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 …
Unrelenting in her opposition to a proposed National Investment Board, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Monday said that she would personally speak to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue in an effort to ensure the environmental issues are not sidelined. Natarajan said she would raise the issue in the Cabinet. …
The environment and forests ministry (MoEF) will not approach the Supreme Court to alter its judgment on norms for environment and forest clearances, minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Monday. Natarajan told reporters here that, "The ministry has already accepted the orders of the Supreme Court in the Lafarge case. It …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is preparing a note for the Cabinet, expressing its reservations on the proposed ‘super’ clearance agency, the National Investment Board (NIB). “Whatever I have to say, I will say in the Cabinet. This is a matter that needs to be discussed. I have …
Developing countries will get an additional $30 billion in eight years from rich countries for bio-diversity. “To make developed countries double financial flows in times of economic slowdown is a magnificent achievement for India,” said Minister of Environment and Forest, Jayanthi Natarjan. She was briefing the media here on Monday …
CSE has strongly rebutted the Union ministry of finance's claim that green clearances are leading to inordinate delays in infrastructure projects and has also rejected the proposal to set up a National Investment Board (NIB), which will dismantle the regulatory systems for green clearances. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) …
Co to restart process as most approvals have expired the five-year time limit The Odisha government would provide the required land to Posco India for its proposed 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant project near Paradip only after the project gets environment clearance from the Union ministry for forest and environment. The …
As if the delay in securing permissions from the civic body is not gruelling enough for them, getting the environmental clearance for projects is the proverbial last straw for those from the realty fraternity, claim builders. “Getting the environment clearance delays projects by almost two years,”says Lalit Kumar Jain, national …
New Delhi Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan may have objected to the creation of a National Investment Board (NIB) for its potential to undermine her ministry, but the finance ministry has no doubt that the biggest hurdle to investors right now is posed by Natarajan’s ministry. In an internal note meant …
PANJIM: The mining companies have challenged Goa State Pollution Control Board’s (GSPCB) authority to question them on the excess ore production and Environment Clearance (EC) certificates issue, claiming that it is for the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to take a stand on these aspects. GSPCB is currently hearing …
The wood panelled office in Delhi's Paryavaran Bhawan is now a 'no-go' zone. Its reigning green queen, Jayanthi Natarajan , once a daily fixture on television shows as Congress spokeswoman, presides in imperious silence. Over the last 15 months, as minister for environment and forests, she has successfully stalled every …
An online campaign is on by green activists opposing the proposed National Investment Board (NIB) for fast-tracking environmental and other clearances for large infrastructure projects. The petition, spearheaded by the Environmental Support Group, aims to collect about 1,000 signatures and send these to the Prime Minister and other senior Ministers …
New Delhi Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan’s claim of awarding clearances to projects which will double coal production in the country may not hold true completely as many projects are awaiting environment and forest clearances from her ministry. Natajaran’s recent letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opposing the setting up of …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 accorded environmental clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006 to 209 development projects in the sectors of industry (Steel & Cement), Thermal Power, River Valley and Hydro-electric, Coal and Non-Coal Mining and National Highways, and approval to 1126 proposals involving diversion …
India's ambitious plans to build thousands of kilometers of roads each year have hit a roadblock, with construction companies short of cash and banks becoming increasingly reluctant to lend because of chronic problems in getting environmental approvals and in acquiring land -- which can take several months or even years. …
Ms Jayanti Natarajan, in this letter to the Prime Minister, had expressed concern that the proposed NIB could end up substantially leveraging corporate interests over human rights and the environment. She had said giving projects worth “Rs 1,000 crore (approximately $200 million) or more a route for fast-track appeal,...does not …
“Any agreement in violation of statute or law is void,” says Bench The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union government to explain whether an agreement with Russia to waive civil liability in case of an accident at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant would have an impact on the exchequer. …
“Environmental impact assessment tends to ignore wider impact on biodiversity” In a move that will bring cheer to wildlife lovers but could dismay industry lobbyists already complaining about the difficulty in obtaining green clearances, the government plans to add biodiversity conservation as a new criterion to grant environmental and forest …
