The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the government of India, has refused to give clearance for the proposed Tipaimukh Dam Project in the northeastern sta

Anti-dam lobbyists have hailed the rejection of forest clearance for the proposed 1500MW Tipaimukh multi-purpose project by the forest advisory committee.

Aizawl/Agartala: The Congress ruled-Mizoram government, which had earlier said it could not implement the food security scheme in the state due to fund crunch, on Thursday declared it would execute

More than three and half decades since it was started, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) remains work-in-progress.

The environment ministry will consider clearing a 300 sq km of forests for projects in the next meeting of its forest advisory committee (FAC), the statutory body which appraises projects that requ

Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill aimed at minimising losses to life and property in the natural calamity.

Anti–dam protestors from all over the North Eastern state converged at Mairaing, West Khasi Hills to led thier support to the the Indigenous Biodiversity and Social Welfare Organisation (IBSWO) cam

The Indian government has formed a special committee for forest department’s clearance for construction of the controversial Tipaimukh dam in the northeast state of Monipur close to Bangladesh bord

A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the environment ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees

A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the Environment Ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees