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Industry

Survey on business regulatory environment for manufacturing: state level assessment

The study has provided a baseline assessment of the states with regards to their business regulatory environment based on their existing policies & practices as well as end user experience of the manufacturing industries in the state.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2014
Planning Commission
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Industry, Environment, India, Economic Development, Environment Clearance (EC), Finance, Workers, Infrastructure Development, Land Acquisition, Buildings
Dams/ Irrigation

Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan region: unjustified projects when better options exist

Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates, these dams will submerge more than 22,000 hectares land, including over 7000 of forests and 750 hectares of Tansa Sanctuary.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2014
Parineeta Dandekar, Himanshu Thakkar
South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP)
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Dams, Western Ghats, Mumbai, Tribals, Water Demand, Water Management, Water Supply, Sanitation, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Wildlife
Habitat And Urbanisation

Expressways delayed due to land, environment issues: Road Min

Delays in land acquisition and environment clearances have hampered the progress of expressways in the country, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes said.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Roads, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Land Acquisition, Environment, Environment Clearance (EC), Urbanisation, Habitat And Urbanisation, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Environment

Green nod pendency dips as CCI fires up environment ministry

Decision-making at the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) quickened after January 2013, when a freshly-formed Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) started inducing vigour to the process, r

Publication Date: 
28/02/2014
Kirtika Suneja
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Vishakhapatnam (D), Thermal Power Plants, Jharkhand, Hydroelectricity, Coal, Mining, Chhattisgarh, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Environment
Environment

PMO pulled out all stops to weaken eco, forest norms

Some changes were ordered on the direct instructions of the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister’s office has repeatedly ordered and orchestrated dilution of environment and forest clearances in order to fast-pace industrial projects, documents with The Hindu show.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
Nitin SethI
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006, Public Hearing, Tribals, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Western Ghats, Environment
Sanitation

MPCB proposes tougher sewage treatment norms

Stringent and uniform standards for sewage treatment in residential buildings and industries with more than 20,000 sq m built-up area is in the offing.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has proposed that all sewage treatment plants should meet inland freshwater discharge standards to promote recycling and reusing of treated waste. The pollution control board has invited suggestions for and objections to the proposal.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
Manish Umbrajkar
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Wastewater Recycling, Environment Clearance (EC), Sewage Pollution, River Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Land Pollution, Sanitation
Mining

IMG Gives More Time to 10 cos For Green OK

Govt reviewing the allocation of 61 blocks that have not started production

The inter-ministerial group, which is reviewing allocation of coal blocks, has decided to give more time to 10 companies to obtain final forest and environment clearance for the eight blocks that have not yet started production.

Publication Date: 
26/02/2014
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Hindustan Aluminium Company (HINDALCO), Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO), ArcelorMittal, LANCO Infratech, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd, Cement Industry, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC)
Environment

Will green trouble halt the Adani juggernaut?

A large chunk of Adani Ports and SEZ's income comes from the port; the current litigation over alleged environmental damages is unlikely to affect it

With over a dozen law suits pending against the Gautam Adani-promoted Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), there is gloom hanging over India's largest multi-product economic zone. Spread over 6,473 hectares, it has been taken to court on charges ranging from violation of environmental norms to destruction of natural resources.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2014
Premal Balan
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Kuchchh, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sunita Narain, Mangroves, Ecology, CSE, Environment
Environment

Environment nod for NTPC's Rs 15,000-cr North Karanpura project

The 1,980 Megawatt project has been at the centre of a controversy and inter-ministerial tussle surrounding its location

In a major achievement for power generator NTPC Ltd, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given environmental clearance for a reworked plan of the company’s Rs 15,000-crore North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project to come up in Jharkhand.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2014
Sudheer Pal Singh
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Chatra (D), Thermal Power Plants, Environment Clearance (EC), Land Acquisition, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding fixing the limits of Eco-Sensitive Area in respect of Okhla Bird Sanctuary, 25/02/2014

This NGT order dated 25/02/2014 regarding fixing the limits of Eco-Sensitive Area in respect of Okhla Bird Sanctuary. notes that Uttar Pradesh Government has sent its proposal recommending 100 meters as Eco-Sensitive Zone near the Okhla Bird Sanctuary and is pending before the MoEF, the Government of Delhi is yet to send its proposal. Read the text.

Judgement Date: 
25/02/2014
Tags:
Sanctuaries, Birds, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industry, Environment Clearance (EC)

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