The Urban Land Ceiling Act will be "significantly modified" shortly, said urban development and employment minister Ram Jethmalani yesterday. He also called for greater private sector participation

The immediate fallout of the Madras High Court Green Bench's ruling last month providing a final three months deadline for operationalising the pollution control measures for the Tirupur dyeing

There is fresh hope for the beleagured Rs 800-crore Sanghi Cements Project as a team from the ministry of environment and forests leaves for the Sanghi Cement jetty site in Kutch to finalise

The state pollution control board (PCB) is planning action against Central government units ignoring anti-pollution norms. The Apex Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also given PCB the

The plan outlay for the environment and forests ministry has been raised by Rs 214 crore in the interim budget for 1998-99 compared with the level in the revised budget for the current year, 1997-98.

Flyash, the by-product generated by thermal power plants and boilers, has the potential of earning the country $630 million every year through emissions trading, says the Institute for Solid Waste

In what could bring about a paradigm shift in the concept of protecting the fragile eco-system of the country, the Delhi chapter of the UNESCO has endorsed a proposal to initiate

China is fully committed to environmental protection, according to a top Chinese environmental official Qu Geping. Annual government funding for environmental protection undertakings has exceeded 50

The Karnataka government continues to drag its feet over conferring environmental awards, though the committee set up for the purpose submitted its report over five months ago. The issue is

Crores of rupees are going down the drain as the Sewerage Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation appoints foreign consultants to oversee its projects and follows it up with apointing