MoEF

What’s in a name? Everything says MoEF

The MoEF, known as the Ministry of Environment and Forests has been renamed as the Ministry of Environment, Forest and…

10 years ago

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2014

The MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) has brought out a notification detailing the amendments to the Forest Conservation rules…

10 years ago

MoEF’s National REDD+ Draft Policy

The REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries) mechanism originally aimed at creating some sort of financial incentive for…

11 years ago

An overview of the Swaminathan committee report on the CRZ notification

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) set up an Expert Committee in 2004 which was headed by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan.…

11 years ago

Indira Paryavaran Bhawan – India’s First on Site Net Zero Building

Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, the new office premises for MoEF is India’s first new on site net zero building. The building…

11 years ago

Green India Mission is now under Centrally Sponsored Scheme

National Mission for a Green India, popularly known as Green India Mission (GIM) has received centre's nod to be treated…

11 years ago

Pollution in Rivers of India

Rivers in India are highly polluted and it is not an uncommon sight to find the water full of effluents,…

11 years ago

SC asks MoEF and Railway Ministry to evolve steps to protect elephants

The Supreme Court has asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Ministry of Railways to evolve steps…

11 years ago

MoEF eases green norms for expanding coal mines

MoEF has made the process of environmental clearance for expansion of coal mines a bit easier from now. Mines that…

11 years ago

POSCO gets Environmental Clearance nod for 52000 crore rupees Steel Plant in Odisha

POSCO, the South Korean steel maker giant on 10 January 2014 received environment clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment…

11 years ago

Ministry of Environment and Forest approved Tawang II hydroelectric project

The Tawang – II hydroelectric of 800MW project in Arunachal Pradesh will be executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation…

11 years ago

SC directs Central government to appoint a National Regulator to oversee implementation of Forest Policy

The Supreme Court of India on 6 January 2014 directed the Government of India to appoint a national regulator to…

11 years ago