Sacred groves of Kerala: down from 10,000 to 1,200

Break down of joint family system is also one of the reasons for sacred grove being in peril, says state Assembly panel report

Cabinet committee decides to reduce food buffer stocks

Go ahead for Department of Food and Public Distribution to offload excess stocks in the open market or export

NDA government sets up high level panel to amend green laws

Industry has been complaining that requirements set out under these laws have been hindering economic growth

DPCC rapped for not checking if Metro rail, other agencies have rainwater harvesting systems

National Green Tribunal threatens contempt proceedings if pollution control panel fails to comply with orders in a week

Centre restrained from allowing clinical drug trials

Supreme Court orders health ministry to consult states and evolve a regulatory framework first

Drug trials should be held only in accredited centres: expert panel

Informed consent of patients must, says committee on new drugs and clinical trials approvals

Rs 200 crore fine on Adanis for Mundra misdeeds

Environment minister approves report on violations by the company, including destruction of mangroves and blocking of creeks in the region 

Polarisation and anarchy

Environmental challenges have grown manifold in past five years, but capacity of institutions to deal with them has decreased in same proportion

MoEF contests green tribunal order on fresh site inspection of Nirma cement plant

National Green Tribunal defers decision in view of submissions made by government counsel and farmers’ body opposing the project

Need to scale up power availability in farms up to 2kw/ha: Sharad Pawar

It will increase farm mechanisation and help achieve projected demand of 280 million tonnes foodgrains by 2020

Health ministry forms committee to investigate charges by parliamentary standing committee

It will also suggest ways to improve grant of statutory approvals for drugs and functioning of the CDSCO

ICAR’s shoddy science

Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 8-13, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the …

Punjab farmers try religious route to shun pesticides

Ask religious institutions to grow organic crops and accept organic crops as donation for langars

Is Andhra government favouring contractors in Jalayagnam projects?

Ministers protest order relating to contracts for irrigation projects which they say will put additional financial burden of Rs 20,000 crore on …

Green tribunal halts Mapithel dam in Manipur

MoEF asked to ascertain if project violates Forest Rights Act. State may now need people's consent to go ahead with the project

Kerala to form new panel to study Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

Environmentalists say the government and political parties are buying time by appointing new committee now

Ban FDI in brownfield pharma, says Parliament standing committee

Panel raises alarm over continuing takeover of Indian generic drug firms by multinational companies

SC orders immediate release of Cauvery water to save Tamil Nadu’s standing crops

State claims it has lost a third of its standing crops and that remaining crops on 600,000 ha need to be irrigated at once

Cauvery row: SC directs Karnataka to release 283 cumec water to Tamil Nadu

Asks Cauvery Monitoring Committee headed-by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to meet within two days and decide water sharing between the two states

India overexploiting fish resources: Greenpeace

Report released on World Oceans Day, says 15 million people affected; will hit export growth

How effective is India's disaster management authority?

Central agency has failed to carry out most of its functions in past 7 years

Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant

MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged

GM mustard effect: Private firm now seeks Bt brinjal trials

Maharashtra-based seed company has developed 2 Bt brinjal varieties, offers resistance to pests

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal