India is among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018, plummeting 36 points from 141 in 2016, according to a biennial report by Yale and Columbia Universities, along with the World … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, comprising acting chairperson justice UD Salvi and expert member Nagin Nanda, directed the states and union territories to submit a comprehensive plan on the utilisation of fly ash … READ FULL STORY
Delhi environment minister Imran Hussain, on January 8, 2018, wrote to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman Udai Pratap Singh, seeking a proposal from the authority to develop ‘greenery’ on either side of the … READ FULL STORY
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on January 4, 2018, directed Environment Ministry to decide within a month, on environmental clearance for the construction of a six-lane Hindon elevated road, connecting NH-24 in Ghaziabad, or … READ FULL STORY
The environment ministry was open to reviewing the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines, one of its top officials said, on November 28, 2017. Arun Kumar Mehta, additional secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate … READ FULL STORY
The central government, on September 26, 2017, notified The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, which will replace the earlier set of guidelines which came into effect in 2010. The new rules seek to … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench, headed by chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar, on July 12, 2017, issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Delhi government, East Delhi Municipal Corporation, Delhi Pollution … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of chief justice Manjula Chellur and justice GS Kulkarni, on April 24, 2017, sought the appearance of the additional solicitor general before it on May 3, 2017, to clarify … READ FULL STORY
As per the information received from the Ministry of Urban Development, the proportion of green area in the National Capital Region (NCR) has declined from 4.26% in 1999, to 3.30% in 2012, environment minister … READ FULL STORY
Refusing to stay a December 9, 2016, notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), exempting real estate projects from obtaining prior environmental clearance, a bench headed by NGT chief justice Swatanter … READ FULL STORY
Although it has already notified the unified building bye-laws, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has informed a bench headed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairperson, justice Swatanter Kumar that it will not implement … READ FULL STORY
