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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Ramesh softens stand, 'no-go' projects to get green nod

Ramesh softens stand, 'no-go' projects to get green nod

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published Published on Feb 17, 2011   modified Modified on Feb 17, 2011
Has Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who till recently was known for his green ‘overdrive’, toned down? Conditional clearance to several high-profile projects, including Posco and SAIL, is a pointer to how his ministry has softened its stand.

Ahead of a meeting of the group of ministers (GoM) tomorrow, on the ‘no-go’ issue related to coal projects, 16 coal projects, that have been stuck for a year now, are set to get the environment ministry’s go-ahead.

The ministry has agreed to relax the comprehensive environment pollution index (CEPI) moratorium allowing 16 projects of Coal India — the country’s monopoly coal producer — in seven coalfields to take off. These projects had been stranded after the ministry imposed a temporary moratorium on development projects in 43 clusters labelled “critically polluted”.

Seven coalfields – Chandrapur, Korba, Dhanbad, Talcher, Singrauli, Asansol and IB Valley – fall under the CEPI moratorium. Five of the 43 clusters were already taken off the list earlier, while it lifted moratorium from another eight sites today.

Earlier this year Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked Ramesh, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and power minister Sushilkumar Shinde to soften their stand to resolve the environment versus development dispute.

Interestingly, data shows that from August 2009 to July 2010 (under Jairam Ramesh), 501 projects of the 714 were approved and only six was rejected. The remaining projects are under consideration.

Before the cabinet reshuffle on January 20 Ramesh cleared high profile projects, including the $12 billion South Korean Posco venture in Orissa. Also, overturning the recommendations of the statutory Forest advisory Committee (FAC), he gave go-ahead to Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for diversion of 595 hectares of forest land for mining in Chiria.

The Business Standard, 17 February, 2011, http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ramesh-softens-stand-/no-go/-projects-to-get-green-nod/425472/


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