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AFFORESTATION IN INDIA
Afforestation, dolphin revival show life returning to Ganga under Namami Gange: NMCGThe Namami Gange program has brought ecological revival to the Ganga river. Large-scale afforestation efforts have led to forest cover alon...- Environment Ministry's advisory panel gives nod for forest diversion to build Kalai-II hydel project in ArunachalThe Environment Ministry's forest advisory committee has given the green light for the Kalai-II hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh,...
- Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
- 'Insult to science, make a mockery of EIA process': Jairam Ramesh on Great Nicobar projectSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escal...
- Great Nicobar project concerns must be debated in parliamentary forum; govt rattled by Rahul Gandhi's visit: CongressThe Congress party has detailed serious concerns regarding the Great Nicobar project. They highlight ecological damage, tribal rights viola...
- Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
- With just a bicycle and seeds in his pocket, he planted 1 crore trees: Telangana’s 'Tree Man' proved how one person can change IndiaWith just a bicycle and a pocket full of seeds, Telangana’s ‘Tree Man’ Daripalli Ramaiah planted over 10 million trees, creating one of the...
- India bets on green credits, but could they reward deforestation?Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Green Credit Programme (GCP), showcased at COP28, could potentially benefit businesses responsible fo...
- PSUs in coal sector brought 18,849 hectares under green cover in last 10 years: GovtThe coal public sector units have identified about 3,075 hectares of afforested non-forest de-coaled land suitable for Accredited Compensat...
- Centre may allow compensatory afforestation in neighbouring states for forest land diverted in DelhiA senior DDA official said it has denied several requests by user agencies, including the National Highway Authority of India and Railways,...
- Forest cover in NE states: Parliamentary panel asks environment ministry to arrest declining trend
- Community forests, common lands threatened by new plantation guidelines
- Centre may rope in banks to boost forest cover
- Government mulling involving public sector in afforestation"The government has formulated policy guidelines for participation of public sector in afforestation in degraded forest areas." Prakash Jav...
- Government hopes to free Rs 40,000 crore fund soon for afforestationThe Centre is hopeful that the bill to utilize close to Rs 40,000 crore currently locked in the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management ...
- Cabinet approves unlocking of Rs 38,000 crore compensatory afforestation fundThe proposed law aims at unlocking the mega corpus by moving it to the non-lapsable interest bearing funds under the Public Accounts of Ind...
- RPower's Sasan power project got undue favour from MoEF: CAGRPower's Sasan power project received undue favour from the environment ministry that gave forest clearance to the project in violation of ...
- CAG pulls up Environment Ministry for extending 'undue favours' to Sasan Power LimitedSPL was a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) but in August 2007 it was transferred to Reliance Power Limited.
- Bill for statutory afforestation fund introduced in LSA Bill to establish a statutory fund and a Management Authority to undertake a massive afforestation programme was introduced in the Lok Sa...
- Bill soon to create special fund for afforestationIntending to maintain a rational balance between conservation and development, the Centre would soon bring in a bill to create a special au...
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