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2010: Action-packed year for Environment Ministry

The Environment and Forests Ministry was in news throughout 2010 — be it for Vedanta Resources, Posco and Lavasa — or for Jairam Ramesh’s aggressive green activism.

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India’s environment ministry is playing hardball | Global Post

India’s environment ministry is playing hardball By Jason Overdorf NEW DELHI, India — India’s environment ministry just got tough. Close on the heels of a decision to block United Kingdom-based Vedanta Resources’ massive bauxite mining project in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, the ministry now wants to revoke the clearances for Korean giant Posco’s $12 billion steel plant in the same state …

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Environment ministry rejects Vedanta project

New Delhi, Aug 24 : The Vedanta mining project in Orissa has run into trouble again as the environment ministry on Tuesday rejected its plan for forest clearance for the project in the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa.

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Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta mining project in Orissa

Niyamgiri Hills (Orissa), Aug 24 : The Ministry of Environment on Tuesday rejected Vedanta mining project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri Hills.

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Environment ministry rejects Vedanta mining plan

The environment ministry on Tuesday rejected a plan by India-focused mining group Vedanta Resources Plc to mine bauxite in Orissa, dealing a blow to the company already struggling with regulatory issues in India.

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Environment Ministry panel accepts Niyamgiri findings

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) A key panel under the Environment Ministry is understood to have accepted the recommendations of the N C Saxena committee report seeking ban on mining projects of UK-based Vedanta Resources in Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa citing violation of norms.

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Environment ministry committee to discuss mining projects report

The Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee will meet today to discuss recommendations of the N C Saxena panel report that seeks a ban on the mining projects of UK-based Vedanta Resources in Orissa.

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Environment Min can examine Vedanta project: AG

Attorney General GE Vahanvati has opined that the Supreme Court nod to Vedanta Resources’ bauxite mining project in Orissa does not bind the Environment Ministry to give an automatic clearance to it, and that the project must be approved only on “merits”.

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Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity

Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversityEnvironment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity

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Environment Ministry forms new panel on Niyamgiri Vedanta mining

The Environment Ministry has formed a new panel to look into issues related to alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Orissa’s Niyamgiri, where it has held up clearance to a bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources.

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