The department had conducted an inquiry against the then ACF G A Gangadhar (ACF) and RFO Abdul Khader on the suspicion of dereliction of duty and misuse of powers.
The Indian government has collected Rs 94,843 crore as compensatory levies for forest land diversion. Of this, Rs 26,002.16 crore has been used for afforestation and related activities from 2019-24.
The Union environment ministry has clarified that all underground works in forest land linked to linear, irrigation, hydel, and other development projects should be considered equivalent to ...
2023 was the hottest year on record, until 2024 broke that record and took us, for the first time, over the 1.5C global heating threshold. This will not be the last time this record is broken – under ...