Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said besides reducing air pollution concentration, pollution monitoring networks will be enhanced and activities will be put in place to improve awareness
2 min read10 Jan 2019Environmentalists and forest rights activists are criticizing the draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) rules stating they violate Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006
5 min read19 Feb 2018The move will strengthen preparation of security forces along Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal borders where infrastructure development work is hampered by slow clearances
2 min read27 Dec 2017Concentrations of PM2.5 have soared in recent years in India. Beijing's pollution levels remain well above international guidelines, but unlike in India they've stopped their surge
4 min read16 Nov 2017CBI carried out searches at the premises of former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan after registering an FIR against her in connection with clearance given during her tenure
3 min read9 Sep 2017Environment minister Harsh Vardhan says his ministry would incorporate stringent rules against poaching of animals in the revised Wildlife Act
1 min read20 Aug 2017Britain says it will outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution but environmental groups wary the proposal don't not go far enough
2 min read26 Jul 2017US partners in G7 club vow to press ahead with efforts to contain devastating climate change despite a rift caused by American withdrawal from the Paris agreement
3 min read12 Jun 2017Sunday's G7 meet in Italy for environment ministers comes 10 days after Donald Trump sparked a rift with US partners by pulling out of Paris climate deal
2 min read11 Jun 2017Anil Madhav Dave, an expert in river conservation and an environmentalist at heart, died on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest
2 min read18 May 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared