All decks for the Navi Mumbai airport are now clear with the Maharashtra government offering a slew of benefits to those affected by the project and were opposed to their land being acquired as they were not happy with the rehabilitation package.

New Delhi : Dogged by the unceasing sluggish progress in coal mining, the Centre has formed a jumbo panel of officials from associated ministries, including environment and forests as well as of co

Once bitten twice shy.

The High Court has directed the State government to submit details about implementation of its directions on protection of lakes in Karnataka.

Hearing a contempt petition by Environment Support Group (ESG) against the chief secretary for not implementing the court order to form a committee to protect lakes in the State, a Division Bench comprising Justices K L Manjunath and Chandrashekar ordered the notice on Thursday.

Medha Patkar says it has no arrangement for “alternative livelihood”

The process of rehabilitation of those who have lost their land and livelihood in land acquisition in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 is “severely flawed” as it has no arrangement for “alternative livelihood” and is only limited to monetary compensation, said social activist Medha Patkar here on Monday.

Rain and flash floods have pushed back development works in Uttarakhand by decades and the challenge at the moment is to build smarter projects without impacting the fragile environment of the hilly region, said World Bank's country director Onno Ruhl.

"In Uttarakhand, the challenge is to build smarter, so that they do not undermine the fragility of the environment," he told PTI after the approval of a $250 million credit for the rehabilitation work in the state by the World Bank's board in Washington on Friday.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has “in principle” agreed to one-km buffer zone for four wildlife sanctuaries of Goa ~ Mhadei, Netravali, Bhagwan Mahaveer and Bondla. The eco-sensitive zone for the Cotigao sanctuary has been extended upto 3 kms.

In all total 33 mining leases are located within one km buffer zone, of which 20 were operational prior to the Supreme Court ban order, which would directly stand cancelled once the notification on buffer zone is issued.

Company recently secured a working permit for one year from MoEF for its mines in Chitradurga district

Sesa Goa, a division of Sesa Sterlite, is moving towards resuming iron ore mining in Karnataka. The company, which had stopped mining following a Supreme Court ban in the state two years ago (later lifted), recently secured a working permit for one year from the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for its mines in Chitradurga district.

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the 2013 Land Acquisition Act would come into force on January 1, 2014.

The Ministry’s website specifies draft rules elaborating the process of implementation of the law, and also invites comments from stakeholders, including industries, non-governmental organisations and civil society.

Out of the over 8,000 people affected by the Ranjit Sagar Dam project, as many as 2,000 persons whose land was acquired for construction of the dam in 1997 are yet to be paid compensation by the Pu