Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has resigned and is likely to be given party responsibilities ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.Sources say more ministers will follow suit and an organisational rejig of the Congress is on the cards.An official...

Forest Minister Shri Thakur Singh Bharmauri has urged the Government of India to release its due share of Rs. 325 crore from Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Fund to Himachal Pradesh government.In a meeting with Union...

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011. As per these rules, manufacturing, stocking, distribution, sale on use of plastic carry bags of less than 40 micron in thickness is prohibited....

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today calls on Union Minister of Environment and Forests Smt. Jayanti Natarajan to seek help in providing external funding for Rs. 771.52 crore ‘Punjab Biopersity & Natural Resources Conservation Project’ through...