Clearing a protracted uncertainty over India’s largest-ever foreign direct investment, the Union Environment Ministry today gave its approval to South Korean steel major POSCO’s proposed iron and steel plant in Orissa. In an order today, the Ministry gave environmental clearance for the construction of a 12-million tonne per annum capacity iron and steel plant (4 million tonnes in first phase) and a captive power plant at Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. It also...
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Posco forest act onus falls on Orissa govt
The Orissa government has to give an assurance that not a single person is entitled to benefits under the forest rights act, according to one of the conditions set by the Union environment ministry while giving provisional clearance to the Posco project today. The condition has been imposed following allegations that claims under the forest rights act had not been settled. The act deals with dependants on forests for livelihood. The project,...
More »Tripura's request for amending Forest Dwellers Act turned down
The Centre has turned down Tripura government's request to amend the Forest Dwellers Rights Act 2006 to provide land to non-tribals traditionally living in forest areas of the state.According to the new Forest Dwellers Act, the people who have been living in forests for more than 75 years can get land allotment, but "we have demanded an amendment to the Act for giving 'pattas' to non-tribals living in forest areas...
More »Posco: Orissa to begin land acquisition soon by Sandeep Mishra
Enthused by the Centre's nod to Korean steel giant Posco's mega-steel plant, the Orissa government on Monday said it would soon resume land acquisition at the project site. At the same time, given its past experience with a reluctant environment ministry, the government said it will adopt a wait-and-watch approach on issues like mining and renewal of memorandum of understanding. ''We welcome the decision and thank the Union government and...
More »It's the courts for Posco unless it wins over villagers
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has passed the Posco buck, nominally to the government of Orissa but, in reality, to the courts. His final clearance of the project depends on a categorical assertion by the government of Orissa that there are no 'other traditional forest dwellers' among those whose land would be diverted for the project. Three committees appointed by the Union environment and forests ministry, which do not see eye-to-eye...
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