Possible rejection for Vedanta’s bauxite proposal
11 years, 7 months ago

Possible rejection for Vedanta’s bauxite proposal

The Hindu  

The door could soon be shut on Vedanta’s proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Odisha. The Union Environment Ministry has decided that the claim of even one village council for cultural or religious rights over the hills provides the legal mandate to the Central government to reject the proposal under the Supreme Court orders. In a letter to her Cabinet colleague V. Kishore Chandra Deo, Ms. Natarajan as said: “According to the Supreme Court’s judgment and the Forest Rights Act, rejection by even one palli sabha would require the project to be rejected.” But she has expressed concerns about the reaction of the State government to the decisions of the village councils. “The State government may seek to turn its own agenda on its head and claim that the small number of villages meant that the decision was influenced by ‘vested interests.’ This would then become a battle over perceptions and the State government may take the issue back to court, prolonging the affair further.” The issue of rights of tribals has been muddled by different interpretations emanating from the State government and the Tribal Affairs Ministry. Ahead of the village councils’ decision on traditional rights, the State government began a process of demarcating the people’s usufruct and land rights under the Forest Rights Act.

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Karnataka HC quashes forest department’s orders against private land
4 months ago

Karnataka HC quashes forest department’s orders against private land

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court quashed the orders passed by the forest authorities declaring around 19 acres 35 guntas of land belonging to six persons as forest land at Mylasandra village of Kengeri Hobli in Bengaluru South taluk. The petitioners had challenged the order passed by the Chief Conservator of Forests in 2014, affirming the order passed by the Assistant …

Hasdeo Forest | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Mining Permission For PEKB, Parsa Coal Blocks In Chhattisgarh
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hasdeo Forest | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Mining Permission For PEKB, Parsa Coal Blocks In Chhattisgarh

Live Law  

The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the Union of India to cancel all non-forest use and mining permissions granted for PEKB and Parsa Coal Block, Chhattisgarh.The PIL further seeks a direction to the State of Chhattisgarh to notify entire Hasdeo Aranya Forest and Parsa Coal Block, Chhattisgarh. The petitioner, claiming to …

Ahead of Polls, Demand for Forest Rights Emerges as Key Electoral Issue in 153 Lok Sabha Constituencies
11 months, 1 week ago

Ahead of Polls, Demand for Forest Rights Emerges as Key Electoral Issue in 153 Lok Sabha Constituencies

News 18  

When the polling for Lok Sabha starts on April 19, the long-drawn-out land conflicts covering several lakh hectares of forest land — arising out of violations of the Forest Rights Act 2006 — are expected to become a key electoral issue in as many as 153 parliamentary constituencies across states. In some cases, the process has been stuck in the …

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study
1 year, 2 months ago

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study

The Hindu  

The electoral outcome in nearly three in ten of India’s Parliamentary constituencies could be influenced by issues surrounding the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, says an analysis by independent researchers. The Forest Rights Act, officially known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, is a piece of legislation that enables tribal communities and forest-dwelling citizens …

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act
1 year, 3 months ago

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

The Hindu  

December 18, 2023 12:56 am | Updated 10:02 am IST On December 18, 2006, the Rajya Sabha endorsed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, enacted by the Lok Sabha. This Act, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act, or FRA, marks a watershed in India’s socio-environmental legislation, as it attempts to put an end to the long-drawn …

Public hearing held in Odisha for eco clearance for Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mine
1 year, 5 months ago

Public hearing held in Odisha for eco clearance for Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mine

The Hindu  

A crucial public hearing seeking environmental clearance for bauxite mining by Vedanta Limited at Sijimali in Odisha’s Rayagada district on October 16 got over with the majority of villages voicing concerns over the possible adverse impact of mining on local ecology. Fresh hurdle The Vedanta group, whose bauxite extraction plan through public sector Odisha Mining Corporation from Niyamgiri Hill Range …

Strike a balance on forest laws
1 year, 8 months ago

Strike a balance on forest laws

Hindustan Times  

What is a forest? Land that was recorded as a forest in any government record, as on or after October 25, 1980 – the day the original forest conservation act came into effect – except where land use was changed from forest to non-forest purpose before December 12, 1996 will also be covered. A report by Vidhi Centre for Legal …

Call for permanent cancellation of Bauxite mining lease in Odisha
2 years, 2 months ago

