The showpiece proposed Iron and steel project in Orissa by South Korean steel major POSCO faces a huge cloud of uncertainty with an expert panel set up by the EnvIronment Ministry alleging violations of envIronmental laws. Three of its four members today recommended that all initial clearances to the project be cancelled. The lone dissenting voice was that of former EnvIronment Secretary Meena Gupta who argued that there was no need...
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Blow for India's $12bn South Korean steel deal
An Indian government panel has recommended that envIronmental clearances for a steel plant to be built by South Korean company Posco be scrapped. The $12bn plant in Orissa is India's largest foreign investment project. Critics of the project say it will exhaust Iron ore deposits in 20 years. India earlier rejected plans by mining giant Vedanta to extract bauxite in eastern Orissa state saying it would damage the local envIronment. A panel of India's...
More »Posco's Planned $12 Billion Indian Steel Plant in Doubt After Panel Report by Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Abhishek Shanker
Posco’s proposed $12 billion steel plant in India is in doubt after a government panel recommended scrapping envIronment clearances given to the world’s third largest steelmaker. Three of the four members of the panel suggested that approvals should be canceled because of “flaws in the studies, and shortcomings in the clearances granted” to the project in the eastern state of Orissa, EnvIronment Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters yesterday in New Delhi....
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The Union ministry of envIronment and forests (MoEF) has given clearance to the department of atomic energy to set up a neutrino observatory in Bodi West Hills reserved forest in Theni district in south Tamil Nadu. However, the approval is subject to conditions that the project does not entail cutting down trees or causing damage to the forest cover. The MoEF has also insisted on measures to minimize the effect...
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Lancet dismisses criticisms levelled at the “rural MBBS,” saying they bear little credibility The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry might still be awaiting “formal” clearance for its much debated Bachelor of Rural Health Care course that aims to create a cadre of healthcare workers for the rural areas, but the Centre has received global appreciation for “trying to find an innovative solution to a deeply entrenched problem which is not...
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