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 …
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: The Delhi Urban Arts Commission has asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to stop all construction work at its staff housing project on the banks of the Yamuna. The DMRC is building a residential complex of 93 flats for its operations and maintenance staff on …
Divya Gandhi Bangalore: James Cameron, director of sci-fi blockbuster Avatar, finds himself embroiled in the controversy surrounding Lavasa, India's first
Says it had clarified stand to the state govt in October. Lavasa Corporation, an arm of Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) engaged in development of a hill city in Maharashtra, moved the high court here today with a plea that the showcause notice served on it by the Ministry of Environment …
Rattled by the sharp rebuttal by Lavasa Corporation to its showcause notice, the ministry of environment and forests has referred the case to attorney general Ghulam Vahanvati. On record, the ministry however, maintained it was correct in sending the notice to the company on Friday to stop work at its …
Lavasa Corporation, an arm of Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) engaged in the development of a hill township in Maharashtra, has accused Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh of malafide intent, claiming that the ministry issued a showcause notice in haste and under pressure from activists to …
Mumbai/Delhi, Nov. 29: Lavasa Corporation, which has come under the scrutiny of the Union environment ministry last week, has accused the environment minister of acting with a
MUMBAI: Talking about the violation of environmental norms by the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society and Lavasa hill city, Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, said here on Sunday that a decision would be taken only after both the parties responded to the show cause notices served …
THE Union environment ministry has issued a showcause notice to Lavasa Corporation, which is constructing a 25,000-acre hill township near Pune, alleging myriad violation of environmental laws. The company, promoted by a clutch of investors led by Hindustan Construction Co (HCC), will have to stop construction work immediately. The notice …
The Centre is said to have made up its mind to demolish the complete structure of the Adarsh Housing Society building located in a plush area of Mumbai, expectedly after December 15. Highly placed sources in the government on Friday gave a clear indication in this regard. The housing society, …
HC asks for status report on CRZ violation on Nariman Point-Cuffe Parade stretch Express News Service The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), city collector and additional collector (Encroachments Removal) to file a status report on the alleged unauthorised constructions being carried out along the …
Social activists have moved court to scrap the Lavasa township project near Pune. The public interest petition filed in the Bombay High Court says the project does not have the mandatory environmental clearance from the Union environment ministry, and hence is liable to be cancelled.
KOLKATA, 1 Nov: In a move that could harm both the revenue generation of the government and the prospect of tourism industry, the state forest department has issued a ban on construction of new resorts within and around one kilometre periphery of the seven wildlife sanctuaries in north Bengal. The …
The buying and selling of the flats in buildings standing on notified private forest lands in Mumbai and Thane is going on uninterruptedly. The fate of nearly 5 lakh families in 15,000 buildings with several thousand apartments in Borivli, Mulund, Nahur and Thane is hanging in balance for the past …
AHMEDABAD: In order to promote the planned development on coastal areas of the state, the Gujarat government may come up with a special scheme to encourage builders to develop integrated townships near the seashore. While addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the Godrej township on SG Road, chief …
