New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry may have withdrawn the green clearance to Vedanta

With the Renuka Dam project in abeyance following cancellation of clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in August this year, Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved to provide $19million to Cambodia for conserving threatened forests in the Cardamom Mountains and north-eastern provinces, according to a bank release on December 13.

ADB's board of directors approved a total package of $69m of which $30m is a loan to Vietnam, and $19m and $20m are grants to Cambodia and Laos respectively, for the Greater Mekong Sub

If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to forest dept; if it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce

The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates.

KULSHI