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Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
'Insult to science, make a mockery of EIA process': Jairam Ramesh on Great Nicobar projectSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escal...
Centre defends exemptions for strategic, atomic mineral miningThe Centre has rejected Tamil Nadu's request to withdraw an exemption for critical mineral mining projects from public consultation. The Un...
Willing to translate, publish draft EIA in 22 vernacular languages, Centre tells HCThe court's order had come on a PIL by environmental conservationist Vikrant Tongat, seeking publication of the notification in all vernacu...
Giving "thoughtful consideration" to HC view to translate draft EIA in 22 languages: CentreThe high court on February 25 had observed that its view that the draft EIA be translated in all 22 languages should not be taken so "comba...
HC asks Centre not to take court's view combatively on having EIA draft in all languages"View taken by the court should not be taken so combatively by the Union government," a special bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justic...
Why Centre resisting direction to translate draft EIA in all vernacular languages: Delhi High CourtA special bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said the government would have to understand the objections in local l...
Draft EIA notification doesn't give exemptions from public consultations to industries: MinistryIn a separate reply, Supriyo also rebutted the objections raised by the United Nations' Special Rapporteur, an independent expert appointed...
Plea for 60 days more to respond to translated draft EIA 2020; Delhi High Court seeks Centre's standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Environment Ministry on the application which seeks modif...
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi seek withdrawal of EIA 2020Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the government of dismantling India's environment rules and demanded tha...
Rahul Gandhi's objections to draft EIA 'unnecessary and premature', says JavadekarSpeaking to the media after an event to celebrate World Elephant Day, Javadekar said, "Saw reaction of some leaders demanding protest again...
HC extends time till Aug 11 for giving suggestions to draft EIA 2020A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan passed the order after the Environment Ministry did not address the court's qu...
UPA and NDA governments allowed Sterlite to skip public hearing for green nodVedanta obtained exemption from public consultation for its copper smelter plant expansion project claiming on the ground that it was locat...
Now, truant companies may get green nod after paying upThe environment ministry under the draft proposes to have an Environmental Supplemental Plan (ESP) under which a group of experts may decid...
Now, truant cos may get green nod after paying up
Government to allow accredited consultants to prepare EIA/EMP reportThe Ministry will also prepare a panel of national-level reputed educational and research institutions to work as environmental consultant ...
- MoEF asks HPCL to hold public hearing for Rajasthan Plant
The EAC also said the draft EIA/EMP report should be submitted to Rajasthan Pollution Control Board before the public hearing.
- Dams destroying fisheries, livelihoods
The Delhi-based South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (Sandrap) has urged the Union ministry of environment forests (MoEF) and its ex...
- Green ministry draws flak for using half-baked info to grant mining project
A clearance given by the Union environment and forests ministry on the basis of half-baked information has drawn flak in the maiden judgmen...
- House panel asks PM to defer EIA legislation
A parliamentary panel has asked Manmohan Singh to defer legislating on the new EIA notification, alleging it undermined the federal charact...