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Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said online submission of applications for environmental and forest clearances and online monitoring has helped ease the process a lot, cutting delays to a great extent. Outlining the ministry’s achievements in the first 100 days of his being at the helm, the minister said powers would be delegated to [...] Continue Reading »
With Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar having asserted that delay in green clearances will not be tolerated, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has requested the newly-formed Union Government to set up an independent regulator so as to speed up green clearances. In its request made to the Narendra Modi-led new government on Wednesday, advocacy [...] Continue Reading »
The environment minister has given green signal to around 3,265 km of road projects which were on hold for about two years. The cost of these stuck road projects is worth Rs 28,663 crore. In 2011, the forest minister made environment and forest clearances compulsory for starting construction of highways. These clearances were made mandatory [...] Continue Reading »