Call for permanent cancellation of Bauxite mining lease in Odisha

The Hindu  

Three days before Odisha State Pollution Control Board is scheduled to hold fresh public hearing regarding the granting of environment clearance to Maliparvat bauxite mining lease in Koraput district, villagers have reached Bhubaneswar demanding permanent cancellation of the lease. “We have been raising objections to attempts by Hindalco Industries Limited to get environment clearance for its bauxite mining project by …

In Assam’s Sonitpur district, once a forest, now a settlement
2 years, 3 months ago

In Assam’s Sonitpur district, once a forest, now a settlement

The Hindu  

More than 25 years after he erected a thatched shelter, Dinesh Kerketary’s dream of building a house is taking a concrete shape. The wooden support frames around the plinth beams of his 20-by-30 ft house-to-be were taken off a fortnight after he received a document granting him possession of a patch of “forest land under occupation” in north-central Assam’s Sonitpur …

Podu pattas promise puts forest, tribal officials in a quandary
2 years, 3 months ago

Podu pattas promise puts forest, tribal officials in a quandary

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With a self-imposed deadline of declaring beneficiaries under the pattas for podu land programme of the state government, officials involved with the exercise of vetting lakhs of applications with claims over forest land are learnt to be grappling on how to go about the task. Sources in the government, involved with the current exercise, said enormous pressure was being …

State warned 4 years ago of serious violence over podu pattas
2 years, 4 months ago

State warned 4 years ago of serious violence over podu pattas

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana state government, facing the ire of the state forest department officials and their families following the brutal murder of forest range officer Ch. The department also informed the state government in July 2018 that for three years prior to 2018, MLAs, MPs, and ministers, including minister for environment, forests, science, and technology A. Indrakaran Reddy, had stated …

Forest Conservation Rules infringe upon land rights of tribespeople: ST panel chief
2 years, 5 months ago

Forest Conservation Rules infringe upon land rights of tribespeople: ST panel chief

The Hindu  

It is the duty of the commission to “caution the government” when its policies have the potential to affect the well-being and rights of tribal people, Harsh Chouhan, Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, told The Hindu on Thursday. He said this would amount to infringing upon the land rights of tribespeople under the Forest Rights Act, an …

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run
2 years, 8 months ago

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run

The Hindu  

Tucked away in a forested region of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Juguni Ho had long nursed a dream of owning a piece of land. Juguni Ho, Jasai Soren and Pramilla Pradhan are among the 2.59 lakh beneficiaries of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which has entered its 16th year of implementation in Odisha. “We are confident about launching Mission 2024 for …

Congress, BJP spar over new forest conservation rules
2 years, 8 months ago

Congress, BJP spar over new forest conservation rules

The Hindu  

Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh on Sunday engaged in war of words on Twitter on provisions of the Forest Rules, 2022. The Forest Rights Act, 2006, along with a 2009 government order, makes it mandatory to seek “free, prior and informed consent” of families who would be affected by such diversion of forest land, Mr. …

SC Irked Over Mining Activities Continuing Without Forest Clearance in Odisha
2 years, 9 months ago

SC Irked Over Mining Activities Continuing Without Forest Clearance in Odisha

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday took strong note of continuing illegal mining of minerals by some firms in Odisha without obtaining forest clearance from authorities under the garb of status quo orders, and asked the state high court to dispose of such matters in six months. The top court was irked over the fact that the mining companies, which have …

Environment must prevail over other rights, forests have to be preserved: SC
3 years ago

Environment must prevail over other rights, forests have to be preserved: SC

Hindustan Times  

The environment “must prevail” over other rights and forests must be preserved, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while hearing a matter which involved issues regarding forest and non-forest land in Haryana. The bench, also comprising Justices A S Oka and C T Ravikumar, was hearing the pleas which raised the issue regarding forest and non-forest land in reference to …

The BJP’s diatribe against the Roshni scheme and the Manoj Sinha administration’s eviction of nomads from forest dwellings signal that the party fears a setback in the DDC elections
4 years, 3 months ago

The BJP’s diatribe against the Roshni scheme and the Manoj Sinha administration’s eviction of nomads from forest dwellings signal that the party fears a setback in the DDC elections

The Hindu  

THE ongoing District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir which have been marred by the detention of political leaders, the onslaught on nomads, and the unidimensional discourse on the Roshni scheme have shed light on the tactics the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre is employing to eliminate any chance of a resurgence of its opponents in the …

