A construction firm accused India's government of high-handedness on Monday and South Korea's POSCO received another setback in its plans to make the country's biggest foreign direct investment, intensifying an ongoing dispute between business and government over the environment ministry's aggressive enforcement of green rules.
A forest panel said permits for POSCO's planned $12 billion steel m
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Energy has sought relaxation in SEZ rules to benefit its power plant in Odisha that needs to transport coal through Vedanta Aluminum's special economic zone, a commerce ministry official has said.
Under the commerce ministry rules, all activities within a special economic zone must be directly related to its operations.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will take a decision soon on whether to move the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Centre for rejecting the stage-II clearance for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills for the Lanjigarh refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL).
Official sources said the recommendations of the advocate-general on the issue are under the consideration of the Steel an
The state government is yet to take a call on the Orissa Advocate General's suggestion to approach the Supreme Court challenging the environment ministry's decision to cancel the Stage-II forest clearance for Vedanta's Niyamgiri Project.
"The Advocate General has given his views on bauxite mining at Niyamgiri and it is under scrutiny by the state government.
Indian focused mining group Vedanta has appointed a chief sustainability officer after being hit with a series of setbacks due to environmental issues.
The London-listed company on Friday named Antony Henshaw, previously corporate vice-president of sustainability at Mexico's Cemex, the world's No.
The Orissa government is contemplating to challenge in the Supreme Court the denial of permission to the Vedanta Alumium Limited (VAL) by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for bauxite mining at Niyamgiri hill in Kalahandi district.
