The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
It seems the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) cannot wait to get its hands on the prized piece of land at Karnataka Rehabilitation Centre, commonly known as Beggars’ Colony. In a clear violation of the High Court orders, BDA engineers along with contractors entered the Colony situated on Magadi Road on …
After a developer claimed that clearance was given by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for the construction of a residential-cum-commercial complex near Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (HPCL) refinery in Chembur, the Bombay high court has asked for clarification from the ministry on whether the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has stated that it took a liberal approach while granting clearance to the Lavasa township project, coming up near Pune, as 257 buildings have already been built and third-party rights created. The affidavit filed by MoEF in the Bombay high court stated …
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the petitioners and respondents in the Lavasa township case to consider whether the appropriate forum could be the tribunal, set up under National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010. The Act envisages a Tribunal for “expeditious disposal” of matters related to environmental protection. …
The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the petitioners and respondents in the Lavasa township case to consider whether the appropriate forum could be the tribunal, set up under National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010. The Act envisages a Tribunal for "expeditious disposal" of matters related to environmental protection. The …
Gehlot launches Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act, 2011 The Rajasthan Government on Monday launched its ambitious guaranteed delivery of public services as the day coincided with the 122{+n}{+d}birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended two major functions, one in Ajmer and the other in Jaipur, …
The court of chief judicial magistrate NT Ghadge on Monday asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to produce additional documents on which the private criminal complaint is based on against Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL). The court was to pass an order in the case on Monday, but it directed …
The chief ministers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala agreed on Monday that there was a need to examine whether development projects in the states should seek central environmental approvals. Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Oommen Chandy said that delays in these approvals were hurting progress in their states. While Maharashtra …
Construction of solar-powered green houses for the rural poor is likely to commence in Madurai district by the third week of November. The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD and PR) Department has almost completed the identification of beneficiaries for this scheme. The constructions works are expected to be completed …
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has rallied 8% to Rs 30.20 after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) cleared the company’s hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, subject to the company meeting 47 conditions. The ministry of environment and forests' clearance was granted on the condition that the project …
After a year-long legal battle, the environment ministry on Wednesday granted a conditional clearance to the first phase of the multi-crore Lavasa Hill City project in Maharashtra. The clearance comes as a reprieve to Ajit Gulabchand’s ambitious hill city project, making losses to the tune of Rs 2 crore a …
The Union environment ministry on Wednesday gave environmental clearance (EC) to the controversial Lavasa hill township project near Pune in Maharashtra. The clearance, however, is subject to at least 57 conditions and regular monitoring. The 2,000-hectare first phase of the Lavasa project, which is expected to cost around Rs3,000 crore, …
Subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough After put on hold for a year, Lavasa's controversial township project on the hills near Pune has been given the green signal subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough. Ironically, it …
New Delhi Almost a year after it slapped stop-work orders on Hindustan Construction Company's (HCC) flagship hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Wednesday cleared the project subject to the company meeting 47 conditions. Construction on the first phase of 2,000 hectares …
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for making a pro-Lavasa statement. He said the government should instead conduct a serious enquiry and take strict action against the Lavasa Corporation for violating environmental laws. In a letter to Mr. Chavan, Mr. Hazare and social activist Medha …
PANJIM: After doing its job and thinking they had gotten away, the government is on the back foot as Herald is asking serious questions to Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on the role he, the revenue minister and the deputy speaker played in de-notifying 36,800 square metres of land to benefit …
Four-lane highways, a mega desalination plant, construction of houses, schools, hospitals as well as cold storages are amongst the suggestions to the central government made by former president A.P.J. Kalam for the development of Kudankulam and surrounding areas in Tamil Nadu. In a report, Kalam, who Sunday visited the Kudankulam …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Friday filed a criminal complaint against the promoters and officials of Lavasa Corporation for violating the Environment Protection Act (EPA), even as the Bombay High Court is hearing the Ajit Gulabchand-promoted project case on whether the central government has jurisdiction over its hill …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) would file criminal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation tomorrow in a Pune magistrate's court under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. In line with the recent order of the high court here, a decision in this regard was taken by the state environment …
JAIPUR: The urban housing and development (UDH) department is looking into the possibility of increasing the construction area of houses falling under Rajiv Awas Yojana, an affordable housing scheme under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for slum dwellers. Therefore, officials have been asked to redesign these houses. UDH …
