Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited Vs Deputy Conservator of Forest, Thane Forest Division dated 08/07/2016 construction work of 765KV D/c (Hexa) Aurangabad – Padghe Transmission Line in the area coming within 10 Kms from the boundary of Kalsubai Harishchandra and Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary.
In a major development, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has accorded environment clearance to 624 MW Kiru HE Project in J&K State.
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditious utilization of accumulated unspent amounts to the tune
A Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered f
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has been entrusted with preserving and improving the forest wealth of the country in the interest of its citizens and national ecological security.
