MoEF plans to tweak clearance normsMoEF plans to delink clearances for coal and environment for UMPPs, which could stretch the award process , said people familiar with the d...
08 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
National Green Tribunal slams MoEF for not submitting data on asbestos miningThe National Green Tribunal has slammed the Environment Ministry (MoEF) for failing to produce data related to asbestos mining in various s...
20 May, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
Protecting Western Ghats: Environment ministry gets nod for final draftThe green bench categorically said that no fresh environmental clearance or permissions should be issued by MoEF till it issues the final n...
26 Sep, 2014, 05.21 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government backs 100m radius for Okhla eco zoneThe fresh proposal, sent to the MoEF, is consistent with the state's earlier stand on the restricted area around the sanctuary.
29 Aug, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
Don't appoint inexperienced persons in Expert Appraisal Committee: NGT tells MoEFThe EACs are responsible for looking into projects which apply for environmental clearances and giving recommendations to the MoEF.
17 Jul, 2014, 08.25 PM IST
- NGT slams MoEF and state governments for neglecting solid waste disposal
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bhopal bench has slammed Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and R...
06 May, 2014, 06.00 PM IST
- Centre lukewarm to Kerala’s concerns on Western Ghats issue
In a move that could have damaging political fallout for the UDF leadership, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has categorical...
28 Feb, 2014, 01.21 AM IST
NGT summons Environment Secy over MoEF's absence from hearingsSurjit Singh, Jt Secy, MoEF, present on behalf of MoEF, said that he looks after the administrative affairs of NGT and has nothing to do wi...
01 Dec, 2013, 12.38 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
- 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...
07 Feb, 2013, 02.54 AM IST
- Demolish Adarsh as it lacks green nod, says MoEF official
Bharat Bhushan told a two-member inquiry commission set up by the state government to probe into the scam, that the Adarsh building stands ...
06 Aug, 2012, 11.12 PM IST
- Make Western Ghat report public: HC to MoEF
In a rebuff to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the Delhi High Court has dismissed its plea against making public an ecology...
20 May, 2012, 03.30 AM IST
- Ministerial turf war could render green min toothless
In what could render the Union forests and environment ministry (MoEF) toothless, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has told ...
11 Mar, 2012, 04.24 AM IST
- Orissa submits assurance report to MoEF to clear hurdles for Posco's steel plant
The Orissa government shot off a letter to the MoEF assuring that no tribal inhabitants and OTFDs were living at the proposed Posco project...
14 Apr, 2011, 10.33 PM IST
- Open for dialogue with MoEF on Lavasa: Ajit Gulabchand
HCC Chairman Ajit Gulabchand today said the company was open to a dialogue with the Ministry of Environment and Forests for finding the "mo...
21 Jan, 2011, 09.29 PM IST
- MoEF hears Lavasa on stop-work order
A panel comprising the top officials of MoEF heard both with Lavasa Corporation justifying its project and saying that it required no clear...
10 Dec, 2010, 08.23 AM IST
- Mining projects getting stuck at govt's green stamp counter
MoEF is facing acute manpower shortage for scrutinising environment-related data furnished by companies, leading to delay in execution of s...
25 Aug, 2008, 02.15 AM IST