Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
The petitioners in the plea have said that Punjab is deficient of water and even the groundwater stands depleted in at least 14 lakh tube wells. A public interest litigation filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday has sought a compensation of Rs 80,000 crore to Punjab …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has slapped Rs 2 lakh as costs on the Delhi government for not filing action plan for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop them from burning crop residue to prevent air pollution. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Government to complete the demarcation of forest land in Southern Ridge are by June 30. A Bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore warned the officers concerned that in case the work is not completed till that date, a fine of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Jammu and Kashmir government for not finalising a rehabilitation plan for horses and mules which have been barred from plying from Katra to the Vaishno Devi temple, and slapped a cost of Rs 50 lakh on the State Government. A bench headed …
NEW DELHI: The SC-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has found massive under-reporting of the number of trucks entering the city, leading to an annual shortfall of Rs 500-800 crore in the amount collected as environment compensation charge (ECC) by the concessionaire but not deposited. In a report submitted before …
The draft Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) lays down that any health data including physical, physiological and mental health condition and biometric information are the property of the person who it pertains to. Even as it continues to face heat on issues of data protection, the Centre has …
The High Court has ordered the National Lands Commission to pay six petitioners Sh3.4 million. Their land was acquired for the construction of Ndakaini Dam in 1989 by the then commissioner of lands. Justice George Odunga ordered NLC to pay the money by itself or through the Nairobi City Water …
Bijnor: It has been 37 years since land of farmers at Raipur Berisaal village, located on the border of Najibabad and Bijnor tehsils in the district, was acquired by the government for construction of a 1 km road. But with officials of the two divisions passing the buck, these farmers …
The constitutional review committee which has been tasked by Parliament to review section 25 of the Constitution will be embarking on an extensive public participation process to consider views on the issue of expropriation without compensation. In February Parliament voted in favour of an EFF motion to support land expropriation …
Penalty of ₹2 lakh imposed on State government The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday rapped the Delhi government for not filing an action plan pertaining to pollution as a result of crop burning in Delhi-NCR and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the State government. Affidavit declined Coming …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Compensation Under Pradhan Matri Fasal Bima Yojana, 20/03/2018. State-wise details of number of farm holdings in the country, total number of farmer applicants insured, amount of insurance claims approved and settled for crops destroyed due to various natural calamities including flood under Pradhan Mantri …
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would launch the cheque distribution programme. Hyderabad: More than 70 lakh farmers in Telangana would receive cheques for Rs 4,000 per acre each from the state government on April 19 as part of the first-of-its-kind initiative towards investment support scheme for Kharif in June. Cheques …
This is for not complying with previous orders of the National Green Tribunal The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday imposed an environmental compensation of Rs. 5 lakh on Mantri Techzone Private Ltd. for not complying with previous orders pertaining to its project in the Bellandur catchment area. A bench …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has sought state government’s reply by Friday in response to a PIL complaining about farmers from Banaskantha district who did not get compensation for the damages they sustained due to heavy floods in August last year. The court asked the concerned government lawyer to take instructions …
In 2006, the HSIIDC had acquired 955 acres of land under Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act at Industrial Model Township, Manesar. The land was acquired at a cost of Rs 176 crore at the rate of 12.5 lakh per acre under the emergency clause. Haryana State Industrial and …
The practice of burning garbage in the open goes unabated in the city. Garbage heaps were seen being set on fire on a vacant plot near Fountain Chowk here today. The banned practice was also seen in the Urban Estate Phase 3 residential parks along the main road. Motorists had …
A human rights lawyer plans to launch a class action lawsuit against South African food producer Tiger Brands on behalf of the families of people who died and those affected by the worst listeria outbreak in history. South Africa’s health minister said on Thursday the government would support anyone intending …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that land grabs would not be tolerated as the ruling African National Congress (ANC) moves to change the Constitution to expropriate property without compensation. Land remains an emotive issue in South Africa and most of it remains in white hands over two decades …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compensation to Farmers for Crop Losses due to Hailstorm, 09/03/2018. In the month of February, 2018 many States viz; Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka and other northern States had received rainfall and some States were hit by hailstorms. …
Adani Group to develop it at Mundra A senior Environment Ministry official said that an approval to the Adani Group to use 1,552 hectares of forest land to develop a port as part of its 8,000-hectare Special Economic Zone on the Mundra coast in Gujarat was only “preliminary”. The project …
