The Centre on Wednesday maintained in the Supreme Court that for establishment of a desalination plant for Units 1 and 2 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, no fresh environmental clearance was required.

Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran made this submission before a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, hearing the Kudankulam case.

Non-payment of dues worth Rs 680 cr may lapse acquisition process

After an expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union environment ministry deferred green clearance for the Rs 16,000-crore Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) in Odisha, the mega power plant faces hurdle over private land acquisition. The entire process of acquisition of private land measuring 2732.56 acres runs the risk of getting lapsed for the 4000 MW plant due to non-passing of award within the statutory period.

The proposed National Investment Board (NIB) is to be reworked by the finance ministry, and it could be remodeled along the lines of cabinet committee on infrastructure.

The Justice MB Shah Commission probing the alleged mining scam in three states, today said the nature of violation varied from one to another.

With the production of bricks coming to a halt, leading to a sharp escalation in its prices, the state government has upped its efforts to convince brick kiln owners to resume production by getting

The Environment Ministry is now under the scanner of a parliamentary committee that has reportedly directed it to “properly monitor green clearances given to coal mining firms, particularly in stat

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday did not allow the Punjab government auction of a mining site without proper environmental clearance.

Environment and the idea of environmentalism — both face serious challenges in India today.

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined seven ship-breaking yards a total of Tk 34.80 lakh in Chittagong for not complying with the 56 conditions out of 62 mentioned in Environment Clea

PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday completed hearing the defences of 48 mining firms, which were accused of excess ore production in comparison to the permissions granted to them by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The validity of the Environment clearances (EC) issued by MoEF were also verified during the hearing.

Speaking to Herald, Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that the companies have been given time till October 29 to make written submissions, if any.