The reforesting proposal may be a no-go for the environment ministryIn the latest round of sparring between the environment ministry and the coal ministry over mining access to the
Looking to sort out the differences between the Coal Ministry and the Environment Ministry, the Union Cabinet has decided to constitute a group of ministers (GoM) to go into the issue of
To Address Growing Energy Need With Forests Security
THE group of ministers set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday will attempt to resolve a year of inconclusive discussions and efforts by the coal ministry to push through a liberal policy for diversion of forest land.
In a move that would give a fillip to domestic coal production, the government is likely to lift the moratorium on mining activity, in areas which score poorly on a pollution index.
It asks Cabinet to remove restrictions on mining areas. Choosing economic growth over protection of rich forests, the ministry of coal has written to the Cabinet secretary against demarcation of coal-bearing mines as
A day before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives in India, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has sprung a surprise on the Union Cabinet, which meets tomorrow, by hurriedly pushing through a proposal for an agreement with China on green technologies.
An agreement of this sort, sources said, does not currently exist with any other partner country like the US or Japan.
