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SC stalls Green India project [1]

The Supreme Court today restrained the Centre from transferring about Rs 10,000 crore collected as compensation from business enterprises and agencies for allowing projects in forest areas to the Consolidated Fund of India. The fund was for utilisation for a Green India project and allocation to states for afforestation works.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2009
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Afforestation [3], Climate Change [4], Climate Mitigation [5], Supreme Court [6], India [7], Himachal Pradesh [8]
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