'Contract farming and PPP can rev agricultural economy'

Industry, experts say investments and policy changes are needed

Protest against mining plans in Q'oyillur Riti Sanctuary

Gram sabha gets a boost

Supreme Court asks gram sabhas to see if Vedanta’s bauxite mine harms religious rights

Have technology, will survive

A green agenda based on the paradigm of pollution prevention can rescue the small-scale industry

Mere plans

Government proposes. Industry disposes. Programmes for cleaning up have very largely gone by the wayside

Of fixing price for natural gas

Second palli sabha in Niyamgiri deals double blow to Odisha government

Kesarpadi residents cancel government’s settlement of community forest rights; unanimously reject Vedanta bauxite mining proposal

The small big polluter

Resource crunch and poor regulatory processes have made small-scale industries the pariahs of India's environment

Palberi adds another no to mining in Niyamgiri

Attending Member of Parliament asks Odisha government to include 112 villages

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

MoEF panel favours bauxite mining in Vizag tribal area

Yet-to-be-made public report dismisses environmental concerns

Caution over cleanup of Nura river

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

In court

Regulating small-scale mines below 5 ha

Will National Green Tribunal's restraint order curb haphazard and unscientific mining of minor minerals that includes sand?

Will Maharashtra's decision to charge fee for green clearance lead to greater transparency?

Industry objects saying it will increase their costs; activists say it can prove beneficial since state environment appraisal committee and EIA …

CAG blows lid off land grab in Odisha

Central audit report shows how state acquired land forcibly for Posco, Vedanta and other industries

In court

Angry Vidarbha farmers vote for BJP

Congress loses its bastion for failing to implement poverty alleviation schemes and inadequate disaster relief for farmers in distress

Letters

Gamble for guar, soy

Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading

Coal ministry cancels allotment of 18 coal blocks

Government to decide the fate of 10 more coal blocks on February 25