Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 30/08/2019 regarding the proposed construction of a Medical College Hospital in Jhargram, West Midnapur District, West Bengal in a forest land measuring about 20 hectares. The land is stated to be a “Protected Forest” published in the Calcutta Gazette dated 21.06.1956 vide Notification No. 1855 dated 17.02.1956.

Springs are the most important source of water for millions of people in the mid-hills of the Himalaya. Both rural and urban communities depend on springs for meeting their drinking, domestic, and agricultural water needs.

West Bengal failed to create a Green Energy Fund (GEF) under the renewable energy policy of the government, the CAG has said in its audit report.

This Standalone Audit Report on Economic Sector for the year ended March 2017 has been prepared for submission to the Governor of West Bengal under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. This Report contains significant issues arising out of the Performance Audit of Environment Department on “Pollution by Industries in West Bengal”.

Haryana ranks at the bottom in terms of average health expenditure (2012-2017) among seven states that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) examined to assess the progress towards attaining su

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Other dated 08/07/2019 regarding destruction caused to East Kolkata Wetlands.

West Bengal and Sikkim are very close to achieving 100 per cent ODF coverage.

Interim report by board could not identify the source of around one-fifth of Calcutta’s PM2.5 pollution

Given that water is a State subject, it will take the exercise of “cooperative federalism” to achieve the Modi government’s big-ticket agenda of providing piped drinking water to all households by

World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th of June each year to raise awareness and improve actions towards protecting the environment.

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