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1 lakh trees to be felled for Kanwar route: UP govt tells NGT

The National Green Tribunal has been informed by the Uttar Pradesh government's environment department that over 1.12 lakh trees will be felled in the protected forest area in the state to make way......

Adrash files go missing from Environment Ministry office

Some more files pertaining to the controversial Mumbai's Adarsh Housing Society have gone missing, this time from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests in New Delhi, a senior Central Bureau......

New zoos, safaris require SC approval; issues forest conservation directives

Any fresh proposal for opening a zoo or starting a 'safari' on forest land will now require the approval of the Supreme Court, which on Monday issued a slew of directions for forest conservation......

Union environment ministry is in disarray: Goa CM Parrikar

A day after the Union ministry of environment and forest suspended the environmental clearances for all the 93 mining leases in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that he will appeal to......

Modi indulges in fear-mongering post Phase 2 washout: Congress

The Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is indulging in "fear-mongering" as he is 'desperate' after facing a 'washout' in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls. IMAGE:......

Ministry of Environment issues new rules post SC order

In response to the Supreme Court’s (SC’s) strong stance on unchecked environmental violations, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced new rules......

Environment Ministry clears Posco proposal

Posco's mega steel plant in Orissa is inching forward with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests clearing a proposal under which the South Korean firm will plant trees on an area equivalent......

Ministry moots corporate funding for zoos

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has mooted corporate funding of zoos and recruitment of volunteers to give a fillip to Indian zoos, on the lines of the foreign zoos, to make them a......

Why cancellation of Vedanta's Niyamgiri project is worrying

The precedent set by the Niyamgiri cancellation is problematic. Several principles of justice have been violated. The government of Odisha is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court against the......

Environment min gives conditional nod to modify food crop

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has approved field trials of genetically modified (GM) food crops on a conditional basis. Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said......

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News for Union Ministry Of Environment And Forests

1 lakh trees to be felled for Kanwar route: UP govt tells NGT

Adrash files go missing from Environment Ministry office

New zoos, safaris require SC approval; issues forest conservation directives

Union environment ministry is in disarray: Goa CM Parrikar

Modi indulges in fear-mongering post Phase 2 washout: Congress

Ministry of Environment issues new rules post SC order

Environment Ministry clears Posco proposal

Ministry moots corporate funding for zoos

Why cancellation of Vedanta's Niyamgiri project is worrying

Environment min gives conditional nod to modify food crop

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