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'India reserves right to grow responsibly': Bhupender Yadav at NGT Conference

India, March 29 -- India reserves her right to grow responsibly based on our national circumstances, union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said on Saturday during the inauguration of a two-day Na... Read More


No conclusive data establishes correlation of deaths with air pollution: Govt

India, March 27 -- No conclusive data establishes a direct correlation of deaths, including by lung cancer, exclusively with air pollution, the Union environment ministry has told Parliament. In a wr... Read More


rRs.r858 crore meant to curb pollution still unutilised, says House panel

India, March 26 -- A fund of Rs.858 crore allocated for controlling pollution has remained unutilised according to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests ... Read More


173K ha forests cleared in 9 years, Lok Sabha informed

India, March 25 -- An area larger than NCT of Delhi was diverted for various non-forestry purposes including infrastructure projects between 2014-15 and 2023-24, the Union environment ministry has inf... Read More


170k ha greens cleared in 9 years, LS informed

New Delhi, March 25 -- An area larger than NCT of Delhi was diverted for various non-forestry purposes including infrastructure projects between 2014-15 and 2023-24, the Union environment ministry has... Read More


170k ha greens cleared in 9 years, LS informed

New Delhi, March 25 -- An area larger than NCT of Delhi was diverted for various non-forestry purposes including infrastructure projects between 2014-15 and 2023-24, the Union environment ministry has... Read More


1.7 lakh hectares of forest area diverted for non-forestry purpose in 9 yrs: Govt

India, March 24 -- Forest area measuring 1,73,396.87 hectares has been diverted for various non-forestry purposes including infrastructure projects under the provisions of Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvard... Read More


Only 102 of over 200k wetlands notified; all within three states, 1 UT

New Delhi, March 24 -- Of the country's estimated over 200,000 wetlands, only 102 have been notified and even these are concentrated in three states and one Union territory, data from the environment ... Read More


Largest glacier mass loss in past 3 years: World Meteorological Organisation

India, March 21 -- The past three years have witnessed the largest loss of glacier mass on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). WMO and the World Glacier Monitoring Servi... Read More


Ganga in U'khand and J'khand not polluted: Govt tells Parl

India, March 21 -- Faecal coliform levels met the bathing quality criteria in the entire stretch of Ganga in Uttarakhand and Jharkhand and certain stretches of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, th... Read More