Chief Secretary N Ravi Shankar said that in order to accelerate the pace of all round development of the State, forest clearances should be accorded top priority.

60% of the coal blocks had secured environment clearance and a similar number had also received their forest clearances

The new route will increase the distance between Kaliabor and Numaligarh by 95 km

There will be no more delays in getting environment clearance for forest-related projects, as every application will be routed online from now onwards.

The 3,000-Mw project got the panel's nod by allowing the NHPC to reduce the dam height by only 10 metres - a proposal which had been rejected only a month ago by environment ministry

The Modi regime has made as many as 30 interventions in India's green clearances regime resulting in significant and, from the standpoint of industry, positive changes.

Several environment and civil society groups and activists have opposed the move of the Central government to accord environment and forest clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project and

These mines awaiting second and subsequent renewal are under temporary closure and are awaiting express orders of the state government to restart operations

Coal miners may have an easier time dealing with the environment ministry, which is trying to relax restrictions and reduce the forest area where mineral extraction is forbidden, but mining firms c

It could take a year or more for redistribution of the coal blocks if environment and forest clearances are made mandatory