Maharashtra Tribals Can Now Build Houses Near Forest Areas, Says Govt Order
4 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra Tribals Can Now Build Houses Near Forest Areas, Says Govt Order

News 18  

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable tribals and other traditional forest dwellers to "build houses in the neighbourhood forest areas". This will "enable the forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbourhood forest areas," the statement said. The governor in May …

Chhattisgarh to grant habitat rights under FRA to tribals in 'Maoist stronghold' Abhujmad forest; Bhupesh Baghel's soft approach may score a win
5 years, 7 months ago

Chhattisgarh to grant habitat rights under FRA to tribals in 'Maoist stronghold' Abhujmad forest; Bhupesh Baghel's soft approach may score a win

Firstpost  

The eight-month-old Congress government in Chhattisgarh is making a case for a ‘soft’ approach to tackle the Left-wing extremism, or Maoist insurgency in the state by reaching out to tribals living in Abhujmad by accelerating the process of granting habitat rights to them. The eight-month-old Congress government in Chhattisgarh is making a case for a “soft” approach to tackle the …

After Odisha, Chhattisgarh recognises forest rights claims
5 years, 7 months ago

After Odisha, Chhattisgarh recognises forest rights claims

Hindustan Times  

Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to give recognition to forest lands acquired by scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, according to a government statement Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to give recognition to forest lands acquired by scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, according to a …

After Odisha, Chhattisgarh becomes second state to recognise forest rights claims, lands acquired by Scheduled Tribes
5 years, 7 months ago

After Odisha, Chhattisgarh becomes second state to recognise forest rights claims, lands acquired by Scheduled Tribes

Firstpost  

Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to recognise the forest rights claims as well as the forest lands acquired by Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers Raipur: Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to recognise the forest rights claims as well as the forest lands acquired by Scheduled Tribes …

Aliens in their own lands: How the Forest Rights Act is fudged to take over Adivasi lands in Chhattisgarh
5 years, 11 months ago

Aliens in their own lands: How the Forest Rights Act is fudged to take over Adivasi lands in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

Three years ago, Sunder Singh Kumeti, a Gond, lost access to a parcel of land in the forest that he and his family had foraged for two generations. For the several thousand forest villages of India, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, which is informally called the Forest Rights Act or FRA, is a single sheet …

SC order on evicting forest dwellers: Protecting indigenous communities’ rights is key in fight against climate change
6 years ago

SC order on evicting forest dwellers: Protecting indigenous communities’ rights is key in fight against climate change

Firstpost  

Several tribal communities in India protect forests, based on their self-perception of these areas being under their custodianship. In this light, the Supreme Court’s 13 February order that threatens to evict over 10 lakh forest dwellers is not just a major land rights crisis, but also a big blow to the country’s effort to mitigate climate change, and a direct …

Debunking The Myth That Forest Rights Act Is Against Forest Conservation
6 years ago

Debunking The Myth That Forest Rights Act Is Against Forest Conservation

Live Law  

In the recent imbroglio surrounding the Supreme Court order on eviction of forest rights claimants whose claims have been rejected, good sense finally prevailed and the Apex Court stayed its own order on the basis that there needs to be better investigation into whether due process under Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act popularly known. In the recent …

What is Forest Rights Act?
6 years ago

What is Forest Rights Act?

The Hindu  

In the colonial era, the British diverted abundant forest wealth of the nation to meet their economic needs. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, was enacted to protect the marginalised socio-economic class of citizens and balance the right to environment with their right to life and livelihood. On February 13, the Supreme Court ordered the eviction …

Will defend Forest Rights Act: Tribal Affairs Ministry
6 years, 1 month ago

Will defend Forest Rights Act: Tribal Affairs Ministry

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 22 The Tribal Affairs Ministry on Friday said that it will defend the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act in order to safeguard the interests of the tribals in the country. The statement comes after the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of over 10 lakh families from tribal communities and other forest dwellers from the forest …

Supreme Court notice to Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram project
6 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court notice to Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Andhra Pradesh government from Orissa government seeking stay of all construction activities in the Indira Sagar Polavaram project and for quashing the final approval granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests A two-member bench comprising Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta issued the notice and posted the …

Forest Rights Act: Why are Chhattisgarh tribals up in arms over non-implementation of legislation, Centre's new conservation policy?
7 years ago

Forest Rights Act: Why are Chhattisgarh tribals up in arms over non-implementation of legislation, Centre's new conservation policy?

