Final call on Posco by month-end: MoEF -Governance Now

Final call on Posco by month-end: MoEF

Posco has been under ministry's scanner for green laws violations

PTI | January 24, 2011

The environment ministry today said it will take a final call on the Posco project in Orissa by this month-end.

"By the end of January 2011," environment minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters here when asked about the government's decision on the South Korean major's USD 12 billion steel mill project in the coastal state.

The ministry has put Posco project, which seeks diversion of 1,253.225 hectares of forest land for establishment of integrated steel plant and captive port in Jagatsinghpur district, under scanner citing alleged green law violations.

The ministry has set up three panels -- Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Coastal Regulation Zone and another EAC -- to look after the green law violation issue.

The three panels are learnt to have submitted their reports.

Last week, South Korea had urged India to fast-track the steel project.

Comments

Other News

The 7% growth problem: Why the next 7% will be harder

India has become accustomed to hearing the 7% growth number. It is now less a milestone than an expectation. Yet the paradox is becoming clearer: maintaining 7% growth may be considerably harder than achieving it once. India’s real GDP grew 7.7% in FY2025–26, following growth of 6.5% in FY202

The Constitution cannot be altered: Justice Abhay Oka

Justice Abhay Oka, who retired from the Supreme Court in May 2025, has said that the Constitution of India cannot be altered. Explaining the landmark Kesavananda Bharati judgment (1973) on the basic structure of the Constitution, he said, “This is one judgment that has saved democracy in India.&rdq

How the flora and fauna evolved in the Indian subcontinent

Mammals of India By A.J.T. Johnsingh and P.O. Nameer HarperCollins India in association with Bombay Natural History Society

India`s renewable race is moving beyond megawatts

When Shell bought Sprng Energy in 2022, India`s renewable energy market appeared to offer precisely what global energy majors were seeking: scale, growth and a place in one of the world`s largest energy transitions. Four years later, Shell is selling the same business to Aditya Birla Group for an enterpris

Nepal Floods: India keeps close watch on the situation

India`s central government has been keeping a close watch on the situation arising out of the flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday. Union home minister Amit Shah spoke with the chief ministers of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the two states that share the border with Nepal, regarding the disaster

UPI completes 10 years of digital payments revolution

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched on August 25, 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) under the regulatory oversight of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has completed 10 years of transforming digital payments in India. UPI has emerged as the backbone of India’s digi