The State-level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has sparked a controversy by sanctioning the all-important environmental clearance to Ramky to go ahead with their nearly Rs 700cr Int

The ministry of forest and environment has refused to lift the moratorium on environmental clearance to set up new projects in the Visakhapatnam industrial cluster. In January 2010, the Centre ruled t

Jan. 31: The environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh’s relentless crusade against bad environmental practices has been tempered with his granting a conditional approval to the South Korean steel giant

Jan. 10: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), is all set to grant environmental clearance to Jindal Power Ltd (JPL), a company owned by Congress MP, Mr Naveen Jindal. This will hence rever

Jan. 7: The controversial Akshardham Temple, built on the banks of the Yamuna river five years ago, against strong environmental protests, did not receive environmental clearance. The Union minister

Oct. 21: India’s environment ministry on Thursday ordered Vedanta Resources to immediately halt all construction work aimed at expanding its aluminum refinery in the state of Orissa, saying the compan

New Delhi, Sept. 17: The Supreme Court on Friday posted to October 4 the hearing of the fresh plea filed by Orissa opposing the environmental clearance given to the controversial Polavaram project in