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West Bengal's Rs 4.39 lakh crore Budget under BJP aims to bury 'syndicate raj', woo investorsWest Bengal's new government unveiled a Rs 4.39 lakh crore budget prioritizing fiscal restructuring and job creation. Finance Minister Swap...
Green channel based on China model likely to speed up ecommerce shipmentsThe dedicated ecommerce export hubs will have warehousing facilities for easy storage, customs clearance, returns processing, labelling, te...
No 'quick nod' for mobile towers to impact projects in remote areasThe FAC has held that this was not 'tenable' as the special dispensation was only for public utility projects implemented by a government d...
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...
Delay of green clearances in 89% cases: CAGWhile 216 projects were sampled for the grant of environmental clearance, post-EC monitoring was checked against 352 projects.
Government fast-tracks permission process to build homesThe notification brings building project of the size of 5,000 sq metres to less than 20,000sq metres within the ambit of fulfilling "enviro...
High-level panel suggests single window system for green nods"Operative instructions need to be reviewed because of the inordinate time taken in clearing proposals, especially when composite approvals...
Investors will soon track status of green nod online; move to bring transparencyA similar system is also being mulled for the time-consuming procedures and uncertain outcomes that govern India’s mining clearances regime.
Government to streamline tardy green clearance processIndia Inc also flagged that projects get delayed right at the start as it takes time to get the terms of reference (ToR) for each project.
- Liberal norms under Moily's watch worry green groups
Union environment ministry's liberal approach under the new minister M Veerappa Moily has made the green groups worried.
Green groups take on Moily, saying his move will dismantle environment regulatory controlUnion environment ministry’s liberal approach under the new minister M Veerappa Moily has made the green groups worried.
SC asks Sterlite to pay Rs100 Crore for flouting green lawsSC ruled that courts should not normally interfere with the environmental clearances granted by executive and statutory authorities.
- PMO helps bury NHAI-MoEF hatchet over green clearances
The face-off between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) over green clearanc...
- PMO pushes for dilution of green clearance procedures
PMO has stepped in to push for dilution of green norms, this time asking environment ministry to render need for projects to comply with FR...
- Tribunal cancels environmental clearance to Jindal Steel's Chhattisgarh project
The National Green Tribunal has cancelled the environmental clearance given to the Jindal Steel and Power Company's coal mining and washery...
- MoEF working on online system for faster coal project clearances
The development follows PMO's directing CIL to sign fuel supply agreement with the power producers with 80 per cent assured delivery.
- Posco verdict not a setback to government's green policies: Jayanthi Natarajan
The National Green Tribunal order suspending environmental clearance to Posco is not a setback to government's green policies.
- Coal India's three projects recommended for green clearance
An Environment Ministry's panel has recommended Coal India's three projects, including one for capacity augmentation, for green clearance.
- Only 25 per cent coal projects delayed by more than 1 yr: Ministry of Environment and Forests
Not agreeing to a GoM-appointed panel's report that forest clearance procedures were leading to up to 6 yrs of delays in coal projects.
- Delays in grant of green clearance hurt production plans: CIL
The delays are hurting the production of 200 million tonnes of coal per annum. CIL chairman said that forest clearances should be granted w...