Haryana transfers official after nilgai, foxes, jackals, and monitor lizards found at Hisar airport, to be inaugurated by PM Modi next weekA senior Haryana wildlife official, Subhas Yadav, faced transfer due to an incorrect safety certificate for Hisar airport. The certificate ...
08 Apr, 2025, 04.40 PM IST
Centre grants in-principle approval to oil and gas exploration in Assam's hoolock gibbon sanctuaryThe Union environment ministry has approved the diversion of 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam for oil and gas exploration by Vedanta G...
14 Sep, 2024, 06.36 PM IST
Arunachal wildlife board clears border outpost, helipad in DibangChief Minister Pema Khandu chaired the 3rd meeting of the XXIII Arunachal Pradesh State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) in presence of Environmen...
17 Sep, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
SC reconstitutes oversight expert panel for Delhi-Dehradun ExpresswayOn April 8, the top court had told the NGO challenging the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) giving a go-ahead to the Delhi-Dehrad...
19 Apr, 2022, 05.49 PM IST
Wildlife board nod to border roads in Ladakh, near DokalamThe clearance will expedite border infrastructure at Demchok and Dungti, which have seen clashes between troops of the Indian Army and Chin...
25 Aug, 2021, 08.13 AM IST
Green ministry plans exempting strategic projects from long-drawn clearance process"The key point is that strategic and defence projects should not be held up for procedural reasons. While we have relaxed norms for defence...
25 Jun, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
Environment ministry's five step process to faster clearanceThe environment ministry used to be the reason behind most project delays. This seems to have changed, according to a government study of o...
04 Apr, 2016, 03.19 AM IST
Portal launched for online submission of green clearance plansThe system will enhance efficiency, transparency and accountability, besides turnaround time for activity and enhancing ease and convenienc...
18 Apr, 2015, 07.24 AM IST
- Unified single window online system for all green clearances becomes operational
The Center on Friday made operational a single window online system for submission of proposals for environment, forest and wildlife cleara...
17 Apr, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
- Forest, ecology, wildlife clearances through single portal now
In order to bring more transparency and accountability in the forest, environment and wildlife clearance process, the ministry of environme...
13 Mar, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
Home Minister Rajnath Singh for exemption of environment nod for key border projectsThe projects include border roads, fencing, border out posts, floodlighting, surveillance infrastructure, power infrastructure besides othe...
01 Sep, 2014, 09.10 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Assocham asks EC to clarify on pending environment approvalsAssocham has asked Election Commission to issue clarifications on pending project approvals sought by Environment Ministry
16 Apr, 2014, 03.27 PM IST
Delayed nod from environment authorities hit security projects at bordersA Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence termed delayed forest and wildlife clearances as “impediment” for this project.
23 Dec, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Panel nod for building Tato-Taliha road in Arunachal Pradesh for defence purposeA key green panel has proposed diversion of 57 hectares of forestland for construction of the Tato-Taliha road in Arunachal Pradesh.
18 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
CIC gives environment ministry a month to clear SAIL proposalThe company also plans to set up a beneficiation plant (with a capacity of 12.5 million tonnes) and a pellet plant of 4 million tonnes.
01 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Review projects in forests: Karnataka Elephant Task ForceA task force set up by the Karnataka high court has recommended for a time-bound review of clearances granted or pending for various projec...
20 Nov, 2012, 03.50 AM IST
- Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity
The Anil Agarwal promoted Vedanta Alumina’s plans for sourcing bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa will ha...
30 Jun, 2010, 03.53 AM IST