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 …
Following the PMO’s intervention to fast-track linear projects like roads, railway lines and power transmission lines, the Ministry of Environment & Forests has agreed to relax its guidelines for clearance of forest land falling in such project areas. The MoEF has agreed to “facilitate phased preparation and processing” of linear …
20 Highway Contracts Stuck Due To Red Tape Over Environmental Norms New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India has decided to approach the Supreme Court against the environment ministry’s norms as a series of projects are held up due to green clearances. While infrastructure major GMR has already announced …
Govt keen on ensuring fuel security doesn’t come in way of growth revival plans Concerned that fuel scarcity could hamper plans to revive economic growth, the government is planning to further relax green clearance norms for mining projects. Coal mining operations, which are stuck due to delays in forest clearance, …
Upset over the failure of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to frame forest clearance norms as directed by the Supreme Court and the resultant delays in road projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planing to take up the matter with the court afresh. The authority’s …
This report presents a broad overview of the coal sector, highlights key challenges and provides suggestions on overcoming them. It calls for an independent regulator to look after planning and execution, transparency mechanisms alongwith the compliance to environmental norms. The coal sector, which contributes over half of India’s primary commercial …
In a bid to find alternate source of bauxite for the Lanjigarh alumina refinery of the Vedanta Alumininium Ltd (VAL), which is shut down for want of raw material since December 5, Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has decided to apply for mining lease of Karlapat bauxite deposits soon. OMC had …
AnRak Aluminium is moving ahead with the bauxite mining project in Makavarapalem in Visakhapatnam district despite the local opposition warns this analysis in the Economic and Political Weekly with focus on social and environment impact of the project. A bauxite/aluminium project very similar to the Vedanta project in Odisha is …
It was named the National Investment Board (NIB), Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s audacious and, some would say, over-the-top move to set up a one-stop clearing agency for big economic projects. His target was the environment ministry, which he saw as delaying things. It has now been renamed the Cabinet Committee …
In a move that would help coal sector push up output, Union ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) has done away with the requirement of holding a public hearing for getting environmental clearance to expand the existing mines by up to 25% of original capacity. Public hearing is a long-drawn …
Faces Hurdles In Environment Clearance In Andhra Pradesh There seems to be no end to the trouble of the state PSU, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC). Under fire from activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal for an alleged scam of Rs 20,000 crores for its offshore gas exploration in KG Basin, off Andhra …
Difficult terrains, delays in nods, inhabitations in wildlife sanctuaries major impediments to power supply electricity The government is likely to miserably fall short of its rural electrification target for the current fiscal as most villages that were to be covered under the scheme are located in difficult terrains, making it …
The Power Ministry is seeking special dispensation from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to facilitate bidding for ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW each in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “The Power Ministry wants the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to offer in-principle environment clearance to the entire power …
Unresolved issues include whether to provide an 'in principle' environment clearance to the blocks on offer The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has assured the Coal Ministry that it would examine the issue of whether in-principle environment and forest clearances can be granted to coal blocks that are to …
Chief minister Arjun Munda today chaired a meeting of State Wildlife Board and directed officials to conduct environment impact assessment study for nearly 13 mining projects so that a final call on their forest clearances could be taken. Munda also asked them to prepare a plan for conservation of wildlife …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has assured the Coal Ministry that it would examine the issue of whether in-principle environment and forest clearances can be granted to coal blocks that are to be put up for auction. Senior officials of coal ministry today met top officials of Environment …
The Centre today asked the Odisha government to sort out the forest diversion issues expeditiously in the mining areas. Discussing the issue with chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today, Union joint secretary of steel S Abbasi asked them to speed up the process for forest …
Any dilution of the rules under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, as being contemplated at the highest levels of the government, could lead to adverse impact in the ongoing Supreme Court case on UPA's decision to cancel the bauxite mining rights for Vedanta in Odisha, tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra …
Continuing its crackdown on non-serious players, the Ministry of Coal deallocated two more coal blocks- Baitarani West and Naini- allotted in Odisha in view of the unsatisfactory progress in development of the coal mines and end-use plants. The deallocation has been effected by the ministry on the basis of recommendations …
Steel minister Beni Prasad Verma has cautioned environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan against holding up clearances for SAIL’s iron ore mines in Orissa and Jharkhand, saying this would force the state-owned steel giant to scale down operations and could stoke Naxal activity in the tribal region. Verma’s November 30 missive to …
MoEF has accorded the final forest clearance for coal block in Madhya Pradesh for diversion of 728.750 hectares of forest land for coal mining. Shares of Jaipraksh Associates and Jaiprakash Power Ventures are trading higher by more than 2% each on the BSE after getting final forest clearance for coal …
