Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh
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IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were

Jairam Ramesh raises environmental issue with Karnataka Chief Minister

1,900 acres of forest will be drowned

Forestry clearance yet to be obtained

NEW DELHI: The Centre will shortly release Rs.1,000 crore to the States from the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund for sustainable forestry management, as directed by the Supreme Court.

Shimla: The categorical statement of Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that replacing polythene bags with paper was not an eco-friendly solution, has put a damper on the state

New Delhi: After getting nod from the Supreme Court on utilisation of more than Rs 11,000 crore lying in under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (Campa) fund, the environment and forest ministry forest on Wednesday said the process of allocating money from the fund to respective states will start in the next two weeks for taking up afforestation and conservation

After cutting down 6,000 trees for a statue complex in Noida, hundreds of trees are now being planted in the same place

India has lost a forest area of over 6.5 lakh hectares in the last three decades. Of this, 25,000 hectares of land was diverted per annum for infrastructural and other projects.

NEW DELHI, July 14: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question put by Nand Kishore Yadav and Kamal Akhtar that Rs 682.68 crore was allocated from 1973-74 to 2009-10 for the Project Tiger scheme in which a total of Rs 13.61 crore was released for Asom

New Delhi, July 14 With the aim of keeping ambient air quality clean, the Government, on Monday, announced the implementation of emission norms for new and in-use vehicles and fuel quality in accordance with the roadmap of the Auto Fuel Policy.