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MNF enforces a statewide total Bandh across Mizoram in protest against the
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Mizo National Front (MNF) has enforced a statewide total bandh across Mizoram today from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in protest against the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM)-led government's decision to adopt the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 (FCAA 2023).
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Jairam Ramesh hails SC order on Forest Conservation Amendment Act, says "s
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday lauded the Supreme Court order on pleas against the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 and said it is "a stinging rebuke to the Modi Government's systematic efforts to dilute the institutions and regulatory systems" for ecologica
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Modi govt has failed people of Northeast on every front: Congress
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Invoking the ethnic violence in Manipur, Congress General Secretary for Communication Jairam Ramesh alleged that the Prime Minister "barely even acknowledged" the crisis.
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Congress attacks Modi government over policies concerning environmental pr
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress on Monday attacked the BJP-led central government over its policies concerning environmental protection and said the Forest Conservation Amendment Act undermines the Forest Rights Act of 2006, doing away with provisions for the consent of local communities and other statutory requir
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Centre likely to issue guidelines for use of forest land for non-forest pu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"We are working on a set of guidelines that will be out soon to ensure there is no misuse of these exemptions. The exemptions have been made for strategically important projects to make the approval process less cumbersome," the official, on the condition of anonymity, told ANI.
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