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 …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s Kochi refinery expansion, paving the way for the facility here to become the largest public sector refinery in the country. Completion of the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project will take the capacity of the refinery to 15.5 million …
Construction of six Hydro Electric Power Projects (HEPs) is held up due to absence of Environment clearance by Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). The State-wise details of such HEPs are given in Annex. MoEF accords Environment clearance to Power Projects as per defined procedures laid down through various Notifications …
Identified blocks don’t have the required green clearances which might alter valuations and put off potential bidders The flopped sale of airwaves has made the government worry that the auction of coal mines may be another fiasco as none of the blocks identified for sale have the required green clearances, …
The Prime Minister’s Office has given its go-ahead to the finance ministry’s proposal to set up a National Investment Board (NIB), asking it to rework the cabinet note and bring it for formal approval soon. It has also separately directed the environment ministry to immediately issue orders saying fresh environment …
The State Government has urged the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to place minerals enlisted in List-1 of Minor Minerals Rules under B-2 category. The Government has explained that this initiative will help get the required clearances soon and will facilitate sanction at the earliest. It may be noted …
Will be valid for a period of five years The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has granted environment clearance for 11 more sand quarries in the Cauvery-Coleroon river basin. A few days ago, the SEIAA had granted clearance for 10 new sand quarries in Tiruchi, Karur, Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur …
KOLKATA, 8 NOV: The state government is contemplating sending a joint delegation with representatives from leading business chambers to Delhi to press the Centre to lift the embargo on environmental clearances for new industries in the state. Emerging out of a nearly two-hour meeting of the state's industrial core committee …
The Centre on Wednesday maintained in the Supreme Court that for establishment of a desalination plant for Units 1 and 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, no fresh environmental clearance was required. Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran made this submission before a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak …
The proposed National Investment Board (NIB) is to be reworked by the finance ministry, and it could be remodeled along the lines of cabinet committee on infrastructure. Initially, NIB was conceptualized as a powerful agency — to be run out of the finance ministry — with over-arching powers to exercise …
Non-payment of dues worth Rs 680 cr may lapse acquisition process After an expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union environment ministry deferred green clearance for the Rs 16,000-crore Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) in Odisha, the mega power plant faces hurdle over private land acquisition. The entire process of …
With the production of bricks coming to a halt, leading to a sharp escalation in its prices, the state government has upped its efforts to convince brick kiln owners to resume production by getting the environment clearance. The Industries Department in collaboration with the Punjab Pollution Control Board is organising …
The Justice MB Shah Commission probing the alleged mining scam in three states, today said the nature of violation varied from one to another. "The nature of violation is different from one state to another. We have probed the mining scam in Karnataka, Goa and now Odisha. But the violation …
The Environment Ministry is now under the scanner of a parliamentary committee that has reportedly directed it to “properly monitor green clearances given to coal mining firms, particularly in states like Goa”. This comes after a month since the ministry suspended the green clearance given to 93 mines in Goa …
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday did not allow the Punjab government auction of a mining site without proper environmental clearance. The high court was apparently not satisfied with the government's plea that a proper mechanism had been evolved to follow the guidelines issued in accordance with environmental …
Environment and the idea of environmentalism — both face serious challenges in India today. The demands of a surging economy require natural resources to be used and exploited at an unprecedented rate. In a populous and poor country, these new demands on resources – land, water and what lies underneath …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined seven ship-breaking yards a total of Tk 34.80 lakh in Chittagong for not complying with the 56 conditions out of 62 mentioned in Environment Clearance Certificate. Of the seven, Shima Steel was fined Tk 7 lakh; United Ship Recycling Ltd and Sayeed Steel …
Law Ministry Will Hold Consultations On Ways To Expedite Green Nod New Delhi: The law ministry will hold a meeting of all departments concerned on November 8 to find a solution to expedite green clearances for road projects. The meeting has been convened after the environment ministry flagged that any …
PANJIM: The implementation of the Western Ghat Ecological Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, which recommended an ‘indefinite moratorium’ on new environmental clearances for mining in the ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) in Goa, will be delayed further, at least till February 2013. The High Level Working Group constituted by Ministry of Environment …
PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday completed hearing the defences of 48 mining firms, which were accused of excess ore production in comparison to the permissions granted to them by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The validity of the Environment clearances (EC) issued by MoEF were …
New Delhi Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who has raised objections to the proposed National Investment Board (NIB), on Monday said that she would speak to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue. “We will speak to the PM about the reservations we have on the issue. Whatever I have to …
