Claiming that he was “confused”, Union rural development minister Nitin Gadkari is seeking to build “consensus” to bring changes in the Land Acquisition Act to make it more investor-friendly.
With the rising price of river sand, the illegal sand-mining lobbies have started turning their attention once again to the poorly guarded coastlines in rural Kozhikode.
A high-level committee has been constituted by the government to review various environment laws in order to bring them in line with "current requirements", an official said Wednesday.
The NDA government’s mantra as it prepares to usher in a new environmental regime in the country seems to be two-pronged — to make it easier for industries to set up new facilities but difficult fo
The government on Thursday decided to institute a committee of four ministers to prepare a framework for creating an independent environmental regulatory authority to monitor the compliance of gree
E-rickshaws won’t be allowed to go faster than 15 km/h or carry more than four passengers as the municipal corporations are working to regulate all aspects of the battery-operated three-wheelers.
The Centre on Tuesday set up a high-level committee headed by former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanian to review environment laws and bring them in line with “current requirements”.
Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh (SAD) and Industries Minister Madan Mohan Mittal (BJP) were reportedly at daggers drawn while the new mining policy was being discussed during the Cabinet mee
