The following draft of certain rules which the Central Government, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Central Act 42 of 2005), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 32 of the
In a letter sent to chief ministers of all states on March 21, environment minister Jairam Ramesh asked them to direct state forest departments to treat bamboo as minor forest produce. Read this letter sent by MoEF to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Letter by Shri Jairam Ramesh to Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh declaring and treating bamboo as minor forest produce.
The environmental clearance for the 6mtpa integrated steel plant at Kerjang in Orissa by JSPL project was accorded on February 22nd, 2007. Stage-1 forest clearance was given on March 20th, 2010 and final forest clearanc eof 168.232 hectares was given on October 28th, 2010. In response to a complaint dated November 6th, 2010 recieved from the Wildlife Society of India, Orissa, MoE&am
Record of proceedings of the Supreme Court of India on the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 14698/2010 on the proposed Nirma Cement Plant at Bhavnagar, Gujarat dated 18/03/2011.
This is the sixteenth report on ‘Small and Mini Hydel Projects’ pertaining to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. One of the responsibilities entrusted to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is to deal with the micro/mini/small hydropower plants upto 25 MW capacity,
A set of India-related diplomatic cables on the Indo-US nuclear deal released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, claims that an aide of Congress leader Satish Sharma had told a US diplomat that the party had paid crores to several lawmakers to ensure that they voted for the deal in Parliament.
On 6th January 2011, MoEF still took the route of coming with another Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011 under Section 3(1) and Section (2)(v) of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Rule 5(3)(d) of the Environment (Protection) Rules 1986, superseding the CRZ Notification issued on 19th February 1991.
Unless more sustainable water resource management practices are adopted by companies and individuals, almost half of the global economy - and more than half of the world's population - will be exposed to severe water scarcity by 2050.
