environment clearance
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai), state unit, come forward demanding an increase in the project sizes that need environment clearances. As per their needs, the size should be increased from the current 20,000 sq. m to 1 lakh sq. m. The chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Union environment minister, [...] Continue Reading »
The Government is all set to roll out Rs 2 lakh crore worth of infrastructure projects this year. “We have cleared bottlenecks. It is easy to construct express highways but difficult to get environment clearance. However, we are removing hurdles. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadari addressing the annual convention of Society of Indian [...] Continue Reading »
Complaining to the Centre for not completing the several process of environment clearance to the Adani Group’s Mundra Ports and the Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) in Gujarat, the apex court gave the last chance to the MoEF to for completing the necessary and stated that the secretary and the director was personally responsible for all [...] Continue Reading »
In Mumbai, there are about 900 residential flats currently along with industrial township projects in the state who are hoping to get that the environment clearance will soon receive a push. On Monday, the Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has mentioned and assured that the state will pretty soon take up the demand of the [...] Continue Reading »
In a highly noteworthy move aimed at expediting green clearances for industrial and infrastructure projects, the Government announced on Thursday that it has kicked off online environment clearances for projects. The government’s decision to go online with green clearances underscores a very significant move, especially given the fact that a number of industrial and infrastructure [...] Continue Reading »
Accelerating infrastructure projects is key for the new government to grow India at 8-10% levels, sings India Inc in chorus. However, experts have chimed in saying it would take at least 12 to 18 months for this recovery to occur. According to a Barclays equity research report, expectation is afoot that projects worth $25 billion [...] Continue Reading »
A five star hotel Shangri-La at Lower Parel was constructed without the environment clearance. It is also claimed that the 39 storey hotel was constructed on the partial premise of High Street Phoenix. The Ministry of Environment and Forest’s state expert appraisal committee has visited the construction site recently and confirmed that the structure has [...] Continue Reading »
