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Environment Clearance (EC)

Environmental and Forest Clearance accorded from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 by Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment and Forests

Ministry of Environment & Forests from 13.07.2011 to 12.07.2012 accorded environmental clearance to 209 development projects and approved 1126 proposals involving diversion of 15, 639 hectares of forest land.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, India, Industry, Thermal Power Plants, Hydroelectricity, Coal, Mining, Highways, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forest Act 1980, Forest Conservation
Environment

Steps taken by various sectors of the Indian economy to control pollution

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this two hundred and thirtieth report on steps taken by various sectors of the Indian economy to control pollution.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2012
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Pollution Control, India, Environment, Coal, Mining, Transport, Occupational Health, Road Transport, Highways, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Noise Pollution, Emissions Inventory, Rail Transport, Energy, Power Transmission, Industry, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Forests

Posco in limbo

The National Green Tribunal's decision to suspend the environmental clearance given to Posco vindicates the project's critics.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2012
V. Venkatesan
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), POSCO, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Sundargarh (D), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Land Acquisition, Forest Clearance, High Court
Industry