Union Budget 2018: Merely increasing funds for Clean Ganga will not ensure results

A CAG report had said underutilised funds and an absence of a long-term plan affecting rejuvenation of Ganga

CAG: Adani-acquired forested creeks wrongly classified as degraded forests

As per the Supreme Court’s classification of forests, Adani destroyed 2,000 hectares of mangroves in Kutch to build its ports, says the new …

CAG raps environment ministry over ‘illegal’ appointments

Central Pollution Control Board created or upgraded posts without approval of finance ministry

CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters

The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India

Vidarbha farmers unhappy with minimum support price for cash crops

Agriculture ministry overlooked increased input and labour costs, ignored state government recommendations

CAG indicts Bihar for irregularities in rural job scheme implementation

Only 35 per cent beneficiaries got jobs; half of civil work undertaken left incomplete

Andhra Pradesh cancels land allotted for SEZ in Anantapur

The company, Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Limited, mortgaged land for bank loans violating MoU

Municipalities get thumbs down on solid waste management

Study by a non-profit says guidelines on including informal sector in waste management are being ignored

Rs 1,86,000 cr illusion

Andhra Pradesh’s Jalayagnam irrigation scheme unviable, contract-driven, says CAG draft report

Audit of India's water bodies confirms their polluted status

CAG assessment reveals governments' inaction in curbing water pollution

Karnataka to set up special agency to repair damage caused by unbridled mining

It will implement afforestation, conservation and health schemes funded by mining companies

Political parties use rural health mission scam stick to beat Mayawati government

Bahujan Samaj Party leader defiant blames UPA for the mess

Draft CAG report slams Andhra pollution control board for negligence

The report blames the board’s inaction for unchecked pollution of water bodies and deteriorating air quality

Jungle raj

CAG memo shows IFS officers are administering country’s premier forestry research body like a fiefdom

Development handcuffed

Confidential audit exposes financial, planning lapses in Andhra’s urban renewal mission

Jagan received Rs 1,172 crore as bribes from investors: CBI

In turn, industries and investors got land, mining leases and concessions from the state government

Afforestation interrupted

Environment ministry fails to use funds for afforestation, monitor forest diversions: Comptroller and Auditor General

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

Natural highways

The aviation sector is struggling for survival, while roadways and railways are bleeding the treasury dry. Inland navigation is economical and …

Coal ministry cancels allotment of 18 coal blocks

Government to decide the fate of 10 more coal blocks on February 25