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NITI Aayog-European Union panel bats for efficient use of resourcesThe report on 'Strategy on Resource Efficiency', released yesterday also suggested capacity development at various levels for strengthening...
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...
90% of coal-bearing forests could be mined, says Forest Survey of IndiaThe FSI has, at the request of the ministry, conducted an assessment to determine how much of the forests should be kept out of bounds of m...
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...
- Ministerial panel to take up ‘inviolate’ forest area issue today
The panel is also expected to take up for discussion the Morga-II coal block in Chhattisgarh.
- GoM to meet on identifying “inviolate” forest areas
The ministerial panel headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to the environment ministry’s report on identifying “inviolate” forest ar...
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 for clearance to infra projects on case-by-case basis
The 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...