environment minister prakash javadekar
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 »
Deforestation and land erosion had reduced the forest cover in the last few years. However the afforestation moves taken by the government and the forest officials had helped to improve the situation and the country has recorded an increase of 5,871 square km in its forest cover in the past two years. West Bengal alone [...] Continue Reading »
If the forest area exceeds 33 % of the total land area, then the States may now be allowed exemption from compulsory afforestation in lieu of land acquired for industry. Under the current circumstances this leeway is available to a state only if its forest area was above 50% of the total land. If a certificate [...] Continue Reading »
The construction of 14 strategic line projects, chiefly in border areas, will be expedited by the Railways Ministry. The border projects on which construction work will be speeded up have not taken off thus far due to paucity of funds. The Railways Ministry has stuck to its stance that the construction of the lines will [...] Continue Reading »
