The environment ministry Monday gave conditional clearance to South Korean steel major Posco’s $12 billion project in Orissa, the biggest foreign direct investment in the country. Posco is an integrated steel, mining and port project and separate clearance had to be given to all three. It also comprises a captive power plant to provide electricity [...]
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Conditional nod to Posco project in Orissa
January 31st, 2011 |
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Biotechnology should not harm bio-diversity: Ramesh
April 19th, 2010 |
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Biotechnology is an “important tool” for ensuring food security but it should be ensured that it does not adversely impact human and animal health and the bio-diversity, parliament was informed Monday.
“There is general agreement within the concerned ministries that biotechnology is an important tool for raising agricultural productivity and ensuring food security,” Minister of State [...]
Separate rules for e-waste disposal by May 15: Ramesh
April 19th, 2010 |
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The government will specify by May 15 a separate set of regulations for disposal of e-waste, parliament was informed Monday.
“Disposal of e-waste is becoming an increasingly important challenge for the government. Therefore, there is a need to take more precautionary measures. We will have a separate set of rules for this by May 15,” Minister [...]
I will be chief climate change negotiator: Jairam Ramesh
April 13th, 2010 |
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A month after Shyam Saran, India’s key negotiator on climate change demitted office, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said he will be leading the country’s climate change talks at international fora.
“I will be India’s chief negotiator for talks related to climate change,” Ramesh told reporters here.
Saran, who was the prime minister’s special envoy on climate [...]
‘Krishna Nee Late…’ A laugh out loud comedy
April 10th, 2010 |
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Film: “Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baro”; Producer: Ramesh; Camera: Nageshwara Rao; Music: Praveen Godkindi; Cast: Ramesh Arvind, Mohan, Neetu, Nidhi Subbaiah, Sundar, Daththanna; Writer and Director: Mohan; Rating: ***
Actor and writer Mohan has shown his prowess as a writer in his first directorial venture “Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baro”, which proves to be an entertaining [...]
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Removed his Gown at Convocation Ceremony
April 3rd, 2010 |
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On Friday the environment minister Jairam Ramesh was invited at the seventh convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) where he created did dramatic action and got surrounded by a controversy. He calls the practice of wearing the traditional colored gowns at convocation ceremonies as “barbaric colonial relics” and removed his gown [...]
Don’t open dolphinarium, PETA tells Jairam
March 22nd, 2010 |
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Animal rights activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh urging him to scrap plans to build a dolphinarium at the National Zoological Park here.
Dolphins, declared as India’s national aquatic animal last year and found in the Ganga river, are a rare species and the environment [...]
Ramesh ‘disagrees completely’ with Pawar over Bt Brinjal
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday took on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over permitting commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal, after Pawar was quoted as saying an expert committee’s clearance to this effect was final. Ramesh wrote to Pawar, saying he “completely disagreed” with Pawar’s view.
The government’s Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) had cleared Bt Brinjal [...]
Bio-technology regulatory authority needed: Jairam Ramesh
January 20th, 2010 |
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Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday stressed the need to set up an autonomous bio-technology regulatory authority in the country.
“The need for an independent laboratory for independently conducting various tests required as a complimenting facility is also essential,” he told media persons in Ahmedabad at the third public hearing of the national consultation [...]
Himalayan glaciers won’t melt by 2035: Jairam Ramesh
January 18th, 2010 |
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Himalayan glaciers are “indeed” receding, which is a cause for great concern, but the view that these rivers of ice would melt down completely by 2035 due to global warning is “alarmist” and without any scientific basis, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Monday.
“It is a serious issue. Most of the Himalayan glaciers are in a [...]
Climate talks still unclear and there is confusion
December 16th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: With only three days to go before arriving at an outcome on climate change, global talks on climate change still lack clarity and could even break down over “serious” outstanding issues, says India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh.
“There is confusion and lack of clarity at this stage,” Ramesh said. “There could be breakdown on [...]
South Asian Youth group express concern over Ramesh’s remarks
December 14th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: Over the remarks of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that the link between the receding Himalayan glaciers and climate change cannot be “conclusively established”, a South Asian Youth group has expressed their deep concern.
Alina Pokhrel, on behalf of the South Asian Youth group, said, “We, South Asian youth, express deep concern over your statement [...]
Swine flu victimizes 1 in Rajasthan and 3 in Gujarat
December 7th, 2009 |
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Jaipur: With winter season kicking in, health authorities fear of a second wave of H1N1. Three people died of swine flu in Gujarat while 1 case was from Rajasthan.
The official state death figure stands at 48 till now and 333 people have been tested positive.
The three who died in Civil Hospital were Makshree Bhojraj, 21, [...]
Manmohan to join world leaders in Copenhagen
December 7th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: It emerges as a sign of pact regarding the issue of global warming when PM Manmohan Singh decides to join the leaders of around150 countries in the Copenhagen Summit.
However, the issue of emission cuts between developed and developing countries remain unsolved.
Despite of the reaffirmation of the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, in Parliament that [...]
Ramesh pitches for use of eco-friendly vehicles
November 24th, 2009 |
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Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday pitched for the use of eco-friendly vehicles to meet the challenge of climate change and global warming.
Addressing the Environmental Friendly Vehicles (EFV) Conference in the national capital, Ramesh said that fuel emissions from various transport vehicles are one of [...]
India has best environment laws, but needs better governance: Ramesh
November 21st, 2009 |
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Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that India needs better governance to support its progressive forest and environment laws.
Addressing a function to release a report ”Green India 2047” prepared by Tata Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) in national capital, Ramesh said: “We have the best and the most progressive laws [...]
Delhi’’s initiative to track carbon emissions very timely: Jairam Ramesh
November 6th, 2009 |
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Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has termed the Delhi government’’s initiative to set up a system for mapping carbon emission as the right thing at the right time.
Addressing a seminar on Climate Change here on Thursday, Ramesh described the Delhi Government’’s initiative is commendable and very timely.
He also said India is probably the most [...]
India asks Australia to clarify statement on climate change measures
October 12th, 2009 |
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India has asked Australia’s Environment Minister Penny Wong to clarify a proposal that she had put forward at a climate change conference in the US last month, and said Australia’s attempt to break the deadlock between developed and developing countries over a global climate change agreement ahead of the Copenhagen summit in December is unacceptable [...]
Forest and Power ministries to study Bhagirathi power projects
October 6th, 2009 |
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The first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has asked Union Environment and Forest, and Power ministries to jointly study the issue of hydro electric projects in the upper reaches of Bhagirathi and submit the report to the authority by 60 days.
There are three power projects are proposed by the Uttarakhand Government [...]