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| Controversy the buzzword for Enviro |
| Controversy the buzzword for Environment Ministry in 2011
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| INDIA
, 4-January-2012
5:0:54 AM |
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The Environment Ministry was hit by controversies in the year gone by which it saw clearances for two big ticket projects -- POSCO and Lavasa -- and exit of Jairam Ramesh as the green minister.
Another highlight was India's participation at the Durban climate talks under the leadership of Jayanthi Natarajan who took over as Environment Minister in the midst of the year from Ramesh.
The death of Swami Nigamananda, who was agitating for saving the Ganga River and checking illegal mining in Uttarakhand, raised several questions.
The ministry got a shot in its arm as the latest tiger census showed significant increase of population of big cats from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706.
Amid conflict between industry and environment, Posco Steel Project, India's largest FDI project which was hanging fire for over five years, was given the green nod with certain conditions including the one that it should not export raw material from the proposed plant.
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