Energy

Gujarat renewable energy policy, 2023

Taking cognizance of the generational shift occurring in electricity sector, the need for expediting efforts for de-carbonization and in an endeavor to embrace renewable energy more effusively, Government of Gujarat is notifying this Renewable Energy Policy-2023 for further encouraging setting up of renewable generation projects based on Wind, S

Publication Date: 
01/09/2023
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Gujarat
Animal Care

Order of the High Court of Gujarat on cattle menace, 11/07/2023

Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Mustak Hussain Mehndi Hussain Kadri Vs Jagadip Narayan Singh dated 11/07/2023.

The matter related to cattle menace in Gujarat.

Gujarat High Court directed the state of Gujarat to frame policy or issued administrative instructions "crystallizing the steps, which are to be taken to enforce the control of the cattle menace in the entire state".

Judgement Date: 
11/07/2023
Tags:
Cattle, Gujarat, High Court, Municipal Corporations, Animal Care
Energy

Policy-2023 for leasing the government fallow land for green hydrogen production using non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind, wind solar hybrid energy

The Revenue Department, Government of Gujarat, has issued the ‘Policy 2023’ for leasing out land to foster the growth of green hydrogen production in the state. The policy aims to provide the framework for promoting green hydrogen production by using renewable energy to make the best use of land and achieve the objective of a clean environment.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2023
Government of Gujarat
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Hydrogen, Gujarat, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Environment

Assessment report by the Space Applications Centre regarding encroachment inside wild ass sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, 31/03/2023

Assessment report by the Space Applications Centre in Original Application No. 27 of 2023 in re news item published in the Times of India dated January 3, 2023 titled encroachment alleged inside wild ass sanctuary.

Judgement Date: 
31/03/2023
Tags:
Litte Rann Of Kachh, Ecology, Industrial Pollution, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wildlife
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding explosion in a pharma company, Valsad, Gujarat, 15/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of  In re: news item in NDTV dated 28.02.2023 titled “2 Dead, 2 Injured in Explosion at Gujarat Pharma Company” dated 15/03/2023.

Judgement Date: 
15/03/2023
Tags:
Drug Industry, Industrial Disasters, Valsad (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Occupational Safety, Occupational Accidents
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by a printing mill in Surat, Gujarat, 13/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chakradhar Pandey Vs State of Gujarat dated 13/03/2023.

The grievance is that there is a dyeing and printing mill namely Madhusudan Dyeing and Printing Mills Pvt. Ltd., Surat which is discharging untreated waste into the sewage canal causing damage to environment and also health hazards to local residents.

Judgement Date: 
13/03/2023
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Surat (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Gujarat, 23/02/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and other environmental issues dated 23/02/2023.

The matter related to monitoring of waste in terms of Supreme Court orders dated September 2, 2014 and February 22, 2017.

The Chief Secretary, Gujarat accepted the fact that there was a gap of about 1005 MLD in sewage generation and treatment and legacy waste of 255 Lakh MT as well as 1452 TPD of unprocessed waste.

Judgement Date: 
23/02/2023
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Gujarat, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining without valid EC in Gir Somnath and Junagadh districts, Gujarat, 14/11/2022

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/11/2022.

The matter related to illegal and unauthorized mining of limestone on large scale in districts Gir Somnath and Junagadh in Gujarat by 14 mining companies without any prior Environmental Clearance and in violation of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.

Judgement Date: 
14/11/2022
Tags:
Limestone, Environment Clearance (EC), Compensation, Junagadh (D), Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Mining, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on performance audit of air pollution control by Government of Gujarat

Three new cities — Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara — have been added to the list of Critically Polluted Areas (CPA) in Gujarat while Odhav, Naroda (in Ahmedabad), Bhavnagar and Junagadh have been removed from the list, stated the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in a report tabled in the Gujarat Assembly.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2022
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Gujarat, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Vehicular Pollution
Wildlife

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the running of Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, 16/08/2022

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kanhaiya Kumar Vs Central Zoo Authority & Others dated 16/08/2022.

Judgement Date: 
16/08/2022
Tags:
Zoos, Animal Care, Gujarat, Supreme Court, Wildlife, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

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