1,620.361 ha of discontent

Special economic zones and sit-ins. Mega-projects and marches. Public-private partnerships and pitched battles. Precociously, because they are …

Polavaram fraud

The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. Most of the people threatened …

POSCO to withdraw investment from Odisha?

Bloomberg report says company has been trying to get government agencies to return the money it had paid

92 per cent voter turnout in panchayat protesting POSCO

CPI candidate claims residents angry over forcible acquisition of their land for the steel project voted for him; BJD candidate refutes claim and …

One year of Modi government: review of forests and wildlife

It has been a mixed year for the NDA government on forest governance. Apart from introducing the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, there was …

SC asks Centre to decide on grant of iron ore licence to POSCO

Odisha government granted mining, prospecting leases to POSCO in Khandadhar hills by ignoring earlier applications of other claimants

Police register FIR against 32 people for 'encroaching' on POSCO land

POSCO says people have already been compensated for land acquired; residents say their land was taken at gun point and have no means of livelihood

Anti-Posco villages in Odisha pin hope on tribal affairs minister Jual Oram

Oram is India's first tribal affairs minister and was elected in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999

Green tribunal questions two-stage forest clearance for POSCO

Raises hope of residents, activists who have been opposing the clearance given to the project

POSCO's environment clearance revalidated

Decision to clear India's biggest FDI project precedes South Korean president's visit to India, but the project still has a major hurdle to clear

Steel minister’s POSCO statement comes as relief to Odisha village residents

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said that the steel giant will have to bid for iron ore reserves in an open auction

Ministry of mines set to expand iron ore mining

More contribution to GDP now on agenda. Sector crucial for propelling growth in backward states, says CII

‘Claims of Forest Rights Act holding up growth are bogus'

In fact, states are holding up recognition of forest rights in the areas where big-ticket projects are planned, say forest dwelling community …

Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first

Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects

POSCO unplugged

Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise

Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO

Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act

POSCO gets final approval

Environment ministry endorses state government’s claim that there are no forest rights to be settled in the project area

Village at POSCO site seeks community forest rights

Reiterates demand against diversion of forestland for industry, under amended Forest Rights Act rules

Odisha seeks panel nod for forest clearance transfer from POSCO ltd to Jindal Steel

Forest Advisory Committee says Union Environment Ministry will seek legal opinion on the issue

Virtual coast guard

Non-profits develop web application to monitor haphazard development along Indian coastline

'Will fight POSCO till last breath'

Kin of anti-POSCO leader killed in bomb explosion in Gobindapur village resolves to fight on

Violence at POSCO site

Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha

Bomb kills 4 protesters at POSCO steel project site

Crude bomb was allegedly hurled by hired local goons at a group gathered in the backyard of a house to discuss land acquisition

Three reasons why company v community conflicts take place across continents

Shortcomings in regulatory norms and failure to engage with local communities have disrupted commercial projects in many countries

POSCO makes villages vulnerable to cyclone

Forests that shielded seaside villages from earlier super cyclone have been chopped down for proposed steel plant