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TISHYARAKSHIT CHATTERJEE
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...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.34 AM IST
- 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.
18 Feb, 2013, 05.51 AM IST
- 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...
17 Feb, 2013, 07.05 PM IST
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...
04 Feb, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- 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...
11 Jul, 2012, 04.59 AM IST
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...
13 Jun, 2012, 10.54 AM IST
- 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...
13 Jun, 2012, 12.21 AM IST