Mines Ministry directs Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited and Geological Survey of India to study how the technology can be adopted

PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has issued notice to Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) in connection with a petition related to issuance of forest clearance for felling tree

Projects will not need ’consent to establish’ from State Pollution Control Board, says communication from CPCB

Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has rescheduled the environmental public hearings for three projects proposed by Mormugao Port Trust and will hold the same in the second half of March.

Most elected leaders from Cortalim-Quelossim Panchayat avoid statements on the project to safeguard their positions in view of the forthcoming elections

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/02/2017 regarding mining in private forest land without forest clearance in Goa.

Supreme Court directs that mining leases having forest area may be renewed only after obtaining prior approval under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Rule 24A of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 is subject to the compliance of the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

((I.A.NO. 2348-2349 IN W.P.(C) NO.202/1995)

Panaji: The district magistrate, South Goa, has constituted taluka-wise committees to enforce the rules and regulations formed as per the directives of National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone b

Panaji: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) quashed and set aside an exemption from holding a public consultation on the issue of capital dredging by Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), a public hearing

PANAJI: A lengthy, two-decade long process of identifying private forests and a delay in demarcating and mapping the identified patches in Regional Plan (RP) 2021 has led to irreversible diversion

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Goa Foundation Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/01/2017 regarding eco-sensitive zones around the national park and wildlife sanctuaries of Goa. Supreme Court has noted in the Order that notifications on eco-sensitive zones of Goa have been issued on 23.01.2015, 25.01.2015, 17.02.2015, 23.02.2015, 24.02.2015 and 25.02.2015 and the aforesaid notifications have to be given effect to, and the same be implemented.

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