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Environment Ministry publishes a compendium of gazette notifications and office memoranda under EIA Notification, 2006

Publication Date: 
28/11/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), India, Environment, Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Public Hearing, Wildlife
Environment

NDA govt changing 'environment of environment min': Javadekar

Claiming that the NDA government was "changing the environment of the Environment Ministry", Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said he has taken steps to improve the work culture of its offici

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Construction Industry, Development, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

Environment panel lacking in locus standi

A high-level committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and headed by the former Cabinet Secretary of India, TSR Subramanium with the alleged i

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Environment, Legislation, North East, Hydroelectricity, Right To Information (RTI), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding asbestos mining operations in India, 21/11/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Environics Trust V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 21/11/2014 regarding asbestos mining operations in India. In the application the Applicant has prayed that the Tribunal should direct the appropriate authorities to immediately stop all asbestos mining operations in the country and ensure their scientific closure.

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Judgement Date: 
21/11/2014
Tags:
Asbestos, Mining, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa (Odisha), Occupational Health
Environment

Report of the High Level Committee on Forest and Environment Related Laws (T.S.R. Subramanian Committee Report)

A high level committee headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, set up to review the country's green laws and the procedures followed by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, has suggested appropriate amendments to align them with the government's economic development agenda.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Regulations, India, Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1980, Wildlife Act 1972, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Forest Act 1927, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, CRZ Clearance (Coastal Clearance), Wildlife Clearance
Environment

Less red tape for green clearances

The central government is working to substantially cut red tape at the environment ministry by doing away with multiple applications for all the green clearances that a project developer requires.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

Strengthen institutions, reform laws and streamline processes

Even as the high level committee formed by Modi government proposes a new Environment Loss Management Act, see this agenda for improving environmental governance submitted by Centre for Science and Environment.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2014
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Environment, Governance, India, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Forest Clearance, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Coastal Regulations, Legislation, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Industry, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Forests

Country loses huge chunk of forest to infrastructure projects

India lost a chunk of its forest wealth in the first six months of 2014 as regional offices and State Advisory Groups (SAGs) of the Environment Ministry approved 50 of the 65 proposals which requir

Publication Date: 
01/11/2014
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Forests, Infrastructure Development, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forest Rules 2003, Forest Clearance, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Deforestation
Environment

PCCF puts Adani land diversion on hold

NAGPUR: A week after the state government allowed forest land diversion of 148 hectares for Adani Power's thermal power plant expansion plans in Tiroda (Gondia district), the office of the principa

Publication Date: 
31/10/2014
Shishir Arya, Vijay Pinjarkar
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Adani, Forests, Land, Thermal Power Plants, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environment Clearance (EC), Wildlife, Forest Clearance, Tiger Reserves, Environment
Mining

Divisional forest officers can give land for temporary mining projects

The decision will now lie with the district-level forest administrator, the divisional forest officer (DFO), to give away forest land to miners in such cases

Publication Date: 
30/10/2014
Nitin SethI, Somesh Jha
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Land, Trees, Forest Clearance, Ministry of Mines, Forest Act 1980, Deforestation

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