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Wednesday, September 3, 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‘Outdated data, gaps in assessment’: CAG red-flags govt nod for multiple coastal projects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 Alleged violations cited include use of outdated data.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

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.