Hydroelectric Projects: Environment ministry rejects PowerMin’s request to relax rules

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Submitted by daya on Wed, 2017-03-22 15:23

The power ministry was seeking to let regional officials grant forest clearances for projects that have an area up to 40 hectares

thesaurus: 
Ecosystems
Hydroelectricity
Forest Clearance
Mining
Environment Act 1986
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment
Name of the Newspaper: 
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Main Topic: 
Environment
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
IGF
External URL: 
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/hydroelectric-projects-environment-ministry-rejects-powermins-request-to-relax-rules-4579738/
Publication Date: 
22/03/2017