Firstpost  

Even a written assurance may not hold good in a region where informed consent is a remote concept and the tribes can be plucked out of the forest and dumped just about anywhere The march by the Baiga tribe and other forest dwelling communities may not have made it to the front pages of newspapers like the farmers long march …

The right way to save India’s forests
7 years, 1 month ago

The right way to save India’s forests

Live Mint  

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 has raised serious concerns about the human and environmental costs of compensatory afforestation. By allocating more than Rs50,000 crore, the Act enables the forest bureaucracy to entrench its control over forests and subvert democratic forest governance established by the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and Panchayats Act, 1996. During its enactment, the Union environment, forest …

Forest rights under siege
8 years, 9 months ago

Forest rights under siege

The Hindu  

THE Forest Rights Act, also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, was enacted by the United Progressive Alliance government during its first term when it was supported by the Left. The Environment Ministry sought comments from the Tribal Affairs Ministry on certain draft guidelines regarding …

Forest departments violating Forest Rights Act, say tribals
9 years, 7 months ago

Forest departments violating Forest Rights Act, say tribals

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A group of activists has accused forest departments in several states of violating the Forest Rights Act by carrying out massive plantation on land on which tribal communities have a claim. In a meeting in April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for implementation of Forest Rights Act by states in mission mode following which the tribal affairs ministry …

Agitation brewing against move on bauxite mining
9 years, 7 months ago

Agitation brewing against move on bauxite mining

The Hindu  

The State Government’s talk of reviving bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas of the State has kicked up a controversy. Tribal activists are on the warpath against the move to resume bauxite mining under the aegis of the AP Mineral Development Corporation, Integrated Tribal Development Agency and DWCRA groups. Former Union tribal welfare minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo told The …

An unequal battle
10 years, 4 months ago

An unequal battle

The Hindu  

For an illustration of Orwellian doublespeak, parse an August 29 notification of the Union Environment and Forests Ministry. While one would expect a ministry with this name to protect environment and forests, one of the four terms of reference in the notification constituting a high-level committee to review five green laws gives an ominous indication: “to recommend specific amendments needed …

Full U-turn: Modi govt may scrap required tribal nod to use forest land
10 years, 6 months ago

Full U-turn: Modi govt may scrap required tribal nod to use forest land

Firstpost  

Various ministries are debating means to ensure that the approval for the use forest land for industrial purposes be cleared directly by the Centre. According to a report in the Business Standard, the Modi government is quietly setting the stage to do away with the need for consent from local tribal bodies to cut down forests for industries. The exclusive …

Fear of fresh bid for bauxite mining haunts tribal people
10 years, 8 months ago

Fear of fresh bid for bauxite mining haunts tribal people

The Hindu  

Attention maybe turned to exploration of bauxite ore after opening floodgates to greater private participation in coal mining by the National Democratic Alliance Government. The mining lobby, which was lying low for quite sometime after the UPA-II put in abeyance all clearances accorded to bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari, has stepped up its effort …

Supreme Court sets aside Punjab and Haryana Court Order declaring the entire Karoran Village as forest land, but the CBI investigation to continue.
10 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court sets aside Punjab and Haryana Court Order declaring the entire Karoran Village as forest land, but the CBI investigation to continue.

Live Law  

A Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice F.M.I Kalifulla, yesterday, set aside Punjab High Court's finding according to which the entire land in village Karoran in the District of Ropar is 'forest land' according to the Forest Act, 1980. Sandhu, Managing Director of the Forest Hill Golf and Country Club, had contended before the High Court that merely …

Will Pranab Boro's self-immolation spur Assam into land reforms?
11 years, 1 month ago

Will Pranab Boro's self-immolation spur Assam into land reforms?

Firstpost  

Struggle for land is not new in Assam and so are the routine assurances given by the state government that these issues will be resolved. Boro was part of a Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti organised protest that gathered to prevent Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi from distributing land settlement papers to 500 families in Guwahati. Today’s protest was aimed against …

Posco cleared, Vedanta loses bid for Niyamgiri project
11 years, 2 months ago

Posco cleared, Vedanta loses bid for Niyamgiri project

The Hindu  

The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant. The rejection of Vedanta’s proposal to dig in the Niyamgiri hills came after 12 village councils of Dongriya …

