Ministry of Environment and Forests
India is seriously lagging behind when it comes to completing the National Highways as per the target set during financial years. Over 6,300 km of National Highways were targeted to be completed during the current fiscal. However, the dismal pace of progress can be gauged from the fact that only 31 percent of this target [...] Continue Reading »
The National Green Tribunal (NGT South Zone) has given a go-ahead to the ambitious Science City project. This project is proposed to come up on 10,000 acres in Chitradurga district’s Challakere taluk. The tribunal had earlier ordered a stay on proposals by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian [...] Continue Reading »
The Chandigarh Administration has written to the Union Government and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) regarding a few issues regarding wild life conservation. They have demanded that the construction adjoining the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, especially in the area north of the Capitol Complex, needs to be regulated. The UT has demanded that the ministry [...] Continue Reading »
Environment and other coastal clearances have been granted to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) for its special economic zone (SEZ) to be spread across an 8,481-hectare area in Mundra — a project which had been halted because approvals were pending for the last many years. With environmental and coastal regulator zone (CRZ) clearances [...] Continue Reading »
In a highly noteworthy move which will pave the way for major structural changes in the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)’s mechanism for ‘green clearances,’ the Ministry has revealed that it is starting an online clearance system. According to a memorandum released by the MoEF, the online ‘green clearances’ mechanism will go online with [...] Continue Reading »
On 53 leading builders of the city, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has slapped show cause notices for violating green norms. Environmental clearances as required under the Environment Impact Assessment notifications issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) were not taken by any of the builder. An MPPCB official said that these notices [...] Continue Reading »
Two meetings were to be held in March and April but were postponed due to intervention of PMO. The NCR Planning Board meeting is planned on Friday. Haryana government and the ministry of environment and forests are holding the first meeting on April 29 to work out the modalities for preparing the geo-reference of “forest [...] Continue Reading »
The government turns toward SC to buy 6 months time to establish an independent environment regulator which will check the projects requiring the green clearance and apply conditions for approval and impose fine on defaulters. The government also concluded that it requires minimum 6 months to complete the process. The ministry of environment and forests [...] Continue Reading »
Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri while addressing the Himachal Vidhan Sabha said that the government would cancel the industrial plots in Naglahar (Raja Ka Baag) in Nurpur Assembly segment as certain owners had not set up their units there for the last eight years. Replying to queries raised by Nurpur Congress legislator Ajay Mahajan during the [...] Continue Reading »
Developers hoping to get relief from the restrictions of Urban Land Ceiling Act by the Maharashtra state government will have to wait. The state government has sought legal opinion from the advocate general on the request made by seeking exemptions from ULC approvals since the law was repealed. The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI), body of [...] Continue Reading »
