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 …
JAIPUR: Endorsing reports that illegal mining is rampant in Rajasthan, the Planning Commission in a recent study has indicted the state for flouting norms in this regard. It accused the state for giving arbitrary forest clearances and unauthorized renewal of leases. The report, published on May 29, comes at a …
Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar has assured the Arunachal Pradesh government that he will expedite forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower Project in the state. Javadekar's assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a …
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has recommended grant of Stage-II forest clearance in respect of Manoharpur and dip side of Manoharpur coal blocks allotted to state owned Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC). "The matter of Stage-II forest clearance for the coal …
By end of financial year, group aims to put all applications for coal-related project clearances on web To fast track major investment projects and impart transparency in clearance procedures, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) under the Cabinet Secretariat has decided to digitise all applications for clearances relating to forest, environment …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved road projects worth about Rs 40,000 crore, besides setting a target of building 30 km of roads a day from 2016. At a meeting on Monday, minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed about 250 projects, worth Rs 60,000 crore. “These projects were mainly …
NEW DELHI: The Coal Ministry has asked Central Coalfields Ltd, a CIL subsidiary, to provide details of its 14 projects that are awaiting clearances, including those pertaining to environment and forest. Coal India Ltd (CIL) has made presentation before Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal on its projects awaiting environment …
After kicking off its online environment clearance system for industrial and infrastructure projects, the government will launch a similar e-window platform for forest-related approval on July 1. The online forest clearance system will be the second such move of the environment ministry in its effort to ensure faster green approvals …
The Narendra Modi government would augment the administrative support to expert committees on environment, ensure that approvals take virtually no time once due diligence is done and attempt to converge the process of environmental and forest clearances (ECs and FCs), environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. Speaking at the …
Karnataka’s e-portal to track public/private sector projects inaugurated Starting July 1, all forest clearances for industry and infrastructure projects will go online, to be followed by online environmental approvals from September 1, Anil Swarup, Additional Secretary, Union Cabinet Secretariat, said here on Tuesday. Inaugurating the Karnataka Government’s e-portal to track …
Agartala: State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn’t proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. “We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas …
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to reconsider its order on a blanket ban against 24 hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand — following last year’s flash flood — on a petition moved by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). A bench of Justices Vikramajit Sen and S K Singh issued …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the Uttrakhand government on NTPC's plea seeking approval to go ahead with the construction of a Rs 1,527.08-crore power project in the state. The apex court had imposed blanket stay on the construction of 24 hydro projects, including NTPC's 171 MW Lata …
State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn't proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. "We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas in …
The government on Monday said that environment clearance of national security and defence projects will be taken up on a priority basis and given sanction. While announcing that the Navy’s ambitious Project Seabird in Karwar has been approved. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said that on the lines of recently announced …
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made it clear that the issues concerning green clearance will not come in the way of the country's high growth path as the new government intends to make the system more predictable, transparent and time-bound. Addressing the joint sitting of the Parliament, Mukherjee said, "While …
The government on Thursday kicked off online environment clearances for industrial and infrastructure projects which have for long been hobbled by the slow pace of green approvals. As part of the transition to an e-window mechanism, for the next three weeks, project developers will be required to submit a hard …
The Government has made its stance on pending or slow environmental clearances clear, with new Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar making it clear that delays in green clearances will not be tolerated. While the environmentalists agree that the system of green clearances needs to be changed, the solution, they say, is …
BHOPAL: In a letter, CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has urged Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar for early environmental clearance to Stage-II of Shri Singaji thermal power project. The Stage-II of Shri Singaji thermal power project is being implemented by public undertaking of Madhya …
Emphasising that system of online applications would soon be launched for forest clearances as well, Javadekar said there will be a given timeline and a maximum time limit for the approval process. Promising faster and more transparent environment clearances for infrastructure projects, new Enviroment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of "maximum governance, minimum government" is likely to be implemented in letter and spirit in the ministry of environment, forests and climate change. Though BJP leader Prakash Javadekar will take charge of the ministry on Thursday, sources indicated that the new dispensation favours …
