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Green clearance norms eased for hydel projects

After delinking the environment and forest clearances for highway projects, the environment ministry is mulling over a proposal to relax clearance norms for hydro-power projects.

The ministry is considering a proposal that allows hydro-power projects to initiate the forest clearance process without even completing comprehensive river basin study.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2013
Kirtika Suneja
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, River Basin, Environment Management, Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna, Tawang (D), Arunachal, Dams, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Environment

Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd. Mundra, Gujarat (Sunita Narain Committee on Adani)

There is incontrovertible evidence that the Adani project – port and SEZ – at Mundra in Gujarat has violated and not complied with environmental clearance conditions says this report of a committee set up by MoEF to inspect the project. The five-member committe was headed by environmentalist Sunita Narain.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2013
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Gujarat, Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Sunita Narain, Land Reclamation, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Mangroves, Power Industry, Forest Clearance, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), High Court
Mining

Supreme Court judgement dated 18/04/2013 in W.P.(C) No.180/2011 Orissa Mining Corpn. Vs. MoEF & Ors

Supreme Court has continued a ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha considered sacred by tribals. Read text of this order dated 18 April 2013

Judgement Date: 
18/04/2013
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Supreme Court, Forest Clearance, Bauxite, Kalahandi, Rayagada (D), Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Biodiversity, Tribals, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Gram Sabhas, Forest Rights Act 2006, Dongria Kondh, Mines Act 1957
Forests

Vasant Kunj residents allege PWD chopping trees again

Five days after the National Green Tribunal issued a bailable warrant against the chief executive engineer of the PWD for failing to appear in court in the matter of illegal tree felling along the

Publication Date: 
15/04/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Forests, Trees, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Roads, Forest Clearance, Deforestation
Energy

Luhri project gets stage-I clearance from Centre

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has accorded stage-I forest clearance to a redesigned Luhri project with the installed capacity scaled down from 775 MW to 588 MW to address environmen

Publication Date: 
05/04/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance, Hydroelectricity, Himachal Pradesh, Afforestation
Environment

Environment clearance for projects worth Rs. 45,000 crore at breakneck speed

The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) seems to be helping to raze green speed-bumps — ruffling the feathers of environment and tribal activists in the process — with environment clearances havi

Publication Date: 
05/04/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Roads, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance, Gram Sabhas, Tribals
Mining

12 coal projects identified for speedy clearance within a month

The government today said 12 coal mining projects, entailing an investment of Rs 1,347 crore, has been identified for speedy clearances within a month.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance
Habitat And Urbanisation

Over 100 PMGSY projects awaiting forest clearances: JK govt

As many as 125 projects taken up in Jammu and Kashmir under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, the Centrally-funded scheme for expansion of rural road network, are awaiting clearances by the forest

Publication Date: 
04/04/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Roads, Rural Roads, Forest Clearance, Ecosystems, Environment, Forests, Water Resources, Habitat And Urbanisation, Jammu & Kashmir
Economy

Manmohan Singh's address at the CII National Conference

Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's address at the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday:

Publication Date: 
03/04/2013
Tags:
India, Economy, Development, Farmers, Economic Development, Brazil, Subsidies, GDP, Energy, infrastructure, Oil, Oil Exploration, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Jharkhand, Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Roads, Power Transmission, Tribals, Forest Clearance, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Ministry of Power, Coal, Natural Gas, Corruption, Supreme Court
Environment

Infra projects worth 7 lakh cr stuck in red tape

New Delhi: Projects worth over Rs 7 lakh crore — which is equivalent to almost half the government spending in the current financial year — are held up in the absence of environmental and forest cl

Publication Date: 
21/03/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Infrastructure Development, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Power Industry, Land Acquisition, Roads, Power Transmission, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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