PANJIM: The contentious cessation of mining operations in Goa will figure at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on December 27, wherein Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would bat for an early decision on environment clearances (ECs) to mining leases, currently suspended by the Ministry of Environment and Forest.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Parrikar said that since the ECs issue is with Union government, I would take up with the matter with Dr Singh, and request him thrash out an urgent solution, rather than wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the information provided by Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on mining to the Supreme Court was "questionable."

The environment ministry has simplified the procedures for granting clearances to special economic zones as it seeks to shed the anti-industry image.

The newly-formed Cabinet Commitment on Investment (CCI), floated by the government to fast-track big-ticket projects, has its task cut out.

Among the 198 mega central sector projects costing over R1,000 crore under implementation, nearly half, or 81, are running behind schedule. These include seven projects being executed by the railways that are delayed by more than a decade, according to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation’s latest project status estimate (updated till the end of July).

After digging deep into the mining activity in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today gave the go-ahead to the auction of mines in five districts — Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ropar, Mohali and

Assures environment minister that it would not undermine authority of individual ministries to say yes or no to specific proposals

Visakhapatnam: The department of atomic energy, under the aegis of the Prime Minister, has accepted the proposal of the Nuclear Power Corpo-ration of India Limited to increase capacity of the Kovvada Nuclear Park from 6,000 MW to 9,500 MW.

According to DAE’s earlier clearances, the nuclear park’s capacity was barely 6,000 MW, since the DAE had, in principle, allowed the capacity of each reactor to produce above 1,000 MW. With the aim of utilising the maximum capacity of the generation-II technology of GE reactors made in the US, which are to be installed in the Kovvada Nuclear Park, NPCIL authorities have recently held talks with the ministry of environment and forests to hike KNP’s capacity.

Over a month after an expert appraisal committee recommended the Peddar Road flyover for coastal zone regulation (CRZ) clearance, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is still

The Pedder Road flyover has got environmental clearance from the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), thus crossing perhaps the final hurdle on its way.