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Centre issues new power tower norms to cut forest diversionNew guidelines aim to reduce forest land diversion for power infrastructure. Improved tower and conductor designs will be adopted in forest...- Centre issues guidelines to use green credits as substitute for compensatory afforestationNew guidelines under the Green Credit Programme (GCP) allow restored forest land to be exchanged between states/UTs for compensatory affore...
- Land scarcity in Delhi, allow compensatory afforestation in neighbouring states: DDA urges CentreThe land-owning agency said the ministry should at least relax the guidelines issued under the Forest Conservation Act to allow compensator...
- Study of afforestation projects shows 70% floutedA new study on more than 2,000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country has found that 70% of the projects violated guidel...
- New guidelines to mitigate impact of roads, rail on wildlifeThe guidelines, prepared by the Dehradun's Wildlife Institute of India, will act as a template for enhanced protection of wildlife, includi...
- Centre issues guidelines for diverting forest landThe economic viability of any development project that involves diversion of forest land may now reduce with the environment ministry comin...
- 36,000 hectares of forest land diverted for infra projects last yearThe Centre had last year given its approval for diversion of 35,867 hectares of forest land in a total of 783 cases, involving infra projec...
- Consent of tribal and forest-dwellers not required to decide on diversion of forest land: Environment MinistryAccording to the environment ministry, compliance with the Forest Rights Act is to be considered only when the central government decides t...
- Diversion of 35,867-ha of forest land okayed in 2014: GovtThe government has given approval for diversion of 35,867 hectares of forest land in a total of 783 cases in 2014, Parliament was informed ...
- Diversion of 35,867-ha of forest land approved in 2014: GovernmentOn the issue of encroachment in Sunderbans forest area, he said in a separate reply that, barring two cases, there are no encroachments in ...
- Centre to discuss Forest Rights Act with states in AprilWhile the environment ministry wants to simplify the process, the tribal affairs ministry opposes any change that undermines the rights of ...
- Union Environment Ministry to discuss changes in Forest Rights ActWhile the environment ministry wants to simplify the process, the tribal affairs ministry, which oversees implementation of the Forest Righ...
- States diverting CAMPA funds for planting trees to meet other expenditureCAMPA funds are spent on construction, renovation of office infrastructure, telephones, laptops, among others.
- Interests of religious group can't supersede that of public: Delhi HCDelhi High Court has ruled that the religious interests of a community cannot be allowed to supersede the interests of public at large.
- Veerappa Moily rolls back Jayanthi Natarajan's decision on clearance for linear projectsCCI had originally asked the environment ministry to ease these norms last Jan. and the ministry had complied in Feb. 2013, only to backtra...
- Odisha to seek more time for mining lease renewal processThe decision was taken at the review meeting of the inter-departmental panel headed by development commissioner cum additional chief secret...
- Road projects can start without forest clearance: Environment ministryOn Thursday, the environment ministry appeared to dilute its stand for forest clearance as stipulated in its March 2011 guidelines.
- PMO mediates to resolve environment and road ministries standoffNHAI said that cos were walking out as delay in clearances for diversion of forest land was holding up environment approval for the entire ...
- NHAI petition baseless: Jayanti NatrajanGovernment sources said Jayanthi Natarajan has briefed Manmohan Singh and the Cabinet about the matter.
- Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan relaxes environmental clearance norms for projects requiring forest landThis move reverses Jairam Ramesh's decision to tighten guidelines in an effort to reduce the diversion of forests by making it a last resor...
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