Central Vista: Delhi panel gives green nod to 'Executive Enclave' which will house new PMOThe Forest Department had on August 23 granted permission to the Central Public Works Department, the user agency, to transplant 487 of the...
Central Vista: Executive Enclave that will house new PMO awaits green nod from Delhi panelThe Delhi State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), which vets the proposals before they are sent to SEIAA, has now set up a sub-committee w...
Central Vista project: 487 trees to make way for new 'Executive Enclave'The Executive Enclave will house the new Prime Minister's Office, Cabinet Secretariat, India House and National Security Council Secretaria...
Supreme Court allows sand mining in Bihar, says ban causes huge loss to public exchequerThe top court said a balanced approach of sustainable development ensuring environmental safeguards needs to be resorted to while dealing w...
SC dismisses plea by Rustomjee arm Keystone against NGT orderA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi has upheld NGT’s order in February 2019 penalising the developer for expanding the proj...
Union Environment Minister asks Maharashtra Chief Minister to rein in SEAC and SEIAAThe government has taken the issue seriously and is on the verge of coming up with clear guidelines to stick to their brief and not get in ...
Goa: EC granted to proposed rail freight terminal put on holdThe rail freight terminal, to handle the multi-cargo has been proposed at Xelvona village of South Goa but the locals have opposed this pro...
Centre asks state green panels to speed up construction projectsThe Union Environment Ministry has directed state-level green panels to seek all relevant information at one go to ensure speedy clearances.
- Centre reconstitutes Delhi's environment authority
The Centre has reconstituted Delhi's State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for three years to deal with environmental...
State governments to rework classification of industrial units by pollution parameters“This reworking of the classification is part of an effort to ensure a stringent check on pollution,” environment minister Prakash Javadeka...
Centre asks states, UTs to issue environment clearances onlineIn states, environment approvals are issued by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and State Environment Assessment Commi...
Government reconstitutes second State Expert Appraisal Committee in MaharashtraIn Maharashtra, there are two committees; SEAC-I and SEAC-II, that appraise projects for environment clearance.
SmartCity Kochi gets environmental nodSmartCity Kochi, Kerala's ambitious information technology business township project, has received environmental clearance for the entire p...
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to get separate green panelsSEIAA and SEAC have powers to give clearance for category 'B' projects related to industry, thermal power, infrastructure, river valley and...
- MoEF constitutes state level environment assessment authority for Assam
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has constituted state level environment assessment authority (SEIAA) and State lev...
- Stone quarrying: Maharashtra yet to decide if hills can be cut
The state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) will decide whether to allow hills to be cut for stone quarrying.
- Same person should not hold SEAC and SEIAA posts: Centre
The Centre has asked state governments to comply with a court direction that same person should not hold the post of SEAC and SEIAA.