PANJIM: After being on the absolute defensive for two years, mining companies are gearing up for a fresh round of litigation, this time specifically to battle and drop a word in the order that has

The government will take policy- based decisions to remove red tape and avoid discrepancies in granting environmental clearance, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar assured speedy reconstitution of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), in a meeting with other ministries in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The ministry of road transport and highways has approved road projects worth about Rs 40,000 crore, besides setting a target of building 30 km of roads a day from 2016.

NEW DELHI: The Coal Ministry has asked Central Coalfields Ltd, a CIL subsidiary, to provide details of its 14 projects that are awaiting clearances, including those pertaining to environment and fo

After kicking off its online environment clearance system for industrial and infrastructure projects, the government will launch a similar e-window platform for forest-related approval on July 1.

After giving green nods to some long pending defence projects, the government on Friday gave environment clearance to public sector undertaking GAIL for setting up a 380 mw gas-based power plant in

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The Narendra Modi government would augment the administrative support to expert committees on environment, ensure that approvals take virtually no time once due diligence is done and attempt to con

As many as 16 mining companies engaged by various cements plants in Meghalaya were found to have extracted limestone for years without getting mandatory clearances from Ministry of Environment and