Environment Ministry to decide soon on Vedanta project
11 years, 5 months ago

Environment Ministry to decide soon on Vedanta project

The Hindu  

The Environment and Forests Ministry will soon take the final call on Vedanta’s mining of Niyamgiri hills, with the Odisha government having sent the gram sabha resolutions to the Centre for a decision. The Supreme Court directed that the gram sabhas of the affected villages be asked for their consent based on how their cultural rights would be impacted. The …

Pvt sector's furtive entry into mining in tribal areas irks Deo
11 years, 7 months ago

Pvt sector's furtive entry into mining in tribal areas irks Deo

The Hindu  

Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo has criticised the Union and State governments for disinvesting in public sector companies to permit private entities to mine in tribal-dominated Schedule V areas, calling the move unconstitutional. In a letter to Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Mr. Deo said, “Circumventing the constitutional provisions through disinvestment is being done in a stealthy manner …

9th gram sabha rejects bauxite mining in Odisha's Niyamgiri
11 years, 7 months ago

9th gram sabha rejects bauxite mining in Odisha's Niyamgiri

Hindustan Times  

Like its predecessors, the ninth gram sabha will decide proposed bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills for Vedanta Group’s alumina refinery at its slope on Thursday rejected the proposal asserting the villagers’ religious and cultural rights over the hills. Rejection by an overwhelming nine out of 12 gram sabhas selected by the Odisha government has dashed Vedanta’s hope for getting …

The significance of Niyamgiri
11 years, 10 months ago

The significance of Niyamgiri

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has strongly endorsed the role of the gram sabhas as democratic decision-making fora on issues of individual, community and cultural rights of tribals and traditional forest dwellers. Its recent ruling in the Niyamgiri bauxite mining case has far-reaching impact because environmental laws such as the Forest Act, the Forest Rights Act and the Environment Act are given …

Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project
11 years, 11 months ago

Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project

The Hindu  

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the smallest units of local governance to use their powers and take a decision on whether the Vedanta group’s $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills can go forward or not. Affirming the decision-making power of the village councils of Rayagada and Kalahandi under the Forest Rights Act, …

Forest land cannot be diverted for Vedanta project, says Centre
12 years, 1 month ago

Forest land cannot be diverted for Vedanta project, says Centre

The Hindu  

Justifying the cancellation of the environmental clearance granted to Vedanta for the Lanjigarh Bauxite mining project in Odisha, the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Friday said that forest land cannot be diverted under the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. In its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the MoEF said: “The diversion …

Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM
12 years, 2 months ago

Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM

The Hindu  

In a joint strategy for their meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan and Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo both reportedly plan to oppose any dilution of tribal rights in forest areas. Highly placed sources at the Environment Ministry say that Ms. Natarajan has spoken to her counterpart at the Tribal Affairs …

SC Hearing On Niyamgiri Vedanta Project Posted To January
13 years, 7 months ago

SC Hearing On Niyamgiri Vedanta Project Posted To January

India TV News  

New Delhi, Aug 23 : The Supreme Court today refused to accord an early hearing to Orissa government's plea challenging the Centre's decision to withdraw environmental clearance given to Vedanta group firm Sterlite for its bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Brushing aside the state government's plea for an early hearing to its objections to the Centre's move, a bench …

No green nod for mining in Niyamgiri forests
13 years, 8 months ago

No green nod for mining in Niyamgiri forests

The Hindu  

Union Environment Ministry on Saturday made it clear that no green nod has been given to Orissa Mining Corporation to mine bauxite in the sensitive Niyamgiri Reserve Forests in the State and the status quo remains. The Ministry said the issue of environmental clearance to Orissa Mining Corporation’s Lanjigarh Project has become “practically redundant” as it had withdrawn the forest …

Posco faces another hurdle if local bodies clear forest rights
13 years, 11 months ago

Posco faces another hurdle if local bodies clear forest rights

The Hindu  

South Korean giant Posco's integrated steel plant in Orissa could face another hurdle as the palli sabhas of Dhinkia, Gobindpur and nearby villages plan to approve several hundred forest rights claims within the next 15 days. Conditional clearance In January, the Ministry of Environment and Forests granted a conditional forest clearance to the Posco project, provided the State government submitted …

Orissa moves SC against denial of green nod to Vedanta
13 years, 11 months ago

Orissa moves SC against denial of green nod to Vedanta

The Hindu  

The Orissa government today approached the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s decision to reject environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Challenging the Environment Ministry’s order of August 24, 2010, the State government filed an application through Orissa Mining Corporation, contending that the Centre’s decision was in violation of the Supreme Court’s previous order giving a green …

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