Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
MUMBAI: The union Environment minister Prakash Javadekar has taken cognizance of state environment minister Ramdas Kadam, who allegedly blocked the projects by restricting to hold meetings of State Experts Appraisal Committee (SEAC). Sena leader and environment minister Ramdas Kadam has put restrictions over the holding meeting of SEAC which gives …
The three state expert appraisal committees (SEACs) are for industrial and mining proposals, construction proposals within Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and construction proposals outside the region. With about 1,600 real estate, infrastructure and industrial projects in Maharashtra stalled for a month awaiting green nod, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said he …
After the SEAC was constituted on February 14 last year, it has cleared as many as 200 projects, of which nearly half are industries. Even as the BJP-Shiv Sena government is keen on bringing more industries and investments to the state, the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) that gives environment …
MUMBAI: Even as chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is wooing investors and trying to make it easier to do business in the state by cutting red tape, the state environment minister has arbitrarily held up clearances for more than 500 industrial, irrigation and mining projects in the state. Environment minister Ramdas …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Forward Foundation Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 07/05/2015 regarding commercial projects that are being developed in a large-sized, mixed use development project/building complex, including setting up of a SEZ park, Hotels, Residential Apartments and …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has closed its single window project clearance system and reverted back to the 2009 procedure that meant obtaining environmental, forest and wildlife clearances separately. It implies there will be no ease of doing business if a project falls within 10km of protected …
In a bid to expedite operations from the recently allocated coal mines, the Environment Ministry has allowed transfer of environment clearances granted to the previous allottees to new owners without any fresh approval. As per earlier norms, the environment clearance (EC) for any project was allowed to transfer to another …
The Environment Ministry has reconstituted the second State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to assess projects falling within Mumbai metropolitan region and Konkan division. In a recent notification, the Ministry said it has "reconstituted the second SEAC for appraisal of projects falling in category 8 of the schedule of EIA notification …
Say proposed changes fail to prevent unchecked exploitation of resources The draft notification issued by the government, revising the mining laws under the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules (KMMCR) of 1967, has evoked sharp criticism from experts who feel that the proposed changes had failed to ensure environmental safeguards and …
Bulk collection of sand and its transportation in violation of rules that restrict it — sand is a minor mineral — continue despite the crackdown by the state government on the “sand mining mafia”. The state is now getting ready to roll out its ambitious system to keep track of …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has told ET that the recent permissions given to industries to set up plants within two kilometres of River Regulatory Zones ( RRZ) are in accordance with the central environment protection act and the projects would not damage the environment along rivers in the state …
The city’s 9,400 tonne of municipal solid waste, generated per day, can soon be diverted to the Kanjurmarg dumping site as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has approved change in technology for processing waste at the Kanjurmarg plant, a proposal that was stuck for the past five years. …
Environment ministry bars expert appraisal panels from asking for additional studies midway through appraisal; eases land acquisition norms The Union environment ministry on Thursday barred the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) from commissioning any additional impact assessment studies, making life easier for developers. Under the revised norms, in order to avoid …
Hopes that Tata Power Company will be able to soon enhance its thermal power production in the city are now in serious doubt with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) having ordered notices to be issued to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and to the Maharashtra Pollution Control …
Around 400 projects across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are awaiting appraisal for environment clearances since July since the regulatory body has remained non-functional for two months. These projects not only pertain to real estate development, but also to information technology parks, commercial hubs, college expansion and hospital revamp plans. …
Maharashtra and Karnataka have admitted that they have violated the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, on more than one occasion. In their affidavit to the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), they confessed they have gone ahead with many projects even before obtaining the environmental clearances. The EAC is a quasi-judicial body …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to appoint people as chairperson or members of the Expert Appraisal Committees who do not have experience in the field of environment. The EACs are responsible for looking into projects which apply for environmental clearances and …
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for projects related to Infrastructure Development and Coastal Regulation Zone has stalled Kolkata Port Trust's efforts to obtain an environment clearance for the proposed port facility at Shalukkhali (better known as Haldia Dock - II) as the documents provided aren't up to date. The decision …
PANAJI: The ministry of environment and forests has constituted the state-level environment impact assessment authority for three years with Pramod Pathak as chairman. The authority with Vivekanand L Sawkar, executive engineer, estate division, Goa University, as member and joint secretary (environment) will base its decisions on recommendations of the state …
NAGPUR: Taking a cue from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the state government has decided to charge companies applying for environmental clearance. The minimum fee is Rs 1 lakh, and maximum Rs15 lakh, with the cost of the project determining the exact fee. While the government has decided to levy fee …
