Kerala Environment Ministry

Primary investigations into the death of pregnant elephant in Kerala has found that it may have accidentally consumed a cracker-stuffed fruit, the Environment Ministry said on Monday.

After strident criticism and protests in many states over its decision to ban the trade of cattle for slaughter, the centre is reportedly considering a revision to its order to exclude buffaloes from the new restrictions.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

National Mission for a Green India (GIM) falling under the Environment Ministry has approved annual plans for Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand.

Kerala government today submitted a comprehensive report comprising its final views on the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats to the Centre.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi has criticised the Tamil Nadu government for "dragging LTTE's" name in its plea in the Supreme Court seeking Central forces to guard the Mullaiperiyar Dam replacing Kerala police.

NDA constituent PMK and Vaiko-led MDMK today alleged that Kerala had taken up efforts to construct a new dam at Mullaperiyar, insisting that this would "jeopardise" inter-state relations and urged the Centre to intervene.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the withdrawal of a clearance given by Ministry of Environment and Forests to Kerala Government for conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment for constructing a new Mullaperiyar dam.

A Kerala-based animal rights group has found errors in the state government's plan to constitute an Elephant Welfare Board, arguing it violates the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and Wildlife Stock Declaration Rule 2013.

The union environment ministry on Tuesday accepted the Kerala government-appointed expert committee's recommendation to keep agricultural land, plantations and habitations out of ecologically sensitive areas identified by a high-level working group on Western Ghats but the Left opposition and the protesters demanded a notification.

India's first private international airport to be built in Aranmula in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has been given all clearances, the final from the ministry of environment and forests, an official said on Tuesday.

Local resistance groups in upland areas, where thousands are settled for generations farming small pieces of lands, have extended support to the protest.

The Central notification on implementing the Kasturirangan panel report on conservation of Western Ghats has triggered a fresh bout of protests in Kerala with the opposition CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) observing a 'hartal' in some parts of Kozhikode district, today.

The famed 'Madre De Deus' Church at Vettucaud, a major Christian pilgrim centre in south Kerala, has got approval under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) for taking up reconstruction work. This was stated by Shashi Tharoor, who had been following up the matter with the Environment and Forests Ministry for the past several months.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is on a collision course yet again, this time with the Kerala government. The ministry has written to the state government asking it to go ahead with the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber in the state. The letter comes after the Kerala government wrote to the MoEF asking it to not allow ...

Primary investigations into the death of pregnant elephant in Kerala has found that it may have accidentally consumed a cracker-stuffed fruit, the Environment Ministry said on Monday.

After strident criticism and protests in many states over its decision to ban the trade of cattle for slaughter, the centre is reportedly considering a revision to its order to exclude buffaloes from the new restrictions.

After protests from several states, the Union Environment Ministry is examining changing the definition of cattle in its new rules to exclude buffaloes from a ban on sale for slaughter at animal markets, sources have said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan called the order an attack on state powers and said th...

National Mission for a Green India (GIM) falling under the Environment Ministry has approved annual plans for Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand.

Kerala government today submitted a comprehensive report comprising its final views on the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats to the Centre.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi has criticised the Tamil Nadu government for "dragging LTTE's" name in its plea in the Supreme Court seeking Central forces to guard the Mullaiperiyar Dam replacing Kerala police.

NDA constituent PMK and Vaiko-led MDMK today alleged that Kerala had taken up efforts to construct a new dam at Mullaperiyar, insisting that this would "jeopardise" inter-state relations and urged the Centre to intervene.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the withdrawal of a clearance given by Ministry of Environment and Forests to Kerala Government for conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment for constructing a new Mullaperiyar dam.

A Kerala-based animal rights group has found errors in the state government's plan to constitute an Elephant Welfare Board, arguing it violates the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and Wildlife Stock Declaration Rule 2013.

The union environment ministry on Tuesday accepted the Kerala government-appointed expert committee's recommendation to keep agricultural land, plantations and habitations out of ecologically sensitive areas identified by a high-level working group on Western Ghats but the Left opposition and the protesters demanded a notification.

India's first private international airport to be built in Aranmula in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has been given all clearances, the final from the ministry of environment and forests, an official said on Tuesday.

Local resistance groups in upland areas, where thousands are settled for generations farming small pieces of lands, have extended support to the protest.

The Central notification on implementing the Kasturirangan panel report on conservation of Western Ghats has triggered a fresh bout of protests in Kerala with the opposition CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) observing a 'hartal' in some parts of Kozhikode district, today.

The famed 'Madre De Deus' Church at Vettucaud, a major Christian pilgrim centre in south Kerala, has got approval under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) for taking up reconstruction work. This was stated by Shashi Tharoor, who had been following up the matter with the Environment and Forests Ministry for the past several months.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is on a collision course yet again, this time with the Kerala government. The ministry has written to the state government asking it to go ahead with the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber in the state. The letter comes after the Kerala government wrote to the MoEF asking it to not allow ...