Tag «Ministry of Environment & Forests»

FICCI applauds the launch of web portal by the Ministry of Environment &Forests for online submission of proposals for forest clearance

New Delhi, 15 July, 2014:  “We commend the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the timely launch of the web portal for online submission of proposals for forest clearances. This is a remarkable step towards bringing about transparency, accountability and effectiveness in the forest clearance process. This will ensure that the process becomes time-bound and will reduce delays to critical projects. …

World Environment Day: “Think. Eat. Save- Reduce Our Foodprint”

Today is World Environment Day. 5th June was declared as the “World Environment Day” on the recommendations made by UN Conference on Human Environment in 1972. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the celebration of World Environment Day spreads awareness and gets citizens’ support for environment protection across the globe. The theme for this …