Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, launched a report that sets out in specific and practical terms an ambitious agenda of how China can green its rapidly developing financial and capital markets. The report, entitled "Establishing China's Green Financial System", is the outcome of a Green Finance Task …
Debates are essentially polarised and noisy. But for resolution and movement in life we need to go beyond absolute positions. In an ideal world, there should be enough trust and confidence that once we begin to move ahead, there can be reviews, assessments and course correction. But this is difficult …
Tynsong speaks against Centre’s plan to replace pollution control board New Delhi: The two-day long conference of state environment ministers turned out to be a combat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that environment protection was in the DNA of the Government and blaming the opposition parties (read Congress) for …
In order to revitalise and better manage environment and forests of Haryana, the state government put forth a slew of demands and suggestions to the Centre, including early approval of “perspective plan of Shivalik landscape”, exemptions from rules and enhanced funds for sustaining the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre located at Yamunanagar, …
SURAT: At least 42 industrial units manufacturing paper, drugs and pesticides, dyes and chemicals, etc. located in Vapi GIDC have been ordered to close down for two months by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for alleged non-conformance of certain environment norms and failing to install environment management system (EMS). "The …
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has published a new guide to the environmental impacts of urban areas authored by IIED's David Satterthwaite. The publication, entitled 'Urban poverty, urban pollution and environmental management', summarises what is known about the environmental impacts of urban areas – with a particular focus …
To meet drinking water requirement of Delhi The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has finally given clearance for the diversion of 909 hectare forestland which was the biggest hurdle in the way of the 40-mw Renuka Hydro-Power Project in Sirmaur. With this, the project will meet the drinking …
The environment ministry has made it easier to get green clearance for building construction, area development and township projects. All projects with a built up area of 20,000 to 1,50,000 sq metres, irrespective of the location, will no longer be required to get clearances from the environment ministry. These projects …
Environment Ministry has initiated steps to implement some of the key recommendations made by a high-level committee constituted by it to review laws related to forests, wildlife, water and air. Sources said the ministry has decided to carry out the process for selection of a technical consultant, for supporting the …
Government has invited consultants to help the environment ministry in drafting green laws as suggested by its high-level panel. The technical consultants, hired by the ministry through a bid, will help it draw a draft of an umbrella environmental law which will subsume the existing legislations and set up central …
Goa govt blatantly asks MoEF to remove suspension of ECs, even though Gadgil report indicts the manner in which the EIAs were done; Gadgil recommended that ECs should be reviewed every five years, Govt ignores it all Since October 2013, a document of immense significance, on the manner in which …
We must also realise that even as environmental problems have grown, the institutions for the oversight and management of natural resources have shrunk The new year has brought India's environmental movement at a crossroads. On the one hand, there is a greater acceptance of our concerns, but on the other …
Orders energy audit of zonal bodies and production units After initiating plans for a thorough revamp of its administrative set-up and financial health, Indian Railways has got cracking on environment management, with a focus on pollution control, efficiency in energy consumption, conservation of resources like water, proper use of land, …
On 29th August 2014 the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change of the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as MoEF & CC) set up a High Level Committee headed by former Union Cabinet Secretary Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, IAS (Retd.). This Committee was given a comprehensive mandate: …
Picking holes in the environment management by Indian railways, Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found there were no specific instructions by the Railway Board for installation of Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) at workshops, sheds and production units of railways. Sludge from ETPs was disposed off in open area …
Just a few years ago, Karanji lake in Mysuru was considered to be one of the dirtiest spots in the city. Continuous flow of untreated sewage water from residences along with increased temperature in the city had turned the once-beautiful lake into a massive garbage tank. Five years and Rs.1.12 …
This document addresses the need for explicit inclusion of livelihoods within the environment nexus (water-energy-food security), not only responding to literature gaps but also addressing emerging dialogue from existing nexus consortia. It present the first conceptualization of ‘environmental livelihood security’, which combines the nexus perspective with sustainable livelihoods. The geographical …
GGGI in conjunction with a consortium of partners, including the Bangalore Climate Change Initiative – Karnataka (BCCI-K), produced a green growth strategy for the state of Karnataka. Development of the strategy included using sophisticated analytical tools and models and sectoral analysis in energy, agriculture, forestry, and water. The strategy arrived …
Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) present this Third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on `Environment Management in Indian Railways – Stations, Trains and Tracks’ based on C&AG; Report No.21 of 2012-13 Union Government (Railways) – Performance Audit. The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India was laid on the Table …
IKEA Group, the world's biggest furniture retailer, may introduce an internal carbon emissions price to help its drive to protect the environment and create a "new and better" company, chief executive Peter Agnefjall said. IKEA, seen as global trend-setter among retailers on green issues, is also on target to invest …
