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 …
Expert Appraisal Committee defers EC, CRZ clearance till final decision by MoEF on allegations While the Gujarat government seems optimistic on commencing operation of LNG terminal at Mundra by 2016, GSPC LNG Ltd, a joint venture between state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) Ltd and Adani Group, for setting of …
NGT permitted Medha Patkar, Aradhana Bhargava, Sajje Rao & other project affected villagers to go ahead with petition filed by them challenging environmental clearance granted to Adani Pench Power Project in Chhindwara. Read text of this order. National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Pench thermal power project dated 11 July …
More than 150 hydel projects are being pushed in Arunachal Pradesh to claim the so-called first user right on the common rivers before China dams them. At risk are the life and livelihood of millions in northeast India. Nijor naak kati xatinir jatra bhongo (cut off one’s nose to spite …
The court had pulled up the MoEF for issuing the order following a faulty procedure The National Green Tribunal (NGT) , which had suspended the environment clearance for Posco's proposed steel plant near Paradip in March last year, will take up final hearing on the matter on August 12. "The …
The HPCL-Rajasthan Refinery Limited, a joint venture company formed on Thursday, will be the most advanced refinery in the country. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is aiming to complete the project by the end of 2017, with the foundation stone-laying ceremony likely to take place in August/September. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is …
According to ONGC's proposal initially five exploratory wells will be drilled at the Kutch-Saurashtra offshore block ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd has got environment clearance (EC) for its Rs 580 crore project to drill seven exploratory wells in Kutch Saurashtra offshore block GK-OSN-2009/2 on west coast of …
In a major setback to more than 50 realty projects in Noida, the National Green tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests, Noida Authority chairman & CEO and Uttar Pradesh chief secretary for failing to protect the 10km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary under …
While the government has allocated 14 of the 17 coal blocks for auction last week to public sector units, a Greenpeace India report points out that at least eight of them are in dense forest areas with tribal villages, endangered species, rivers and other water bodies. According to the report, …
Letter to Ministry of Environment and Forests from M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp.Ltd regarding environmental clearance for proposed Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 9th July, 2013.
Environment ministry clears projects, even those rejected earlier, at an unprecedented rate The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) seems to be in a rush to give clearances to development projects. Since January this year, MoEF has given green signal for forestland diversion at an unprecedented rate. It has …
Over the past decade, builders have complained that procuring environmental clearances for their projects is one of the biggest rackets. In private conversations they allege large scale corruption__their building proposals are not cleared for more than a year and things speed up only when they pay up. One cannot verify …
A recent study conducted by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE) has indicated the need for proper management of environmental regulations for the growing wind power sector in the country. The study also highlighted that in the last 27 years, 3,454 hectares of forestland has been provided for wind …
In a move that is expected to help ease the supply of brick earth and ordinary earth, the environment ministry (MoEF) has relaxed its stringent 2012 norms on mining of minor minerals by exempting these two from the mandatory environmental clearance. The MoEF has said “the activities of borrowing/excavation of …
Central Circular Doesn’t Specify Action If Deadlines Aren’t Met The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) wants environmental approvals for building and real estate projects to be granted within three-and-a-half months of the plans being submitted to the state bodies responsible for clearing them. All projects involving built-up area …
Environment clearance for minor minerals received from District Authorities: minutes of the 72nd meeting of the Maharashtra State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) held on 1st to 3rd July, 2013.
The government has put 23 big-ticket power projects, which were stalled for want of fuel supply linkages and environmental clearances on fast track. These projects are estimated to generate 23,000 MW of power capacity across the country. In addition, over 1600 km of power transmission lines in central India have …
Environment clearance has been granted to 2,000 mining projects across the state in the past three months, said environment secretary ValsaNair-Singh. So high is the number of mining proposals that the state environment department has proposed a third appraisal committee. At present, while there is an appraisal committee exclusively for …
Govt To Soon Release Code For Green Structures After dangling a carrot in front of developers and citizens to promote environment-friendly buildings, the state government seems to have yanked it away for now. For the last few years, the state had been hinting at providing water and property rebates and …
Also exempts mining of soil up to 2 hectares for laying foundation from green NoC The Cabinet has cleared a proposal that allows expansion of highways up to 100 km without environmental clearance, a move seen speeding up revival of a sector that is key to higher economic growth. Based …
