Bhopal: The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other
Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in Madhya
Pradesh faces a host of problems due to a strange interpretation of the Act by
the Forest Department.
New Delhi: Going purely on the assurances of Andhra Pradesh government, the Union environment and forests ministry has cleared the longpending case of diverting 3,831 hectares of forest land for Rs 8,000-crore Polavaram project on Godavari river in AP meant to provide irrigation water to four districts.
New Delhi: The Union ministry for environment and forests has set up a fourmember committee headed by retired environment secretary Meena Gupta to investigate if the Orissa government has complied with the Forest Rights Act at the Posco site.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Tuesday began acquiring land for the Rs 51,000 crore steel project by South Korean major Posco in Jagatsinghpur district even as the joint Central committee described the process as `illegal
