee population unique to the area. Talks between a private company and the authorities …
NEW DELHI: New thermal power plants ( (TPPs) in India will now have to comply with ‘human health and environment’ criteria as part of their mandatory environmental clearance procedures. The Union environment ministry has notified a new list of general standard conditions, bringing for the first time an exclusive health …
The documents, which were accessed by NGO Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, shows a clear difference of opinion between MoEF and Ministry of Shipping (MoS) over whether the project required prior environmental clearance under the EIA notification, 2006. The Law Ministry’s decision in 2016, leaning in favour of the Shipping Ministry’s administrative …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Common Cause Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/11/2018 regarding illegalities involved in the mining lease of Sarda Mines Private Limited, District Keonjhar, Orissa. Supreme Court directs that Central Empowered Committee to rework the quantum of excessive or …
Draft notification of Central rules on environment impact assessment is ready: expert In a major policy shift, proposals have been mooted to empower Urban local bodies (ULBs) to oversee the effective implementation of environmental norms, with the areas under their purviews being proposed to be increased from 20,000 sq.m. to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Verhaen Khanna & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Others dated 23/10/2018 regarding Environmental Clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to M/s. India Trade Promotion Organization for the Integrated Exhibition cum Convention Centre (redevelopment …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vidya Shandil Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 22/10/2018. This appeal has been preferred against grant of Environmental Clearance on 15.10.2016 by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) Himachal Pradesh, Shimla to Dr. Shyam Lal Kaushik, Chairman, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/10/2018 regarding E-waste on Ramganga banks, Uttar Pradesh, 16/10/2018. In the meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary which was attended by the other officers, it was decided that removal of waste …
Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday sought a Central grant of `5,776 crore to implement various developmental projects. CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday sought a Central grant of Rs 5,776 crore to implement various developmental projects. It also sought special exemption from conducting ‘mandatory’ public hearings for certain projects of …
