However, the ambiguous wording of the Commission's reply has left doubt in the ministry about how to proceed on the matter
The Union environment ministry has secured the Election Commission's approval to provide environmental clearances to industries. However, the ambiguous wording of the Commission's reply has left doubt in the ministry about how to proceed on the matter.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can be assertive when he chooses to. He has certainly imposed his will on the government to push the case for the controversial genetically-modified (GM) food crops.
The Congress has tried to make a virtue of the inevitable by packaging the Supreme Court’s orders for setting up a national environment regulator as a commitment in its Lok Sabha election manifesto
“In the past I was accused of being obsessed with trees, tigers, rivers...” Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has defended his decision to overrule the statutory and expert panel on forest clearances to
The National Green Tribunal has cancelled the clearance given by the then Union Environment and Forests Minister, Jairam Ramesh, to the Parsa East and Kante-Basan captive coal blocks in the Hasdeo-
Forest clearance for mining in Parsa East and Kante-Basan captive coal blocks, by a joint venture between Adani and Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, overruled by National Green Tribunal.
The National Green Tribunal has cancelled the clearance given by the environment minister to Parsa East and Kante-Basan captive coal blocks in Hasdeo Arand forests of Chhattisgarh, overruling the statutory Forest Advisory Committee.
2010 report points to involvement of officials & politicians
Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s Congress government in Haryana has hired a senior private lawyer to file a writ petition before the High Court against the Central government for recommending a CBI inquiry into the scams unearthed by whistleblower and forest service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.
Decision comes on the eve of poll schedule announcement
Habitations, plantations and agricultural areas in the 123 villages falling within the Western Ghat eco-sensitive area will be taken off the protective zone as demanded by the Kerala government.
Some changes were ordered on the direct instructions of the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister’s office has repeatedly ordered and orchestrated dilution of environment and forest clearances in order to fast-pace industrial projects, documents with The Hindu show.
