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Centre gives nod for use of 130.75 sq km forest land on Great Nicobar The Centre has given in-principle approval for diversion of 130.75 sq km of forest land for sustainable development in Great Nicobar Island, the parliament was told on Thursday. "The Central government, vide letter dated 27.10.2022, has accorded the in principle/Stage-1 approval for diversion of 130.75 sq km forest land for sustainable development in Great Nicobar Island," Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. He said ...
Centre gives nod for use of 130.75 sq km forest land on Great Nicobar
Centre gives nod for use of 130.75 sq km forest land on Great Nicobar
Source: IANS
9/12/2022 3:12:37 PM
LTC facility extended by 2 years for central employees to visit some areas The Centre has extended by more two years, the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) facility available to its employees who visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Northeast. The Personnel Ministry has issued an order stating that the LTC scheme has been extended for a period of two years from September 26, 2022 to September 25, 2024. Under the scheme, the eligible central government employees get reimbursement of tickets for to and fro journeys, besides paid leave,...
LTC facility extended by 2 years for central employees to visit some areas
LTC facility extended by 2 years for central employees to visit some areas
Source: IANS
12/10/2022 10:14:31 AM
Andaman & Nicobar Islands gets clearance for gas-based power plant Decks have been cleared for a gas-based power plant at Hope Town in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to provide clean energy, a development that has needed tweaks in two of the related regulations by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). The plant will come up in South Andaman district's Ferrargunj tehsil. The Ministry giving a green signal to changes under Island Protection Zone (IZP) and Island Coastal Regulation Zone (ICRZ) for the plant that is to be...
Andaman & Nicobar Islands gets clearance for gas-based power plant
Andaman & Nicobar Islands gets clearance for gas-based power plant
Source: IANS
7/05/2022 1:56:22 PM