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"Go Ahead": What Arun Jaitley Told Raghuram Rajan About Tackling Bad Loans
Corruption and delayed planning permits, or land and environmental clearances, contributed to the build-up of non-performing assets - post the global financial crisis - on Indian banks' books, former Reserve Bank chief Raghuram Rajan said.
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CBI Files Case Against Aditya Birla Group's Hindalco For Alleged Corruption
The CBI has booked the country's leading aluminium producer Hindalco of the Aditya Birla Group for alleged corruption in getting environmental clearances for coal mining between 2011 and 2013, officials said on Tuesday.
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Centre's Response Sought Over Environmental Clearance To Polavaram Project
The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and others on a plea alleging violations in environmental clearance granted to the Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project.
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Green Court NGT Fines Noida Builder Rs 15 Crore For Illegal Construction
The National Green Tribunal or NGT has directed a builder in Noida to pay a compensation of Rs 15 crore for building extra floors in violation of the environmental clearance (EC) conditions, saying it placed an extra pollution load on the environment
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Central Vista: Delhi Panel Gives Green Nod To Enclave With New PM's Office
The Delhi State Environment Impact Assessment Authority has granted environmental clearance to the proposal for the construction of the 'Executive Enclave' which will house the new Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Secretariat.
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Highways Within 100 Km Of Borders Won't Need Green Clearance: Centre
Centre notified amendments to environmental impact assessment rules, exempting highway projects related to defence and strategic importance within 100 km of the Line of Control and Line of Actual Control from requirement of environmental clearance.
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Centre To Rank States Based On Time Taken To Grant Environment Clearances
The Union Environment Ministry will rank states based on the time taken in granting environmental clearances to developmental projects to encourage "transparency, efficiency and accountability".
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Supreme Court Verdict On Pleas Against Central Vista Project Today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict Tuesday on a batch of pleas, which have questioned several aspects including the environmental clearance granted to ambitious Central vista project.
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Green Court NGT Allows Projects For Essential Amenities In Taj Trapezium Zone
The National Green Tribunal has clarified that environmental clearance can be granted to projects within Agra's Taj Trapezium Zone for securing the basic amenities for residents such as drinking water, sewerage treatment, drainage system and waste disposal among others.
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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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Supreme Court Allows Filing Of Plea Against Environmental Clearance To Central Vista Project
The Supreme Court today allowed filing of a fresh plea challenging the June 17 environmental clearance granted to the ambitious Central Vista project, covering 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi, for constructing a new Parliament House and other government buildings.
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Assam Pollution Panel Wants Baghjan Oil Fields Closed, Says No Clearance
The Assam Pollution Control Board (PCB)has issued a closure notice to the Oil India Limited to shut down all its wells in Baghjan - the site of the gas well fire accident. The pollution body, which did an initial probe into the environmental hazards of the incident, has said that the company has been operating these oil wells without "proper consen...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Court Hits Pause On Sterlite Plans To Build Second Plant In Tuticorin
The construction of a second copper plant by Sterlite in Tuticorin was put on hold by the Madras High Court today. The order came a day after 11 people died in police firing on a group of protesters in the port town. The freeze on the construction will be on till September 23, the court said. The company was ordered to get environmental clearances ...
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Honda Cars Gets Green Nod For Rs. 1,577-Cr Expansion Project
Honda Cars India Ltd. has got a green signal to expand its Tapukara plant, at a cost of Rs. 1,577 crore. The idea is to expand the production capacity at the plant while keeping the environmental impact to a minimum.
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"Go Ahead": What Arun Jaitley Told Raghuram Rajan About Tackling Bad Loans
Corruption and delayed planning permits, or land and environmental clearances, contributed to the build-up of non-performing assets - post the global financial crisis - on Indian banks' books, former Reserve Bank chief Raghuram Rajan said.
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CBI Files Case Against Aditya Birla Group's Hindalco For Alleged Corruption
The CBI has booked the country's leading aluminium producer Hindalco of the Aditya Birla Group for alleged corruption in getting environmental clearances for coal mining between 2011 and 2013, officials said on Tuesday.
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Centre's Response Sought Over Environmental Clearance To Polavaram Project
The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Centre and others on a plea alleging violations in environmental clearance granted to the Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project.
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Green Court NGT Fines Noida Builder Rs 15 Crore For Illegal Construction
The National Green Tribunal or NGT has directed a builder in Noida to pay a compensation of Rs 15 crore for building extra floors in violation of the environmental clearance (EC) conditions, saying it placed an extra pollution load on the environment
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Central Vista: Delhi Panel Gives Green Nod To Enclave With New PM's Office
The Delhi State Environment Impact Assessment Authority has granted environmental clearance to the proposal for the construction of the 'Executive Enclave' which will house the new Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Secretariat.
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Highways Within 100 Km Of Borders Won't Need Green Clearance: Centre
Centre notified amendments to environmental impact assessment rules, exempting highway projects related to defence and strategic importance within 100 km of the Line of Control and Line of Actual Control from requirement of environmental clearance.
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Centre To Rank States Based On Time Taken To Grant Environment Clearances
The Union Environment Ministry will rank states based on the time taken in granting environmental clearances to developmental projects to encourage "transparency, efficiency and accountability".
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Supreme Court Verdict On Pleas Against Central Vista Project Today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict Tuesday on a batch of pleas, which have questioned several aspects including the environmental clearance granted to ambitious Central vista project.
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Green Court NGT Allows Projects For Essential Amenities In Taj Trapezium Zone
The National Green Tribunal has clarified that environmental clearance can be granted to projects within Agra's Taj Trapezium Zone for securing the basic amenities for residents such as drinking water, sewerage treatment, drainage system and waste disposal among others.
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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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Supreme Court Allows Filing Of Plea Against Environmental Clearance To Central Vista Project
The Supreme Court today allowed filing of a fresh plea challenging the June 17 environmental clearance granted to the ambitious Central Vista project, covering 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi, for constructing a new Parliament House and other government buildings.
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Assam Pollution Panel Wants Baghjan Oil Fields Closed, Says No Clearance
The Assam Pollution Control Board (PCB)has issued a closure notice to the Oil India Limited to shut down all its wells in Baghjan - the site of the gas well fire accident. The pollution body, which did an initial probe into the environmental hazards of the incident, has said that the company has been operating these oil wells without "proper consen...
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Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta Asks PM Not To Inaugurate Birbhum Project
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the Birbhum coal block, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta wrote a letter to the PM today, saying he should await proper environmental clearances and a rehabilitation package before doing so, otherwise it might send "wrong signals".
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Court Hits Pause On Sterlite Plans To Build Second Plant In Tuticorin
The construction of a second copper plant by Sterlite in Tuticorin was put on hold by the Madras High Court today. The order came a day after 11 people died in police firing on a group of protesters in the port town. The freeze on the construction will be on till September 23, the court said. The company was ordered to get environmental clearances ...
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Honda Cars Gets Green Nod For Rs. 1,577-Cr Expansion Project
Honda Cars India Ltd. has got a green signal to expand its Tapukara plant, at a cost of Rs. 1,577 crore. The idea is to expand the production capacity at the plant while keeping the environmental impact to a minimum.
