The Ministry of environment and forests hopes to notify the final rules on noise control as soon as officials say the suggestions received in response to the draft rules are "all positive".The draft

The ministry of steel and mines has decided to review the entire regulatory framework governing the mining sector. International consultancy firm Arthur Anderson has been comissioned to carry out the

Eurpean Union environment ministers on Monday rejected calls for a moratorium on approvals of gene-altered crops pending revision of EU laws on genetically modified organisms (GMO).Members of the

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated action under the Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 against 41 public and private sector companies to ensure compliance with pollution

A plant quarantine station equipped to screen imported seeds and planting material for diseases and pests was inaugurated in New Delhi on Friday by agriculture minister Som Pal. This is one of the

A World Bank evaluation of the dairy development programme 'Operation Flood' has revealed that it has not only brought about a dairy revolution in the country but also had a multi-dimensional

The environment and forests ministry has constituted a committee on joint forest management (JFM) to evolve an institutional mechanism for an effective people-government partnership on forest

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board(TNPCB) has ordered 80 industrial units in the state to close down on charges of discharging polluting effluents in rivers and lakes. These units will not be

Capacity addition in the power sector during the Ninth Plan is likely to fall short of the targeted 40,000 mw by 15,000 mw. This is mainly due to slippage in the private

The Consultative Committee of Plantation Associations (CCPA) has shot off a rebuttal to the negative report of National Campaign on Labour Rights (NCLR) on tea plantation labour, titled "Brewed in

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