Trashing the allegation that environmental considerations are proving to be an impediment in India’s growth, as a recent study has found that the Environment Ministry has cleared an “unprecedented

New Delhi India Inc may have complained about the slow pace at which green clearances are awarded but the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday questioned this claim. It said that on the contrary, the environment ministry gave out an unprecedented number of clearances in the last five years.

The myth that environmental regulations were throttling the country’s growth was busted by the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) which has found that an unprecedented number of environment and forest clearances have been granted to five key industry sectors during the 11th Five Year Plan.

SHILLONG: The Opposition NCP has strongly criticized the State Government for violating the guidelines which has been laid down by the Centre while implementing the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the State.

The comprehensive trade pact between India and Japan, which aims to nearly double bilateral trade to $25 billion by 2014, came into force from Monday.

New Delhi Environmental hurdles posed to mining ventures have exacted their toll on domestic coal production during the fiscal 2010-11.

A seven-member team headed by C. R.

This paper, which was developed in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), is aimed at proposing the improvement of clean development mechanism (CDM) in the cement sector based on the experience through the implementation of capacity building while describing the recent information and identifying issues and challenges in India's cement sector through IGES CDM capacity-bui

Himachal Pradesh is home to half a dozen mega cement plants, but consumers in the state continue to pay high prices for cement, higher than even neighbouring Punjab. The issue caught the state

A Parliamentary panel review of cement industry has instructed Dept. of Industrial Policy to direct all plants to comply with emission standards and suggested cement manufacturers to comply with corporate responsibility for environment protection.

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