As per the requirements of Section 4(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, it is mandatory to conduct SIA and prepare a Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP) for acquisition of land (a) by the government for its own use, hold and/or control, or for public–private partn

This is a technical analysis by CSE of the rapid EIA report for the 3300 MW coal based super-critical thermal power plant proposed by KPGL at village Bhadreshwar in Kutch district of Gujarat.

People living along Manusmara river in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district dread kala pani

Demanding to be heard

If households in Delhi replace four ordinary bulbs with four compact fluorescent lamps (cfls), their annual savings would be around Rs 273 crore. Startling figure. The highly energy inefficient

the cement industry has been using blast furnace slag for long. It maintained its eco-friendly reputation when a deal was struck between Steel Authority of India Ltd (sail) and Jaiprakash Associates

the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has recently come up with a draft guideline for the cement sector to reduce fugitive emissions. Fugitive emissions occur primarily due to poor handling

villagers of Paonta Sahib tehsil in Himachal Pradesh have accused pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy of not complying with an order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court passed on July 27, 2006, staying its

A new procedure for conducting environmental impact assessment (eia), introduced in September 2006, is suffering from teething trouble. The September 2006 notification putting the new procedure in