Moving matches out of Maharashtra won't help farmers, GM crops willAgriculture accounts for almost half of all employment but only 14% of GDP. India must move people out of agriculture into industry and ser...
17 Apr, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Rs 1,000cr fund to plant trees along highways in the worksThe road transport and highways ministry is likely to set up a first of its kind Rs 1,000-crore green fund for 2016-17 to be utilised for p...
29 Mar, 2016, 04.05 AM IST
Real danger to tigers not from road traffic, but poachers: SCThe Supreme Court on Wednesday said the conservation of tigers was important, but could not be at the cost of movement of human beings from...
21 Jan, 2016, 10.22 AM IST
Manohar Parrikar feels Goa's green NGOs target issues selectively"Why they (NGOs) are silent on Mhadei issue for which the state is fighting a long legal battle (with Karnataka). Is it because it involves...
29 Dec, 2015, 11.42 AM IST
Rating system of green NGOs on the anvil: GovernmentGovernment will create a rating system to assess the performance of various green NGOs for allocation of funds after blacklisting of many o...
06 Oct, 2015, 09.09 PM IST
- Industries, NGOs to be part of Maharashtra's new afforestation plan
Maharashtra Govt announced a revised policy to boost afforestation of degraded forest land with participation from industrial establishment...
22 Jun, 2015, 10.44 PM IST
Prakash Javadekar cautions against extreme, unimplementable green ordersSpeaking exclusively to ET, Javadekar refrained from directly commenting on the National Green Tribunal but called for greater consultation...
02 May, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Prakash Javadekar cautions against extreme, unimplementable green ordersSpeaking exclusively to ET, Javadekar refrained from directly commenting on the National Green Tribunal but called for greater consultation...
02 May, 2015, 09.35 AM IST
Inputs of alleged involvement of NGOs in sponsoring stirs against nuke plants: GovernmentGreenpeace India rubbished allegations levelled by an IB report which stated that foreign funded NGOs are stalling development.
08 Jul, 2014, 03.58 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh says Greenpeace is funded domesticallyThe government cannot ask NGOs to stop their protest because their job as a protester is to protest, while the job of a government is to go...
12 Jun, 2014, 07.06 PM IST
National Green Tribunal asks MoEF to finalise Gadgil panel report on Western GhatsA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar has granted the MoEF three weeks time, as a last opportunity, to finalise the rep...
11 Apr, 2013, 03.48 PM IST
- Marine National Park to host national workshop on turtles
The two-day fifth annual Turtle Action Group Workshop will be hosted by Marine National Park (MNP) from January 12 in Jamnagar.
12 Jan, 2013, 04.14 AM IST
- US to green NGOs: Who pays for your presence at global summits?
US chief negotiator for climate change Jonathan Pershing has reminded the international green NGOs here that it pays to bring them to these...
30 Nov, 2012, 01.47 AM IST
- US to green NGOs: Who pays for your presence at global summits
The US chief negotiator for climate change Jonathan Pershing has reminded the international green NGOs at Doha that it pays to bring them t...
29 Nov, 2012, 10.52 PM IST
- Green Tribunal approached for protecting Western Ghat Eco Sensitive Zones
A group of NGOs have approached the National Green Tribunal in Delhi, seeking ban on projects in Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZs).
31 May, 2012, 12.21 PM IST
Coimbatore mayor threatens NGOs on tree-fellingThe mayor SM Velusamy on Friday passed a special resolution in the corporation council to initiate criminal proceedings against NGOs who st...
28 Apr, 2012, 03.25 AM IST
- Encouraging IT firms to adopt green ways
Encouraging green practices among IT companies and its workforce, a green IT campaign called ‘My City – Lets Make it Green’ has been initia...
15 Apr, 2012, 05.18 AM IST