Posco Clearance

• Posco gets go-ahead as India, South Korea ink five accords

  President Park said while the Posco Integrated Steel Plant has been delayed, with the acquisition of land and environmental clearances now through, both sides should ensure smooth sailing for the 8 million tonnes per annum steel plant coming up in Jagatsinghpur in Odisha.

• Environment clearance to projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore so far: Moily

  Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday that he has cleared projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore since he took over the additional charge of the ministry last month.

• Odisha to transfer land to Posco after clearance from pollution control board

  Odisha has said it would give an additional 1,000 acres of land to Posco's Paradip project only after the National Green Tribunal gives its approval on the same.

• Land acquisition for Posco project halted for second day

  Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district remained suspended for the second day today with protests continuing even as Posco-India expressed optimism about completion of land clearance in few days.

• Government to review delays in POSCO project

  India will conduct a review of the delays that have hit a planned investment by the South Korean steelmaker POSCO, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday.

• Tribunal puts $12 billion POSCO plant in limbo

  "The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance," environmental lawyer Ritwick Dutta with activist group Green Panel said.

• 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.

• POSCO stalled again: Green clearance cancelled

  The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance given to South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Corporation's (POSCO) mega steel project in Odisha in January 2011.

• POSCO gets conditional clearance in Odisha

  Posco's perseverance has finally paid off. Its India plans now seem to be on track after the environment ministry has given conditional forest clearance for its Rs 52,000 crore steel and port project in Orissa. "...In view of the state government's latest communication of April 29, final approval is accorded to the state government for dive...

• Patnaik meets PM, seeks clearance to Posco, Vedanta

  Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday hoped the Centre would clear the roadblocks for the stalled Posco steel project and Vedanta's bauxite mining project in his state and address its concerns over the Polavaram dam being built by Andhra Pradesh. Both the projects have been stalled due to non compliance of environmental norms. "The...

• Jairam Ramesh puts on hold forest clearance to Posco

  Rejecting Orissa government's assurance that there are no tribals in Posco project area, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday put on hold forest clearance to the Rs 52,000 crore steel-cum-captive power plant. Ramesh cited the letter from members of POSCO Pratirodh Sangharsh Committee (PPSC) who claim to be other traditional forest...

• Orissa clearance for Posco, fraud in broad daylight: BJP

  From the time allegations of misappropriation during the bidding for allocation of 2G spectrum surfaced, till Telecom Minister A Raja's ouster, high drama charged both politics in Delhi and Tamil Nadu. So what exactly is the Spectrum Scam that led to all this?

• Forest clearance no license for acquisition: Jairam Ramesh to Orissa govt

  Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for POSCO's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "licence for forcible acquisition of land".A statement issued by the minister on Sunday read: 'I have often said that ...

• Jairam Ramesh puts on hold forest clearance to POSCO

  Rejecting Orissa government's assurance that there are no tribals where South Korean giant POSCO is planning a Rs 52,000 crore steel-cum-captive power plant project, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has put on hold the forest clearance.Ramesh cited the letter from members of POSCO Pratirodh Sangharsh Committee (PPSC) who claim to be other traditi...

• Environment ministry's order on Posco clearance

  The Ministry of Environment and Forest today gave conditional approval to the South Korean steel giant Posco to set up a steel mill and captive port in Orissa. Here is the copy of the order.