Category: Environment Law and Policy

According to the proposal, all the forests which were deemed and listed by state governments before 1996 will still be considered as forests, but forests that naturally grew on the…

Experts say the pandemic has exacerbated various social and economic dangers in the last two years.

India’s first river interlinking project, the Ken-Betwa River linking project, has finally been granted clearance after nearly four decades of planning and conceptualisation. It will connect the rivers, Ken in…

Developed countries have stated that they will fulfil their pledge to provide $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries by 2023, three years later than originally planned. A "climate…

A report by UNEP states that about 12 million metric tonnes of plastic litter will end up in landfills and in the environment by 2050 if we don’t make efforts…

The Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka over the last four decades has rapidly lost forest to unplanned infrastructure and economic activities. Karnataka, as a state, has finally taken the step…

According to the Central Electricity Authority, fly ash production in India's coal-fired power sector climbed from 69 million tonnes per year in 1996 to 226 million tonnes per year in…