Posco Clearance

• POSCO stalled again: Green clearance cancelled

  The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance given to South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Corporation's (POSCO) mega steel project in Odisha in January 2011.

• Forest clearance no license for acquisition: Jairam Ramesh to Orissa govt

  Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for POSCO's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "licence for forcible acquisition of land".A statement issued by the minister on Sunday read: 'I have often said that ...

• Jairam Ramesh puts on hold forest clearance to POSCO

  Rejecting Orissa government's assurance that there are no tribals where South Korean giant POSCO is planning a Rs 52,000 crore steel-cum-captive power plant project, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has put on hold the forest clearance.Ramesh cited the letter from members of POSCO Pratirodh Sangharsh Committee (PPSC) who claim to be other traditi...

• Environment ministry's order on Posco clearance

  The Ministry of Environment and Forest today gave conditional approval to the South Korean steel giant Posco to set up a steel mill and captive port in Orissa. Here is the copy of the order. 

• Patnaik meets PM, pushes for POSCO, Vedanta

  Orissa government's two big ticket projects, the much controversial POSCO steel and Vedanta's bauxite mining project, has now resulted into a face-off between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and the state Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.On Monday, Naveen Patnaik took his battle to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On his agenda the two projects stall...