Large green patches, apart from recorded forests, to get protection. Clarity to help industry

In what could trigger fresh controversies, the NDA Government at the Centre during the last two years has accorded environment and forest clearance to several hydroelectric projects that have a co

The Environment Ministry today released state-wise list of public utility projects which have been given forest and environmental clearances between May 2014 and April this year, highlighting the p

A high-level panel of the environment ministry has recommended granting clearance to diversion of forest land for state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd's coal mining project in Andhra Prades

A software will be prepared for monitoring of key activities

For Prakash Javadekar's environment ministry, Jairam Ramesh's go/no-go policy is a no-go, at least for now.

The Rs 10,000-crore project requires diversion of 5,258 hectares of forest land, including 4,141 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve.

Shimla: The decision of National Green Tribunal (NGT) to refer the 130MW Kashang hydropower project in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh back to the affected gram sabhas has left tribal resident

India's green cover is fast depleting, 34,620 hectares gone in two years