May 20, 2025 7:37 am
SC verdict overruling post-facto environmental clearances underlines that sustainable development is not a zero-sum game
September 24, 2024 10:31 am
Has the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process helped India strike a balance between the demands of growth and development and the need to protect the environment?
August 11, 2020 5:51 am
"What is wrong with that? What is wrong with ease of doing business? Why should we make it difficult to get clearances? Clearances should be expeditious, but of course with proper scrutiny" says Secretary, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Rameshwar Prasad Gupta.
June 05, 2014 6:31 pm
Online service system for TOR (Terms of Reference) and environment clearance proposal is operational now.
August 06, 2013 2:04 am
An officer said that not a single legal mine existed in Pratapgarh,Jaunpur,Varanasi
September 13, 2012 1:31 am
Justice M B Shah Commission had also pointed out that the ECs were given based on the wrong facts.
July 23, 2012 3:03 pm
Parrikar alleges that Centre gave environment clearances for projects without verifying basic facts.
June 19, 2011 12:25 pm
PM has called a high-level meeting to resolve issues like coal shortages and environment clearances.




