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INVIOLATE AREAS FOR MINING
Projects pending for forest area violations may now get a go ahead from Prakash Javadekar's ministryOfficials familiar with the matter told ET that the Javadekar-run ministry will not notify the long-pending go/no-go forest area categories.- 417 coal blocks fall in inviolate forest area and can endanger fresh water sourcesAccording to the activist firm, last year, the Forest Survey of India (FSI) assessed 825 coal blocks based on the draft parameters for iden...
- Environment ministry to declare 'inviolate' parts of forests soonMinister of Environment & Forests Prakash Javadekar told ET that “the whole issue is under examination of the ministry.”
- MoEF takes off two coal blocks from the auction list, reduces size & lease period of anotherIn a memorandum to the coal ministry on December 22, 2014, the environment ministry gave its comments on the 74 coal blocks that had been l...
- Government to define pristine forests areas by month-endThe country's coal production took a hit following the introduction of 'go' and 'no go' area by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
- Environment Ministry reworks yardsticks for giving mining nodEnvironMin is diluting current system of using 6 indicators to decide on forest areas where mining will not be permitted. Working on system...
- No clearance for captive coal blocks for UMPPs in ‘inviolate’ forest areas: MoEFBut in the event the captive coal block is not located in an “inviolate” area, MoEF will delink the clearance for the 4,000 mw projects fro...
- Ministry of Environment and Forest report misses wood for the treesThe report released by the expert committee, constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to formulate parameters for invio...
- GoM members object to MoEF report on "inviolate" areasThe Environment Ministry's report on identifying "inviolate" forest areas has met with strong objections from most of the members of the Ag...
- GoM on coal issues to meet again after Budget: Sharad PawarOn the next GoM meeting, Pawar said: "This (the meeting) will be definitely after the Budget."
- Ministerial panel to take up ‘inviolate’ forest area issue todayThe panel is also expected to take up for discussion the Morga-II coal block in Chhattisgarh.
- GoM to meet on identifying “inviolate” forest areasThe ministerial panel headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to the environment ministry’s report on identifying “inviolate” forest ar...
- GoM may take up MoEF report on "inviolate" forest areas tomorrowMorga-II coal block having geological reserves of 350 million tonne was allocated to GMDC in August 2006 for commercial use.
- Sharad Pawar to assess environment ministry's report on 'No-go' mining areasThe government has set up a nine-member Group of Ministers headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to assess the environment ministry’s...
- Environment Ministry panel suggests ban on mining in select forest areasThe work on the assessment of the forest areas where mining will not be allowed will only be taken up once the methodology suggested by the...
- Ban mining in national parks, tiger reserve areas: PanelEnvironment Ministry recommends complete ban on mining activities in areas of national parks, tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries.
- Environment ministry for clearance to infra projects on case-by-case basisThe environment ministry is veering towards considering forest clearance for coal, mining and other infrastructure projects on a case-by-ca...
- MoEF draft seeks to keep miners away from ‘Inviolate Forest Areas’The ministry's draft lists criteria for identifying forest patches where mining should be banned following the GoM on coal's decision to ju...
- Forests off limits for all mining?If the environment ministry’s draft proposal for ‘inviolate forest areas’ is accepted, large swathes of healthy forests, including national...
- Environment and forest ministry to demarcate no-go areas for mining within a monthThe environment and forest secretary will head panel to chalk out fresh criteria for the demarcation process that would decide how liberal ...
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