Environmental Impact Assessment

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Structure and Functioning of Executive and JudiciaryEnvironmental Impact Assessment
20 Nov, 2025

Breaking the rules, Pg6

Supreme Court allows post-facto environmental clearances in certain cases, reigniting debate on environmental regulations and project regularisation.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
20 Nov, 2025

Green exception should not be the rule, Pg11

Supreme Court reconsiders legality of post-facto environmental clearances, raising concerns over ecological security versus developmental needs and policy implications.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsEnvironmental Impact Assessment
19 Nov, 2025

SC recalls verdict on retrospective green clearances, Pg1

Supreme Court recalls ban on retrospective environmental clearances, citing potential ₹20,000 crore losses and stalled public projects.

Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and SecularismInfrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact AssessmentDisaster and Disaster Management
19 Nov, 2025

The NH-701A highway is an ecological risk, Pg7

NH-701A highway project in J&K raises ecological concerns due to fragile Himalayan landscape and relaxed environmental scrutiny.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsEnvironmental Impact Assessment
19 Nov, 2025

SC recalls own order barring retrospective green nod for projects, Pg1

Supreme Court recalls ban on retrospective environmental clearances potentially affecting ₹20,000 crore worth of projects, citing public interest.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
18 Nov, 2025

Tiger safari on non-forest land, no night tourism: SC, Pg11

Supreme Court bans tiger safaris in core areas, restricts tourism, and mandates ESZs around tiger reserves for conservation.

Important International Institutions, Agencies and ForaConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
17 Nov, 2025

India to spruce up mechanisms for accessing climate finance, Pg12

India to enhance climate finance access via national platform coordinated with Green Climate Fund amid COP30 discussions in Brazil.

Conservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
17 Nov, 2025

Behind Indigenous people’s demands at COP, Pg16

Indigenous groups protest at COP30 against Brazilian infrastructure projects threatening Amazon rainforest's carbon sequestration capabilities and biodiversity.

Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency and AccountabilityConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
15 Nov, 2025

The Great Nicobar project and a Ministry in knots, Pg8

Environment Ministry faces scrutiny over Great Nicobar project's environmental impact, CRZ violations, and conflicting reports regarding Galathea Bay's ecological status.

Conservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact AssessmentSecurity Challenges and Management in Border Areas
8 Nov, 2025

Wildlife board panel clears 12 key defence projects in Ladakh, Pg12.

Wildlife board approves 12 defence projects in Ladakh amid PLA assertiveness, raising environmental concerns in Changthang and Karakoram sanctuaries.

Important International Institutions, Agencies and ForaConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
4 Nov, 2025

What are the challenges with the High Seas Treaty?, Pg10

High Seas Treaty faces challenges despite ratification, including ambiguous language, reluctance from major powers, and integration with existing institutions.

Vulnerable SectionsConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
31 Oct, 2025

Fully aware of Great Nicobar project’s impact, says Centre, Pg16

Centre defends Great Nicobar project, assures mitigation of biodiversity impact through conservation and monitoring programs till 2052.

Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India's InterestsInfrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact Assessment
28 Oct, 2025

India’s maritime global trade to get a boost with proposed Great Nicobar project: Shah, Pg10

Great Nicobar project to boost India's maritime trade; port capacity to reach 10,000 MTPA, ₹10 lakh crore investment expected.

Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact AssessmentSecurity Challenges and Management in Border Areas
25 Oct, 2025

The mirage of port-led development in Great Nicobar, Pg8

Great Nicobar port project faces scrutiny over inflated benefits, structural flaws, and environmental costs, questioning its viability and strategic importance.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact AssessmentDisaster and Disaster Management
23 Oct, 2025

A path for a battered and broken Himachal Pradesh, Pg8

Supreme Court intervenes in Himachal Pradesh's ecological crisis, highlighting flawed development and ineffective environmental policies amid increasing natural disasters.

India and its Neighbourhood RelationsInfrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact Assessment
14 Oct, 2025

​Testing governance, Pg6

Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project reignites Indus Water Treaty dispute amid environmental concerns and geopolitical signaling post Pahalgam attack.

Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and SecularismConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
13 Oct, 2025

Great Nicobar revives the issue of nature’s legal rights, Pg6

Great Nicobar project sparks debate on tribal rights, environmental impact, and legal rights for nature, echoing global concerns.

Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact Assessment
11 Oct, 2025

Govt Panel Recommends Green Approval for Sawalkote Hydel Project in Indus Basin, Pg8.

The Centre has expedited the long-pending 1,856 MW Sawalkote Hydropower Project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Indus basin, with an expert panel of the Union Environment Ministry recommending green clearance—a major step after India put the Indus Waters Treaty in partial abeyance earlier this year.

India and its Neighbourhood RelationsInfrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.Environmental Impact Assessment
11 Oct, 2025

Hydropower project on Chenab gets clearance, Pg12

Sawalkote hydroelectric project on Chenab River gets environmental clearance amid Indus Waters Treaty suspension after Pahalgam attack.

Separation of Powers and Dispute Redressal MechanismsConservation, Pollution and DegradationEnvironmental Impact Assessment
10 Oct, 2025

Curated safari or ecological disaster? SC pauses eco-tourism park in Aravallis, pg4.

Supreme Court halts Haryana's Aravalli jungle safari project amid ecological concerns over commercial prioritisation and wildlife corridor disruption.

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