NEW DELHI: The National Advisory Council's recommendation that all private projects must secure consent from 70% of members of all affected gram sabhas before land acquisition is permitted promises to become the biggest headache for the industry if accepted.
As of now, such provisions only exist for forest land under the Forest Rights Act and they too have been observed mostly in breach.
New Delhi: Environmental clearances for mining projects will now be more difficult than before. All mining projects and other industries needing more than 40 hectares of forests will have to get a certificate from the forest department ascertaining how much forest will be diverted.
BHUBANESWAR: As the Orissa Government on Saturday responded to Ministry of Environment and Forest’s (MoEF) queries on Posco project, the “ball” was back in Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s “court.” “Yes, after the State Government sent its reply to the MoEF, the ball is back in my court,” Ramesh told reporters after meeting Chief Minister Nav
BHUBANESWAR: After Posco and Vedanta, fate of three mega thermal power projects of the State hangs in balance as the Ministry of Environment and Forest continues to take a tough stand on the issue of granting statutory clearance for mining coal from the allotted blocks.
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today categorically said that grant of mining clearance to a
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would study the notice served to it by the Supreme Court on the case relating to bauxite mining proposal at Niyamgiri in Kalahandi district.
