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VIOLATIONS OF GREEN NORMS
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari voices concern over concretisation of Kolkata, says green cover rules were being ignoredWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has launched a major tree plantation drive. The campaign aims to plant 1.10 crore trees across ...
Delhi hotel Fire: Who is Lavkesh Bajaj, Malviya Nagar hotel owner, and how did a six-room B&B become a 25-room hotel?Lavkesh Bajaj hotel owner: A devastating fire at Flourish Stay B&B in Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives. Owner Lavkesh Bajaj is now under inve...
GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...
Another trade war? EU fires first shot in economic clash with ChinaEU is planning a major shift in its industrial policy through the proposed “Made in Europe” framework under the Industrial Accelerator Act,...
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
'Polluter pays' principle must not be reduced to 'pollute and pay', SC toldThe Supreme Court heard arguments on retrospective environmental clearances, with one lawyer arguing prior clearance is a vital safeguard, ...
NGT directs granite company in Haryana to pay Rs 3 crore interim compensation for violating green normsThe bench said the lease in favour of the project proponent (PP) or the company commenced in October 2017 and environmental clearance (EC) ...
Green ministry mulls Big Fines for violations of environmental normsThe Environment Protection Act of 1986 is the umbrella legislation for addressing all environmental issues in India. A fine only up to a la...
Emission norms: SC asks NGT to consider expanding scope of Volkswagen case to other car makersThe top court also asked the NGT to hear the Union Ministry of Road and Transport in the case.
NGT tells CIL to deposit Rs 10 cr bank guarantee in green norm violation complaintState-owned miner Coal India has been directed to deposit a bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore by NGT which is hearing a case for environmental ...
Bill to increase penalties for green norms violation under consultationA bill which will drastically increase penalties for those violating green norms is under consultations and will be tabled in the Winter Se...
PIL accuses two Adani Power firms of violation of green normsThe bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala also sought replies from the state government and the Centre.
- Liberal norms under Moily's watch worry green groups
Union environment ministry's liberal approach under the new minister M Veerappa Moily has made the green groups worried.
Green groups take on Moily, saying his move will dismantle environment regulatory controlUnion environment ministry’s liberal approach under the new minister M Veerappa Moily has made the green groups worried.
NGT strikes down green ministry’s nod for Korba thermal power plantWithin five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone i...
- Now, any citizen can move National Green Tribunal to report violations
Violations of green norms and clearances can be appealed against by any citizen and not just someone directly or indirectly affected by a p...
Odisha identifies 111 mining companies violating green normsMining in Odisha has virtually come to a grinding halt with the state government limiting iron ore mining only for captive consumption.
- 'Violation of green norms should attract stiff fine, even jail'
Jayanthi Natarajan today pitched for harsh penalty, even imprisonment, for violation of environmental guidelines by corporates.
- Action against housing society in Mumbai within 3 days: Ramesh
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said action against Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violation of green norms will be tak...
- FAC advises Environment Ministry reject forest nod to Posco
In a setback to South Korean giant Posco's Rs 54,000 crore integrated steel plant in Orissa, a forestry panel has advised the Union Environ...