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Govt moots ideas to sync green norms with growth

A number of steps have been taken in the past six months to speed up green clearances but the government is also examining 55 additional suggestions to achieve its twin goals of economic growth and

Publication Date: 
05/01/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Regulations, Environment Clearance (EC), Budget, Public Transport, National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA), Environmental Security
Environment

Subramanian Panel Bats for New Green Norms

Proposes that a National Environment Management Authority be set up to approve projects & SPCBs be brought under it

Publication Date: 
24/11/2014
M Rajshekhar
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution, Environment Act 1986, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Environment

Supreme Court’s orders packaged as promise to set up eco regulator

The Congress has tried to make a virtue of the inevitable by packaging the Supreme Court’s orders for setting up a national environment regulator as a commitment in its Lok Sabha election manifesto

Publication Date: 
27/03/2014
Nitin SethI
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA), Environment Clearance (EC), Regulations, Supreme Court, Rivers, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment
Environment

Green regulator needed for sustainable development of Vidarbha'

The Vidarbha Environmental Action Group (VEAG) has hailed Supreme Court judgment directing the Union government to set up the national environment regulator and its offices in all the states by Mar

Publication Date: 
09/01/2014
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment, Supreme Court, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Act 1988, Environment Act 1986, National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA), Forest Act 1980, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Deforestation, Sustainable Development
Environment

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding environmental clearance to projects, 06/01/2014

Supreme Court has asked the environment ministry to set up national environment regulator with office in every state to “appraise and monitor” the process for granting green clearances and how the regulations are complied with. Read text of this order dated 6 Jan 2014.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2014
Tags:
Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Lafarge India, Meghalaya, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1988, Forest Act 1980, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Forest Clearance, National Environment Assessment and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA)