Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of cutting of trees in the forest area by POSCO, 24/01/2014

POSCO "would not carry on tree cutting/felling in the forest area" till the Odisha government gives forest clearance, says National Green Tribunal in this order dated 24/01/2014. Read text of this NGT order.

Judgement Date: 
24/01/2014
Tags:
POSCO, Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forest Act 1980, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Government Of India (GOI), Orissa
Industry

ESCR NET calls for Suspension of POSCO-India Steel Project

Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India, said ESCR-Net today. India and South Korea should discuss and make public concrete measures to address serious allegations of human rights abuse tied to POSCO’s steel project in Odisha state.In the lead up to President Park’s visit to India, Indian officials took several measures aimed at accelerating POSCO’s Odisha project.

Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Human Rights, India, South Korea, Advocacy
Environment

All pending files in MoEF will be cleared in next 20-days: Moily

If her detractors accused Jayanthi Natrajan of sitting on files pertaining to her ministry, her successor M Veerappa Moily is a man on the move in the union ministry of environment and forest.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Environment Clearance (EC), POSCO
Environment

All pending files in environment ministry will be cleared in next 20 days: Moily

If her detractors accused Jayanthi Natrajan of sitting on files pertaining to her ministry, her successor M Veerappa Moily is a man on the move in the union ministry of environment and forest.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2014
The Times of India
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), POSCO, India, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

India PM: POSCO to start work on steel plant in coming weeks

South Korea's POSCO will be able to start work on its planned $12-billion Indian steel plant over the coming weeks, India's prime minister said on Thursday, ending an eight year delay for environme

Publication Date: 
17/01/2014
Reuters
Tags:
India, POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa, Mining, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC)
Environment

POSCO to complete phase 1 of 8 mt steel project by 2018

The first phase of Posco India’s much-delayed $12-billion steel project at Paradip in Orissa, in which capacity for 4 million tonnes will be commissioned, would be completed by 2018, reports Dilip

Publication Date: 
17/01/2014
Dilip Bisoi
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Sundargarh (D), POSCO, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Mining, Ministry of Mines, Iron And Steel Industry, Environment
Environment

Posco project to take off soon

The $12 billion POSCO steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa is going to be operational soon, following revalidation of its environmental clearance. Read more about the controversial project that got final go-ahead from the environment ministry after eight years.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2014
Tags:
POSCO, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa, Land Acquisition, Iron And Steel Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment
Industry

Expediting Nod for $12-B Posco Project: Sharma

Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has assured his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick that India is expediting clearance to the $12 billion Posco project in Odisha, the largest foreig

Publication Date: 
16/01/2014
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa, POSCO, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Land Acquisition, Iron And Steel Industry, South Korea, India, Mining, Industry

Cancel Environmental Clearance for POSCO Project

A protest was organised by 14 groups under the banner of Delhi Solidarity Group at Paryavaran Bhavan today to protest the Environmental Clearance given to POSCO project in Odisha in violation of the Honorable National Green Tribunal’s decision and the Meena Gupta Committee findings. The groups demanded cancellation of the clearance until recommendations of the NGT and Meena Gupta Committee are fulfilled as well as a complete halt on forceful land acquisition and destruction of forest and beetel vines. The action was organised in solidarity with POSCO Pratirodh

Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), POSCO, Orissa (Odisha), Iron And Steel Industry, Mining
Environment

Changes to environment policies could undermine human rights : Amnesty India

The recent changes to India's environmental clearance procedures are likely to undermine the human rights of communities affected by mining projects, said Amnesty International India on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2014
Manash Pratim Gohain
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Environment Clearance (EC), Human Rights, Mining, Coal, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Public Hearing, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), POSCO, Orissa, Environment

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