Moef Clearance

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  Green Panel Questions Environment Ministry Over Clearances For Projects

  The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over compliance of conditions mentioned in environmental clearances granted for projects, saying the mechanism for monitoring environmental norms is inadequate.

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  Metro Projects Don't Require Environmental Clearance: Government Tells Green Panel

  Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have informed the National Green Tribunal that Metro Rail projects are not required to seek environmental clearance.

• ONGC Seeks Green Nod for Rs 53,000-Cr KG-Basin Infra: Report

  State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) seeking clearance for drilling 45 development wells and other related infrastructure involving a cost of over Rs 53,000 crore in Krishna-Godavari basin.

• SAIL gets forest clearance to start Rs 4,700 crore Gua mine project

  SAIL had approached the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to secure forest clearance for diversion of 635.986 hectares of forest land in Durgaiburu lease of Gua iron ore mines located in Saranda forest area of Jharkhand.

• Environment Ministry initiates steps for speedy clearances of infrastructure projects

  Infrastructure projects, including those related to coal and highways, stuck for want of green nod are expected to be cleared soon with Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) today informing the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) that it has initiated steps for speedy approval to schemes.

• Environment ministry panel asks Tata Steel to get forest clearance first for Jharkhand project

  Tata Steel has been asked by the MoEF panel to get forest clearances prior to seeking environment nod for its coal mining project in Jharkhand.

• CEOs of state-run firms complain to PM about green ministry

  Public sector undertakings have complained to the Prime Minister that the environment ministry is creating hurdles in the expansion of existing projects as well blocking clearances for new ones, sources told NDTV.

• Kudgi project in Karnataka challenged in Green Tribunal

  National Green Tribunal has sought a reply from Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on a plea challenging the environmental clearance granted to Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I (2,400 MW) in Karnataka.

• Green Tribunal suspends enviromental clearance to Posco

  The environment clearance granted to Posco's mega steel project in Orissa in January 2011 will remain suspended till the environment ministry reviews it afresh, the National Green Tribunal held.

• Power project in Karnataka gets nod

  State-owned power producer National Thermal Power Corporation today said it got Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) clearance for its 2,400-Mega Watt (3x800 Mega Watt), Stage-I Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project being set up in Bijapur district of adjoining Karnataka.

• Power Ministry asks MOEF to fast-track Sarguja coal block clearance

  The Power Ministry has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to fast-track the process for grant of green clearance to coal mines attached to the 4,000-MW Sarguja ultra-mega power project in Chhattisgarh, failing which the invitation of bids may get further delayed.   "We have written to the Environment Ministry to speed up ...

• SC notice to MoEF on suspension of Sterlite environment clearance

  The Supreme Court on Monday sought to ascertain the central government's stand on a plea by Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the revocation of the environment clearance for a Sterlite bauxite mining project in the state. Seeking the government's response, a bench of justices R V Raveendran and Gyan Sudha Misra issued a notice to ...

• Dahej SEZ attracts dozen firms after getting MoEF clearance

  After getting environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), the Dahej SEZ is likely to attract investment from over a dozen new companies, a top official said in Ahmedabad on Thursday.     The multi-product SEZ jointly being promoted by ONGC and state government's Gujarat Industrial Development Corpor...

• Environment Ministry gives conditional clearance to Lavasa

  Lavasa - the massive township that's being built at a cost of Rs 3000 crore near Pune in Maharashtra - has received a conditional clearance from the Ministry of Environment in Delhi . The housing project - being built over 25, 000 acres - confronts court cases for alleged violation of the Environmental Protection Act. Those cases will continue, but...

• MoEF initiates steps to expedite coal projects clearance

  Ahead of the crucial meeting of the GoM on Thursday to sort out vexed issues hurting coal output, the Environment Ministry has sent teams to Coal India's stranded projects to reassess potential pollution threat and come out with mitigation measures to expedite clearances. "The Environment Ministry a few days back sent teams to CIL's those co...