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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicEnvironmental Impact Assessment

Topic: Environmental Impact Assessment

SC quashes govt waiver exempting schools, colleges, hostels from prior environmental clearance

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday quashed a government notification partially to set aside the exemption given to industrial sheds and educational institutions from...

SC bars govt from giving post-facto environmental clearance citing citizens’ rights, conservation

It struck down 2017 notification & 2021 office memo dealing with giving clearances to mining, other development projects that began without approval in violation of 2006 EIA notification.

SubscriberWrites: Maximising efficiency & building trust: The case for ex-ante impact assessment of budget policies in India

As we strive to achieve our economic, social, & environmental goals, the role of public finance, particularly budget policies, cannot be overstated.

Cut trees for projects in Nicobar, plant some in MP? Why Modi govt plan hasn’t assuaged concerns

Great Nicobar Island to get transshipment port, airport, township. MP, Haryana earmarked for compensatory afforestation but experts say that can't make up for lost virgin rainforests.

‘Outdated data, gaps in assessment’: CAG red-flags govt nod for multiple coastal projects

CAG report, tabled in Parliament on 8 August, says projects awarded clearances without adequate checks and balances in place. Alleged violations cited include use of outdated data.

Amend Official Languages Act to allow notifications in all languages, Supreme Court tells govt

The Official Languages Act stipulates the government to publish rules only in Hindi and English. CJI SA Bobde Thursday said there are people who may not know Hindi or English.

Our websites blocked, say 3 environmental groups campaigning against contentious draft policy

The groups were using the websites to raise awareness on a draft Environmental Impact Assessment policy, which has been criticised for giving more discretionary powers to govt.

AAP govt in no mood to revive crucial environmental clearance panels in Delhi

Experts fear delay can further risks of environmental hazards, rampant construction works in national capital.

On Camera

This is how cash transfers are being discussed by global scholars

Dismissing unconditional cash transfers through the parochial logic of ‘unearned assistance is undeserving’ narrows the space for policy innovation and restricts possibilities for social mobility.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.