India’s environment ministry is in a hurry to clear 191 projects amid coronavirus crisis

Activists said current conditions make it difficult for affected populations to submit objections.

Nihar Gokhale

· May 07, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Homeless in Delhi: This election, former nomads are asking for a tiny piece of land

The Gadia Lohars have faced repeated evictions in India’s national capital.

Nihar Gokhale

· Feb 07, 2020 · 09:00 am

Across India, Dalits are still fighting to claim lands promised to them

In several states, land titles given to Dalits as part of redistribution programmes are useless because the original higher caste owners never ceded control.

Nihar Gokhale

· Jun 09, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Bitter irony: Bhils whose ancestors invented sev are displaced by Ratlam namkeen industrial park

The families received no compensation because the plots they farmed are part of a village commons, whose title is held by the district administration.

Nihar Gokhale

· Apr 02, 2019 · 01:30 pm

In Rajasthan, Forest Rights Act was wantonly flouted to reject Adivasis’ claims to their land

They were told to furnish non-existent records, their claims were illegally decided by forest guards, they were not informed of rejections or allowed to appeal.

Nihar Gokhale

 & 

IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 05, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Clearance to controversial coal terminal in Goa is based on outdated rules from the 1990s

A petition has been filed in the High Court, challenging the environmental clearance to the project.

Nihar Gokhale

· Aug 09, 2018 · 09:00 am

Goa allows dirty coal handling facility to restart so it can study how bad the pollution actually is

Months after it banned JSW group’s operations for flouting air quality laws, state pollution board has given it a fresh permit.

Nihar Gokhale

· Jul 08, 2018 · 06:30 am

India’s banks could lose Rs 4,300 crores on bad loans to Kingfisher Airlines

The State Bank of India alone is expected to go over Rs 900 crore in the red from loans to Vijay Mallya's grounded airline.

Nihar Gokhale

· Jun 16, 2017 · 10:30 am

Fishermen, grandmas, priests, politicians and activists reject plans to make Goa a coal hub

A green hearing was extended by an unprecedented five days to hear hundreds of Goans voicing their objection to plans to import more coal through the state.

Nihar Gokhale

· May 10, 2017 · 10:30 am

‘Our goal, no coal’: Droves of Goans stay up half the night at green hearing to oppose JSW port plan

The state aims to increase coal imports at Mormugao Port and transport it through the state to steel factories in Karnataka.

Nihar Gokhale

· Apr 27, 2017 · 10:30 am

There's pressure on environmental agencies to allow more coal to pass through Goa

Officials claim the port authorities have frequently invoked the Prime Minister's Office to get environmental clearances.

Nihar Gokhale

· Apr 04, 2017 · 09:00 am

The sea breeze will bring more coal dust into Goa – if the government has its way

The residents of Goa are resisting new port and highway projects that are likely to raise the volume of coal arriving and passing through the state.

Nihar Gokhale

· Apr 03, 2017 · 09:00 am