Other key suggestions in the report are that the no detention policy in schools should be applicable till Class V and exams should be held ...

Smriti Irani said when the process of drafting NEP was initiated, it was promised that before putting anything in public domain, the opinio...

Venkaiah Naidu’s habit of reprimanding erring party MPs on how to go about their work, has earned him the sobriquet of ‘Big Brother’ among ...

CSE had deposed before the Parliamentary Committee during the review of the High-Level Subramanian Committee (HLC) report.

A bill which will drastically increase penalties for those violating green norms is under consultations and will be tabled in the Winter Se...

A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the performance of the government agencies responsible for environment protection.

Government may be in a hurry to bring changes in existing green laws to make them in sync with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developme...

Rules regarding management of solid, plastic, bio-medical and e-waste have been put on the government's portal and people's suggestions are...

"This report seeks to hit at the very base of a series of Acts including the Environment Protection Act, Forests Conservation Act and Wildl...

Jaitley cut the allocation of funds for the MoEF and Climate Change to Rs 1,681.60 crore from Rs 1,764.60 crore in the ministry’s revised e...

All projects with a built up area of 20,000 to 1,50,000 sq m, irrespective of location, will not be required to get clearances from the env...

The committee includes the environment minister, road minister Nitin Gadkari, chemicals and fertilizers water resources minister Uma Bharti.

Javadekar’s comments came close on the heels of the apprehensions expressed by civil society organisations that the govt may be keen to dil...

Panel took note of views of experts against backdrop of several "reservations" and "apprehensions" expressed by them about recommendations ...

The panel is being perceived with apprehension by many civil society organizations who think it may be making environmental regulations len...

Ex-cabinet secretary Subramanian said “the effort has been to reduce the inspector raj system” and use “technology to monitor and ensure co...

The 1927 legislation was based on the Indian Forest Act of 1878, which aimed to consolidate and reserve areas with forest cover or signific...