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ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CHALLENGES
When environmental rules stall housing, not pollutionIndia's environmental clearance process often delays urban housing projects, raising costs and slowing jobs without improving protection. A...
Green power push gets grid backingIndia is setting standard timelines for power transmission projects. This aims to match infrastructure development with new electricity gen...
Buy, Sell or Hold: Morgan Stanley maintains underweight on Wipro; HDFC Securities upgrades Stylam IndustriesBrokerages remain selective on Indian equities, with Morgan Stanley maintaining an underweight stance on Wipro due to growth concerns. HDFC...
West Bengal’s Delhi wall may disappear: What schemes could BJP rule in Kolkata unlock?West Bengal's long-standing political clashes with the central government over welfare schemes are set to change. With the BJP now in power...
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...
Why are copper prices near high and will the momentum continue?Copper prices remain near record levels, supported by AI-driven data centre demand, global electrification, tight mine supply and geopoliti...
Establish 'GST-like' industrial land council for dispute resolution: CIIIndustry lobby CII proposes a National Industrial Land Council, mirroring the GST framework, to standardize regulations and resolve dispute...
CII suggests GIS-enabled land bank, uniform stamp duty to speed up acquisitionThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has proposed a unified national industrial land bank with a GIS-enabled system to streamline lan...
India highway sector sees 7-year low in construction and new project awards2025-26 marked a pivotal moment in India’s transport landscape as highway development and new project allocations sank to levels unseen in ...
SC refuses to interfere with environmental nod for Kozhikode-Wayanad tunnelThe Supreme Court has dismissed a plea against the environmental clearance for the Kozhikode-Wayanad tunnel. The court stated the project i...
'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, ...
Jairam Ramesh files petition in SC challenging ex post facto environmental clearancesJairam Ramesh has filed a Supreme Court petition against retrospective environmental clearances. He stated these clearances are unlawful an...
Should be struck down: Jairam after SC stays govt decision on ex post facto environmental clearanceCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has called for a strikedown of office memorandum issued by the Environment Ministry allowing ex po...
NGT puts question mark over Akshardham expansion nodIn case of Akshardham, while the construction allegedly started in 2011, the EC was granted by the SEIAA in July 2013.
Reliance Power's Chhatrasal coal mine environmental clearance challenged in NGTThe Centre had allocated Moher, Moher-Amroli extension and Chhatrasal coal mines in Singrauli coalfields to Sasan Power Ltd.
Supreme Court to hear plea against Adani SEZ closure on ThursdaySC will hear a petition filed against partial shutdown of several manufacturing units in Mundra Special Economic Zone over lack of environm...
Green Tribunal reserves verdict on Adani's pleaNGT today reserved its verdict on Adani Pench Power Ltd's plea against its earlier order rejecting the co's contention that a challenge to ...
Kudankulam nuclear plant can be stopped if not found safe: Supreme CourtSC today made it clear that it can stop commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant if it finds that the mandatory safety requireme...
- Ramesh seals Vedanta fate, now courts to decide
Sealing the fate of Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri hills, Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh cancelled the environment...
- Andhra govt moves HC over NEAA order on Polavaram
Andhra Pradesh government moved the High Court challenging the order of National Environmental Appellate Authority quashing the environment...